I purchased a Tornador Black about 3-4 years ago after being impressed by some of the videos. I thought maybe this would completely change the way I do interiors, but I found it hard to get away...
I had a customer with a new truck come in today with a shiny spot on his matte vinyl decal on his hood today. I work for a dealership, so we don’t have dedicated products for everything. I tried our...
Would be worth a shot, but most dealerships have an appearance protection package that they up-sell in finance & those carry a warranty. They’d be unlikely to promote anything else they make a ton of...
With clear on there, it can be tricky. I’d try some lacquer thinner in hopes it hasn’t fully cured yet. White touch up always looks awful. No matter the shade, it always seems to be bright white.
It’s funny an old school at my job was telling me about this the other day. He said back when he started detailing in the 80s, you’d see cars with wax caked on them for weeks around town.
Many people absolutely don’t see swirl marks or they’re desensitized. For most people it’s not a high priority and that’s why dealerships don’t put much stock in paint correction. What’s really...
We use spirits to remove the adhesive from old dealership decals, but the scotchbrite pad is a new one to me. We ease the stickers off with composite plastic blades and follow with spirits.
My dad did that once! He was wrapped up in the PT Cruiser craze and used a dish sponge for his bugs. When he told me, I asked him green or yellow side, but we all know what side he used.
Working at a dealership, I’ve seen lots of head scratchers, but I think you’d like hearing this one. One night we were close to wrapping up and a young salesman pulled up to clean his new lease. My...
Fortunately, I don’t work for a Caddy dealership. Have an uncle that had nothing, but problems with his Escalade and the dealership couldn’t fix them. Was able to get out of it and get a Suburban. I...
Problem with an electric heater is you’re unlikely to reach all the damp areas without having to move it around. Also have to worry about the immediate areas around the heater. The heater may be too...
The biggest negative of having to run the engine is fuel consumption. There’s something wrong with the cooling system if it overheats after 10-15 minutes of idling. That being said, running (and...
If you shampoo, extract, or steam an interior and are pressed for time and/or weather conditions are too poor to dry out the interior, you can speed this up by Turning on your heat setting. If it’s...
Does it feel good to be viewed as less than others? No, but that is life detailing at a dealership. You have to let it roll off your shoulders at some point if you’re going to work in that setting...
I would say it’s more of an OSHA issue than EPA, but even then the products are deemed safe enough for anyone in the general public to purchase and use themselves. That being the case, I don’t think...
I’m absolutely not trained or qualified to for pest control, but the products are not professional grade. Just standard stuff from the pest control section at big box hardware stores. We have...
Working for a dealership, I get this problem on a semi regular basis. On the lighter end of the scale, we had a pretty bad ant infestation in the grass over the summer. Pretty much every vehicle...
A popular saying among the salesman is “We sell cars, not details” when I tell them how much time I’ll need on a car and they don’t like what they here. I just stare back at them blankly because we...
The shop has a couple rotaries. I have a Flex 3041 myself. You wouldn’t believe the amount of people that still have never heard of a DA polisher. I use the hybrid pads (reminds me I need to order...
We do not offer coatings as it would run up against the finance department’s unimpressive paint protection warranty package. As for paint correction, my employer is a mid class dealership in a...