I'm here to tell you from experience a few year ago, that these are not a good idea for a small detailing business. A guy in my city actually put himself out of business with groupon. He didn't set...
Full time pro here, and let me tell you, you earn every cent. Not an easy business to run. The expectations are extremely high in high end detailing and it can be down right nerve wrecking. I...
Absolutely will strip dressing. I do a hardcore clean/strip of my personal vehicle a couple times a year or as needed. Other than that I just wipe down and dust everything with compressed air. I...
In all honesty, you probably understand carpet and leather cleaning better than the average detailer. I had to go outside the detailing industry to learn proper carpet care. I would push that and...
1Z is the best I ever came across. I use OPC at about 3:1 at my shop as it can be difficult to find larger sizes of 1z and it's quite costly, honestly.
Are you having issues with your PC? Mine's still going strong since cleaning up the switch. The poor thing is mostly just a carpet scrubber these days though.
Amen, if I lowered my prices I'd book out so far it would be ridiculous. I'm nearly a month out as it is. There is a demand for high end detailing because people are starting to catch on to the...
Experience is a factor that just can't quite be explained. 2 guys may be offering the exact same detail for x amount of dollars. One has 15 years experience and one just started last year. Both are...
The 2" bp is nowhere to be found online for some reason. When I was at the store, they had them in stock. It looked the exact same as the one on the machine. It would be completely stupid if it had a...
When I first started using the primer, I didn't realize it actually has very light correction ability. I guess I just didn't get the memo lol. I actually used it to clean up some light micro marring...
Go with marine grade compounds. AG sells some good compound/wax (AIO) combos. Meg's makes good, durable wool pads. Most automotive products are going to leave nasty residue and get in the pores of...
Doh! I just saw were he admitted to being completely inexperienced. Everybody is a noob at first...no harm in that. . .just don't offer paint correction for Pete's sake.
Incredible work, but I don't envy you. The paint on those big flat panels has to be perfect, because it's like standing right in front of a huge mirror. I always have to take a day off after huge...
Not unreasonable at all. Quite a few of my services are in the $600-$900 range. Couple that with interior work and your into four figures. Larger vehicles can easily break the four figure mark on the...
Agreed. Conditioners are pointless on 99.9% of automotive leather out there. I throw the term "conditioner" around way too much because it's just ingrained in my head. But, really what you want for...