How do you guys work smarter in your detailing process?

[UltimateDetail]

What are some ways, techniques or products, that help you guys work smarter and more efficiently during your detailing and correction process?

The reason I ask is because I find that some parts of my process are more of a endurance and hard work challenge, and I figure it was a perfect topic for a new thread!

[UltimateDetail]

[KillaCam]

You can never have too many brushes. Buy good products that will help make everything easier. I'm sure many will chime in with their techniques they use.

[UltimateDetail]

Originally Posted by KillaCam

You can never have too many brushes. Buy good products that will help make everything easier. I'm sure many will chime in with their techniques they use.

Thanks! Yeah, I really want to get this one brush I keep seeing people use, it looks like a really thick oversized paint brush. They use it in the washing step?

[Nicholas@Autowerx]

One thing I have started doing is taking everything out of the truck (I am mobile) and lining all my tools and equipment on one side of the vehicle. I keep everything in totes so it doesn't look trashy at all... This eliminates me needing to climb in and out of the truck just to get one specific tool. With everything lined up on the side of the car I have easy access to all my supplies. I then clean up the tools tote by tote as I finish with them. This saves time on cleaning up at the end of the job so I can focus more on customer service.

[brawl]

Originally Posted by UltimateDetail

Thanks! Yeah, I really want to get this one brush I keep seeing people use, it looks like a really thick oversized paint brush. They use it in the washing step?

It may be the Swissvax brush.

[UltimateDetail]

Originally Posted by Nicholas@Autowerx

One thing I have started doing is taking everything out of the truck (I am mobile) and lining all my tools and equipment on one side of the vehicle. I keep everything in totes so it doesn't look trashy at all... This eliminates me needing to climb in and out of the truck just to get one specific tool. With everything lined up on the side of the car I have easy access to all my supplies. I then clean up the tools tote by tote as I finish with them. This saves time on cleaning up at the end of the job so I can focus more on customer service.

I thought about lining up all my stuff in sections, with certain things for each step of detailing. Like one section of the table would have all the tire wand wheels products, tools and towels, then another with the carpets stuff, etc... I like your idea of having totes! That might make it easier and save space! I never thought about how I would go about picking up everything either, but the totes would also solve that problem! Thanks man! That was a huge problem, because at the end of detailing I am always trying to do a million things and run out of time trying to pick up too.. Got any recommendations for what totes I could buy?

[UltimateDetail]

Originally Posted by brawl

It may be the Swissvax brush.

That's it! Thanks! I had forgotten what the name was. Yeah, that brush does wonders though!

[brawl]

Originally Posted by UltimateDetail

That's it! Thanks! I had forgotten what the name was. Yeah, that brush does wonders though!

It's quite expensive to me, but people say that it is really a good one.

[UltimateDetail]

Originally Posted by brawl

It's quite expensive to me, but people say that it is really a good one.

Yeah, I can't find it on autogeek, but I saw it on amazon for $15 bucks, that seems worth it to me, but I saw a lot of reviews that say it doesn't last long. So I'm a bit worried it might be a waste of money.. I get sick of spending money on things that don't work out.