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Follow our blog to see recent work, news and updates. We also try to post relevant how-to articles for clients who like to care for their own vehicles on a regular basis. Contact us with any questions, suggestions or general recommendations on what you’d like to see. For full service galleries check out our Portfolio.

Car Detailing Training

I started LUSTR Detail in 2007 focusing on quality detailing services. Over the years we've done a ton of paint corrections, PPF installations, coating applications and even basic detailing. In addition, I have written many detailing…

Car Detailing, Car Detailing Products, Tutorials and DIY

Why Apply a Ceramic Coating?

I wrote this article a few years ago and it still applies today. The article Why Apply a Ceramic Coating goes into a few different aspects like durability, performance and value of ceramic coatings. I also cover some tips and tricks for…

Car Detailing, Latest Work

Audi RS5 Correction, PPF and Ceramic Coating

We just added some photos of this Audi RS5 to our Portfolio. The car looked great for 20 feet away but it had a ton of swirl marks all over along with lots of dirt and contamination. It took us a solid 2 days to finish all the detailing…

Car Detailing, Latest Work

Quick intro video to LUSTR Detail

After planning this for a while, we finally made a quick little video to introduce ourselves at Lustr and show a few of the cars we work on every day. The plan is to do a few simple videos monthly with some input on what we do as well as provide…

Car Detailing, Latest Work

Ferrari F12 Paint Correction and Ceramic Coating

Here's a quick video summarizing the extensive work we performed on a black Ferrari F12. The paint was in bad shape for a new car, riddled with swirl marks, buffer holograms and many random sanding marks. We did 3-4 stages of paint correction…

Car Detailing, Latest Work

Porsche 911 GT3RS Paint Correction and Ceramic Coating

A few months ago we were contacted by a client to prep his brand new Porsche GT3RS before a full car PPF/clear bra application. While it's a brand new car, it definitely suffered from bad swirl marks, buffer holograms and even sanding marks…

Car Detailing, Latest Work, News & Announcements

Dodge Viper Detailing and Video Series

A year ago we teamed up with Big Media Productions in their series portraying the Dodge Viper. Two Dodge Vipers were brought to use for a thorough paint correction and coating. We performed a 2-stage paint correction on the vehicles and…

Car Detailing Products

My Favorite Detailing Accessories

Here's a quick article I wrote for Detailed Image a while back highlighting some tools/accessories that I like to use on an almost daily basis. Some of My Favorite Detailing Accessories include: Clay Bar Storage Container These little…