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am I worthy?
Hi all, I just found this forum and still have alot of reading to do but my main reason for joining is I'm not sure how good I am. Without making too long of a post, I work in a professional shop, the owner has 40+ years experience, helped develop pdq, and has had many successful businesses. He is semi retired now and employs me and my "manager". He always has high praises for us and claims we are the best anywhere. But ik there is alot to learn yet. There are many shops In the area and I do admit, we are better than them but I feel we are on a different level. They are the 4 hour and done shops. We do scratch removal and chip repair plus the interiors. We charge $40 a hour and our average bill is around $300-$400. We don't get alot of business that way but we also do cars for a local dealership. We charge them 32 an hour and spend 5-10 hours on each of their cars. I have no one to compare myself to and don't want to embarrass myself in the real world.
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My suggestion is to hang around here for a while and look and read, and see if your techniques and results are similar to what you find here.
Like just as a for-instance, you're saying you do "scratch removal". Look for some similar threads, see what inspection techniques the detailer is using, and see if you are using those same inspection techniques. If not, adopt them and see if you get similar results. In this instance, I'm talking about lighting and removal of residual polishing oils, etc.
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You do PDR, but what is PDG?
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I believe he wrote pdq and I don't know what that is either. Was it supposed to be PDR as in paintless dent removal/repair?
Rick....now in North Texas
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No I mean pdq as in the quick detailing shop
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Am I missing something.. the acronym for quick detailing shop, is PDQ?
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Originally Posted by Robert Thoreson
Hi all, I just found this forum and still have alot of reading to do but my main reason for joining is I'm not sure how good I am. Without making too long of a post, I work in a professional shop, the owner has 40+ years experience, helped develop pdq, and has had many successful businesses. He is semi retired now and employs me and my "manager". He always has high praises for us and claims we are the best anywhere. But ik there is alot to learn yet. There are many shops In the area and I do admit, we are better than them but I feel we are on a different level. They are the 4 hour and done shops. We do scratch removal and chip repair plus the interiors. We charge $40 a hour and our average bill is around $300-$400. We don't get alot of business that way but we also do cars for a local dealership. We charge them 32 an hour and spend 5-10 hours on each of their cars. I have no one to compare myself to and don't want to embarrass myself in the real world.
What is your main question?
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Sorry skimmed thru paragraph.Stay there and learn and follow on forum.
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Originally Posted by Rsurfer
Am I missing something.. the acronym for quick detailing shop, is PDQ?
Maybe he is referring to this: PDQ Car Wash - Green Bay, Appleton, Manitowoc, Shawano
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Originally Posted by Rsurfer
You do PDR, but what is PDG?
Originally Posted by RTexasF
I believe he wrote pdq and I don't know what that is either. Was it supposed to be PDR as in paintless dent removal/repair?
PDQ= Pretty Damn Quick!
Tim "I have done so much with so little for so long. Now I can do anything with nothing"
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