Detailer's Story to share

[Megafast13]

I was in Hawaii for the past week. There is a VIP car Rental business where you can rent Ferrari's, Corvette's, Viper's, etc. After each rental they "detail" the cars. I drove buy and I saw a local washing a bright red Ferrari Spider using a massive brush. The single bucket method he was using was also a killer for me. The bucket he was using was resting on the hood of the Dodge Viper next to him. Man I could make some money over there, I saw swirls everywhere lol. (I am not trying to bash/flame the guy) I just see these stories, and wanted to share...

[03mach1]

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I can't believe the bucket was sitting on the hood of the viper, Poor viper. Thanks for sharing.

[Jokeman]

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Come on, I can only dream of having a 100,000 dollar bucket dolly!

[sstg]

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come on, i can only dream of having a 100,000 dollar bucket dolly!

lol.

[J. A. Michaels]

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It pained me just reading this horror story. It must have been excruciating to see it in person.

[Mike Phillips]

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Man I could make some money over there,

Actually you couldn't. The fact that you saw what you saw is a strong indicator the owners don't care one little bit about professional quality work by a trained professional and they surely aren't going to pay for it.

Because all things are possible in this world with a positive attitude it's possible you could educate the owners as to how quality work is done and it's possible you could convince them to pay for it but I doubt it.

[eyezack87]

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I don't know about that Mike. All my clients have been iffy about my pricing until I showed them what I could do. There is quite a high chance if you can get them to look at the finished test spot

[ajb39oh]

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I saw a "detailer" in the Florida Keys last summer who was washing and waxing a black Escalade in the mid-day sun! I knew he was a "pro" because there was a sign by where he was working.

[Megafast13]

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I got my G110 today. I was amazed on how loud and heavy it is. I can't wait to get the new M105 and M205 when they come out. For now I will get a sample size of M80/M83 off ads.

[eric96ser]

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I saw a "detailer" in the Florida Keys last summer who was washing and waxing a black Escalade in the mid-day sun! I knew he was a "pro" because there was a sign by where he was working.

A mobile company comes to the business next to ours, and does the samething. Middle of the summer, mid day, black car, no shade. Someone here sent an email saying the "detailing" company would be in the area if anyone was interested. I replied back saying I would rather drive my car into the pond out front to wash it, instead of letting them do it. I also gave a lady here a bottle of APC to get some spots out of her floormats that they "cleaned".

[eyezack87]

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Er, you guys know that there are current products on the market that you can apply in the sun thats not Megs right? Prima Banana Gloss is something I use when I get the urge to just wax after a wash to maintain the protection...

I usually ONR at a meet then do a coat of the stuff to clean up my car a bit

[Mike Phillips]

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Er, you guys know that there are current products on the market that you can apply in the sun thats not Megs right?

Define what you mean by "in the sun"?

Do you mean a cool surface and yes by the way the sun is out.

Or do you mean black paint on the hood of a car in August in Arizona where the surface temperature is over 160 degrees?

People always make statements about using this or that in the sun but there never specific.

Meguiar's has products you can use in the sun but not on a HOT surface in the sun.

And here's some common sense...

Even if you have a product that can be used on a HOT surface in HOT sun,
wouldn't the product still work better on a cool surface in the shade?

[Megafast13]

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I don't mind him washing in the sun. I have to do that all the time...

[CharlesW]

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I drove buy and I saw a local washing a bright red Ferrari Spider using a massive brush. The single bucket method he was using was also a killer for me. The bucket he was using was resting on the hood of the Dodge Viper next to him.

I can't believe the bucket was sitting on the hood of the viper, Poor viper. Thanks for sharing.

Come on, I can only dream of having a 100,000 dollar bucket dolly!

So, what's the problem?
You surely didn't expect him to set it on the hood of the Ferrari, did you?
The Ferrari hood has way too much slant to it to allow that to work.
The hood sccop on the Viper should have created a reasonably level surface for the bucket to sit on. Sometimes we just have to make do with what's available.

[acr-c]

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I just now saw this post. As a prior Viper owner, I nearly shed a tear. That is just ridiculous.

Christian