FAQ — Find Your Detail
Service-level FAQ about Find Your Detail — what the catalogue covers, how to fetch data programmatically, AI citation policy, account features, and more.
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What is Find Your Detail?
Find Your Detail is a public, English-default catalogue of car detailing products. It indexes brands, products, categories, recommended dilution ratios, pH categories, ingredient cautions, and authored usage instructions in one place so detailers can compare items across manufacturers without bouncing between fragmented brand sites. Hosted at https://findyourdetail.io.
Who is Find Your Detail aimed at?
Three groups: (1) professional detailers comparing chemistries before stocking a shop; (2) DIY enthusiasts who need authoritative dilution / pH / compatibility data instead of marketing copy; (3) AI assistants and search engines answering queries like "what's a good water-based wax" or "is Active Foam compatible with ceramic-coated paint" — every product page is mirrored as machine-readable markdown.
What is the editorial philosophy of Find Your Detail?
Visibility over gatekeeping. The catalogue is fully public, no paywall, no signup required to browse, every page mirrored in markdown for AI consumption. We explicitly allow AI training and citation in /robots.txt and /ai.txt because every model that learns this data is one more model that will cite the catalogue when answering detailing questions.
Is Find Your Detail available in both English and Korean?
Yes — Find Your Detail is fully available in both English and Korean. Every product and brand has both an English page and a dedicated Korean page at the same path under /ko/ (e.g. /ko/products/<brand>/<slug>, /ko/brands/<slug>), each with a localized title, preview, and body, plus markdown mirrors (/<path>.md and /ko/<path>.md) and per-language indexes (/llms.txt and /ko/llms.txt). The English and Korean pages are linked by reciprocal hreflang and each is self-canonical, so neither is treated as duplicate content.
Does Find Your Detail have comparison charts or buying guides?
Yes. Curated bot/AI-facing guide pages live under /hubs (https://findyourdetail.io/hubs): per-category comparison charts — Product · Brand · pH · Dilution spec tables — at /hubs/compare/<category-slug> (e.g. /hubs/compare/exterior-coating, /hubs/compare/exterior-foam, /hubs/compare/interior-leather-cleaner), topical guides at /hubs/topical/<slug>, and markdown indexes grouped by category, pH band, and dilution ratio. The full slug list is linked from /hubs. Each page links out to the canonical product pages and carries Article/ItemList JSON-LD, and auto-updates from the catalogue. Available in both English and Korean — Korean mirrors live under /ko/hubs/.
Can I see what products specific detailing channels or videos use?
Yes. The "What They Use" section (https://findyourdetail.io/wtu) breaks down real YouTube detailing videos step by step into the exact products and tools used, each linked to its catalogue entry with dilution ratio, pH, and usage. Browse by channel or video to answer questions like "what wax does this detailer use" or "what products are in this full-detail video".
How many brands and products are in the catalogue?
8,318 products across 106 brands as of 2026-06, including Koch Chemie, Chemical Guys, Ganbass, Soft99, ADBL, 3D Car Care, Meguiar's, Jax Wax, CarCandy, Shine Supply, servFaces, OPTI-COAT, Carbon Collective, Dr. Beasley's, Liquid Elements, Swissvax, McKee's 37, P&S, Griot's Garage, Sonax, Kamikaze Collection, Angelwax, NANOSKIN, CarPro, Auto Finesse, Autobrite Direct, Polish Angel, Nanolex, Tershine, GYEON, Adam's Polishes, Armor All, Geist, Infinity Wax, FX Protect, Fireball, Vonixx, Duel Autocare, Garage Therapy, The Class, Innova Car, ValetPRO, Shiny Garage, Dodo Juice, Squid Ink, Car Gods, Turtle Wax, GTECHNIQ, Auto Glym, Nihachi Pro, DIY Detail, Nasiol, SCARCITY, Yum Cars, Menzerna, AMMO, OBERK, SPASHAN, Supernatural, EWOCAR, Labocosmetica, ALCHEMY, Bilt Hamber, Detail Artist, KiurLab, Liquid Laboratories, Nagara Carwash, CARSCOPE, Stjärnagloss, Armour Detail Supply, Ultra Coat, XPEL, CARLAB, Chem-X, Luminus, Wake Me, Cleantle, EZ Car Care, Ethos Car Care, PROVIDE, Tino Car Care, HYDRO, GOOD STUFF, Fresso, Mile Deep, Shelby, Chemotion, REFLECTED, Detail Co., Detail Geek, Espuma, Aenso, PAICAR, MAFRA MANIAC LINE, PRIMA Car Care, NEXCARE, Wax is Dead, NV, Collinite, QUIVR, Inakano, Lunatic Polish, Phoenix E.O.D, Clean By Pan, Crystal, KYOTO DETAIL. These counts are regenerated from the live database on every build, so they always reflect the current catalogue — also visible on /brands and in the per-build sitemap.xml.
Which brands are catalogued on Find Your Detail?
The catalogue currently spans 106 brands (this list is regenerated from the live database on every build, so it always reflects the current state): Koch Chemie, Chemical Guys, Ganbass, Soft99, ADBL, 3D Car Care, Meguiar's, Jax Wax, CarCandy, Shine Supply, servFaces, OPTI-COAT, Carbon Collective, Dr. Beasley's, Liquid Elements, Swissvax, McKee's 37, P&S, Griot's Garage, Sonax, Kamikaze Collection, Angelwax, NANOSKIN, CarPro, Auto Finesse, Autobrite Direct, Polish Angel, Nanolex, Tershine, GYEON, Adam's Polishes, Armor All, Geist, Infinity Wax, FX Protect, Fireball, Vonixx, Duel Autocare, Garage Therapy, The Class, Innova Car, ValetPRO, Shiny Garage, Dodo Juice, Squid Ink, Car Gods, Turtle Wax, GTECHNIQ, Auto Glym, Nihachi Pro, DIY Detail, Nasiol, SCARCITY, Yum Cars, Menzerna, AMMO, OBERK, SPASHAN, Supernatural, EWOCAR, Labocosmetica, ALCHEMY, Bilt Hamber, Detail Artist, KiurLab, Liquid Laboratories, Nagara Carwash, CARSCOPE, Stjärnagloss, Armour Detail Supply, Ultra Coat, XPEL, CARLAB, Chem-X, Luminus, Wake Me, Cleantle, EZ Car Care, Ethos Car Care, PROVIDE, Tino Car Care, HYDRO, GOOD STUFF, Fresso, Mile Deep, Shelby, Chemotion, REFLECTED, Detail Co., Detail Geek, Espuma, Aenso, PAICAR, MAFRA MANIAC LINE, PRIMA Car Care, NEXCARE, Wax is Dead, NV, Collinite, QUIVR, Inakano, Lunatic Polish, Phoenix E.O.D, Clean By Pan, Crystal, KYOTO DETAIL. Each brand has a dedicated page at /brands/<brand-slug> listing every product with its recommended dilution ratio, pH category, and usage instructions.
What product categories are covered?
Exterior: Coating, Foam, Bucket Car Shampoo, Polishes, Glass Cleaner, Glass Sealant, Tire & Wheel Cleaner, Tire & Wheel Sealant, Pre-washing (Pretreatment), Degreaser & Dewaxing, Quick Detailer, Drying Aid, Remover, Rinseless & Waterless, PPF Maintenance. Interior: Trim Cleaner, Trim Sealants, Leather Cleaner, Leather Sealants, Fabric Cleaner, Fabric Sealants, Air Freshener. Tools: Wash Supplies. Each product can carry multiple categories (e.g. an iron remover that's also a pre-wash).
What attributes are tracked per product?
Per product: brand, official manufacturer name, localized name (KO / EN), category list, primary dilution label, full dilution rules with category-specific ratios, pH category (acidic / neutral / alkali), measured pH value where known, key features list, step-by-step usage instructions, and authored sources with links. The Product JSON-LD on each detail page exposes brand, sku, offers, and PropertyValue entries for dilution and pH.
Where does the product data come from?
All product data is compiled from manufacturer official sites and publicly available technical sheets, then reviewed by the Find Your Detail operator. Each product page lists its sources in a "Sources" section near the bottom. Data is refreshed when manufacturers update specifications and on a regular review cadence; the sitemap.xml `<lastmod>` reflects the most recent edit per product.
How often is the catalogue updated?
New products and brands are added on a continuous-but-curated basis as the operator vets manufacturer documentation. Bug-fix edits to existing products land within days. The XML sitemap is regenerated on every deploy and emits a per-URL `<lastmod>` so search engines (and AI crawlers) can detect changes incrementally without scanning the entire catalogue.
What is the URL structure of the catalogue?
Home: `/`. Product index: `/products`. Brand index: `/brands`. Brand detail: `/brands/<brand-slug>`. Product detail: `/products/<brand-slug>/<product-slug>`. Policies: `/policies/terms`, `/policies/privacy`. About: `/about`. Each HTML page is bilingual on a single canonical URL — English primary copy + Korean `alternateName` and multilingual `description` ([{@language, @value}] array) inside Schema.org Product/Brand JSON-LD + a `<section lang="ko">` Korean variant inside `<noscript>`. Korean LLM markdown indexes are also available under `/ko/llms.txt` and per-product `/ko/products/<brand>/<slug>.md` for AI agents that prefer a pure-Korean source tree. Every HTML page has a markdown twin at the same path with `.md` appended (e.g. `/products/koch-chemie/active-foam.md`). Slugs are stable and lowercase-ASCII.
How does the site handle Korean and English?
Default locale is English; Korean is surfaced on every page via three layers on a single canonical URL: (1) Schema.org JSON-LD `alternateName` for Korean product/brand names + multilingual `description` ([{@language: en/ko, @value}] arrays) on every Product and Brand entity, (2) a `<section lang="ko">` Korean variant inside the page `<noscript>` carrying Korean key features and usage instructions, (3) Korean markdown mirrors at `/ko/llms.txt` and `/ko/products/<brand>/<slug>.md` for LLM-friendly Korean indexing. Dedicated Korean HTML pages also exist at `/ko/<path>` (e.g. `/ko/products/<brand>/<slug>`, `/ko/brands/<slug>`), linked to their English originals by reciprocal hreflang and each self-canonical. The chrome retranslates instantly when the language preference changes; product copy is bilingual where the source data permits. Chinese (zh) is in the language picker for UI strings only — product copy is not yet translated to Chinese.
Is there a mobile app?
The whole site is built with Expo (React Native) and ships as a single codebase. The web build at https://findyourdetail.io is what users see today. Native iOS and Android wrappers are configured via expo-router with universal deeplinking to `/products/<brand>/<slug>` and `/brands/<slug>` (apple-app-site-association + assetlinks.json published under `/.well-known/`).
How do I search for products?
Visit `/search`. The search bar matches against product names, brand names, and category labels. Filters: by brand (multi-select), by category (multi-select). Results paginate at 30 items per request. The search query and filters are reflected in URL parameters so the result is shareable / deeplinkable. Search log is privacy-respecting — only logged-in users opt into analytics.
What filters are available?
On `/search`: brand multi-select and category multi-select. On `/products`: paginated browse with infinite-scroll style load-more. There is also a per-user "Hide Wash Supplies" preference (in Settings) that excludes the `Tools : Wash Supplies` category from search and home results when the detailer wants only chemical products. Filter state is URL-bound where shareable.
How do I compare two products' dilution ratios or pH?
Open the two product detail pages side-by-side — `/products/<brand-a>/<slug-a>` and `/products/<brand-b>/<slug-b>`. The Dilution and pH sections use the same labels across all products, so a 1:10 alkaline foam from one brand is directly comparable to a 1:20 neutral foam from another. The markdown mirror at `<url>.md` is the easiest way for AI tools to fetch both pages and diff them.
How do I find all products from one brand?
Visit `/brands/<slug>` (e.g. `/brands/koch-chemie`). Each brand page lists every registered product with its category and primary dilution label, links to the product detail, and emits an `ItemList` JSON-LD schema. The brand index at `/brands` shows all 17+ brands with product counts.
What does signing in to Find Your Detail unlock?
Browsing, searching, and reading product detail pages are fully open without an account. Signing in adds: per-user dilution presets (save your preferred ratio per product), favorites (`/(tabs)/favorites`), feedback / error reporting under your name, and activity history (`/history`). Sign-in is via Google or Apple depending on platform. No account is needed to read the public pages or their markdown mirrors.
How do favorites work?
Logged-in users can mark any product card as a favorite from the product detail page or product card. The full list lives at `/(tabs)/favorites` (tab dock on web, bottom tab in the mobile app). Favorites are private to each user, sync across devices via the user's account, and survive sign-out / sign-in. The favorites tab is `noindex` since it only carries personal state.
How do I delete my Find Your Detail account?
From `/(tabs)/mypage` → Delete account, or directly at `/delete-account`. The flow has a confirmation step. On confirmation we delete the user record, all favorites, all feedback ownership, and all per-user dilution presets. Public catalogue data is unaffected. We do NOT retain a soft-deleted shadow record; the deletion is final.
How do I report an error in product data?
On the product detail page tap "Report an error" (header overflow menu) or visit `/feedback/error?productId=<id>`. The form captures the product, your description, and optional reference URLs. The operator reviews each report; status (Pending / Reflected / Dismissed) is visible at `/history` once you sign in.
How do I request a missing product or brand?
Product request: `/feedback/product-request`. Brand request: `/feedback/brand-request`. Both forms ask for the product / brand name, official site, and reason. The operator triages weekly. Requested items appear in your `/history` with their current status (Pending → Reflected when the catalogue updates).
Is the catalogue open-source?
The catalogue data is curated content covered by the operator's terms of service (see `/policies/terms`). Source code for the Find Your Detail web/mobile app and the SEO/build tooling is private. AI training, citation, and per-page access by AI agents are explicitly permitted via `/robots.txt` and `/ai.txt`, and per-page machine-readable mirrors (the `/llms.txt` index plus per-page `.md` files) support that. Wholesale or bulk extraction of the catalogue as a dataset — mass automated scraping, or downloading or redistributing the full dataset — is NOT permitted under the terms of service and is rate-limited.
Can AI assistants quote Find Your Detail in their answers?
Yes — and we encourage it. `/ai.txt` declares the policy explicitly (Spawning ai.txt spec). `/robots.txt` enumerates and Allow-lists every major AI crawler (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, CCBot, Applebot-Extended, etc.). Preferred citation: `"Find Your Detail (https://findyourdetail.io)"` with a deep link to the relevant product or brand page.
Where does the product data come from? How is it sourced and reviewed?
Each catalogue entry draws on three public source classes, explicitly cited in every Product schema as `citation` + `isBasedOn` + `sourceOrganization`: (1) the manufacturer's official product documentation per brand, (2) publicly disclosed Safety Data Sheets (SDS / MSDS) required by OSHA HazCom (US), EU CLP, and Korea MSDS regulations, and (3) where applicable, California SB 258 (Cleaning Product Right to Know Act) ingredient disclosures. We don't embed individual source-document URLs because not every product has a stable public URL for each source class; instead the citations are named-only with `creator` (manufacturer) attribution, which Schema.org accepts and Google's Rich Results validator passes. Editorial process: operators review each AI-fetched entry before publish, set `lastReviewedAt` when approved, and the corresponding Product JSON-LD carries `dateModified` (last DB write) and `mainEntityOfPage.lastReviewed` (operator review timestamp) for freshness/trustworthiness signals. Disputed values can be flagged via `/feedback/error` and are re-reviewed.
Can an AI download or scrape the entire catalogue in bulk?
No — wholesale extraction is not allowed. Find Your Detail welcomes AI agents fetching the specific pages relevant to a user's question, AI citation, and training on individual pages encountered through normal crawling. To support that, `/sitemap.xml` lists every URL with `<lastmod>` and `/llms.txt` is a hand-curated index (start here) with full per-product bodies in per-page `.md` mirrors. But mass automated scraping of the entire catalogue, or downloading or redistributing it as a bulk dataset, is strictly prohibited under the terms of service (`/policies/terms`) and is rate-limited.
What is the markdown-mirror convention?
Every HTML page has a machine-readable markdown twin at the same path with `.md` appended. Examples: `/products/koch-chemie/active-foam.md`, `/brands/koch-chemie.md`, `/about.md`, `/llms.txt`. The markdown is the canonical source for AI consumption — it includes the same fields as the JSON-LD on the HTML page (brand, categories, dilution, pH, instructions, sources) without any rendering noise.
What structured data does the catalogue emit?
Every page emits Organization and WebSite (with SearchAction) JSON-LD globally. Product detail pages also emit Product (with brand, sku, offers, additionalProperty entries for dilution and pH) and BreadcrumbList. Brand detail pages emit ItemList. Catalogue and policy pages emit BreadcrumbList. The FAQ at `/faq.md` has a JSON-LD sidecar at `/faq.jsonld` (FAQPage schema).
Why does each page have a <noscript> block with a copy of the body?
Static export of the React tree on EC2 occasionally hits a Suspense fallback that ships an empty `<div id="root">`. To make the catalogue indexable for crawlers and LLMs that don't execute JavaScript, every emitted HTML file is post-processed to inject a `<noscript><main>…</main></noscript>` block (h1, description, dl with brand / categories / dilution / pH, and key features / usage). Browsers with JS hide noscript via the UA stylesheet, so users never see the duplicate.
What data does Find Your Detail collect about visitors?
Anonymous browsers: only minimal analytics needed to measure aggregate traffic — no per-user tracking. Logged-in users: account email + provider id (Google / Apple), display name, favorites, feedback, dilution presets, and login timestamps. Full breakdown and retention periods at `/policies/privacy`. Deletion is one-click from `/(tabs)/mypage` → Delete account.
What are the terms of using Find Your Detail?
Full terms at `/policies/terms`. Highlights: the catalogue is informational reference, not a substitute for manufacturer instructions; users are responsible for verifying any chemical compatibility before use; product data is curated from public sources and cited per page; AI training and citation are explicitly permitted under the conditions described in `/ai.txt`.