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World’s first wax was developed out of animal fats in a German town called Bischofsheim to protect the lacquer like paint that was applied to horse carriages. So this is the first thing they had to have to even think about the Detailing.
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Well another wax for these transportation was Menzerna, a top selling company today, started developing a range of solid, liquid and paste polishing compounds.
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Frank Meguiar, Jr. founded a small furniture polish laboratory and a plant in his garage. The company, now known as Meguiar’s, is a giant in the automobile detailing product industry today.
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George Simons developed a cleaner and a carnauba wax product for car finishes. His company was named Simons Manufacturing Company and the products were named Simons Cleaner and Simons paste wax. In 1912, the company was renamed Simoniz and the auto detailing process was known as “simonizing”. Their slogan was “Motorists Wise, Simoniz”.
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In the early 1920s, 3M invented the world’s first waterproof sandpaper which reduced airborne dust during automobile manufacturing.
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3M revolutionized the automobile/auto detailing industry by inventing masking tape, which allowed paint shops to get a razor sharp line on two-tone paint jobs
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PlastoneTM auto polish is the first bottled car wax. This liquid auto polish was invented by Ben Hirsch. It was renamed Turtle Wax® for its hard shell finish.
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The polymer sealant introduced by DuPont is the world’s first commercially available product of its kind.
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By the 1970’s, Japan and Europe were using metallic based paints with a clear coat. This clear coat system produced outstanding hardness, gloss and long lasting color. The process was brought to USA but for the first 2-3 years, there was clear coat failure in many cars.
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Detailing clay, which was first used in Japan around the 1980s, was first introduced in the US in 1990.
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PPG Industries invented Cerami Clear, a binary clear coat composition that eliminated paint degradation from causes such as acid rain, salt and UV radiation.
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Clear paint sealants, which are nanotechnology polymer coatings, were invented
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Technology has beed updated to where there are machines doing most of the work
