How Old Are You?

[Detail Werks]

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I have been detailing since 1984 and loving every minute of it

[spence82]

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I'm 27,only been really into detailing 6yrs

[FIREBOY]

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47 and been detailing for 2yrs,Starting a business(DETAILING)in the spring.

[mrdj]

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58

I only do the family cars, but that's one of the reasons I got a G100 a couple of years ago. It's so much easier on the aging joints and does a much better job than I could do by hand!

[Clutch34]

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Wow is that your Accord in your avatar? Looks very beautiful


Btw, more pics of your car!!

haha Yes it is my car, butttttt it doesn't look like that in real life... I photoshopped that a while ago to see what it could potentially look like after lowering it, adding lip kit all around, and 20 inch rims. Right now, it's bone stock...looks quite boring. Sorry for the tease man..! lol

But YOUR car on the other hand is quite beautiful!! Love what you've done with the Z!!

Here's a larger pic of it tho -- even tho the add-ons are not real.. lol

[Kornercarver]

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I turned 66 last November and I have been detailing cars as a hobby since about 1961. I'm still passionate about how clean and shiny my cars are. Of course, years ago, cars weren't detailed.........they were just washed and waxed. Simoniz in the yellow can was my wax of choice back then. Here is a picture of me washing my car taken in 1966 or so.

[THE BIG BUFFER]

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I'm pretty suprised at the ages in the poll. Alot more senior guys than I thought.
I like hearing the stores guys. Pretty cool stuff. Kornercarver thats a cool pic to have. I use have one om "detailling" my Dads 1979 lil Red Wagon but lost it in a fire in 1990. i can still remember using good ol' Turtle wax on that thing. I had no idea back then that you could make money waxing cars lol. I thought the milkshake and burger I "earned" was an awsome payday! Wax on. Wax off.

[searle]

Re: How Old Are You? - No option for 45-65?

I bought my first ever brand-new car 15 yrs ago, and that forced me into the detailing world (to keep it looking the same). Sold it 2 months ago (with 320,000km on the odometer - NOT a trailer queen). Here is a photo from 1 year ago (in typical weekend competition), and I still got two complements on how it looked (#26 over NXT) the weekend I sold it.

[Detail Union]

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41 and have been detailing for 2 years for the fun of it.

[Sandstone]

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Yo it's not the age...it's the mileage and city vs country. Darn NYC hood miles are killin' me!

[Larry A]

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Im 67. Started detailing cars when I was 14 when I use to simonize my dads 1946 Dodge. When I was 17 I worked in a gas station were I did Lustre Seal jobs on customer cars, At age 21 I worked at a Pontiac dealership detailing used cars, new cars and buffing out new paint from the body shop. After that I just did detailing on the side. Now Im retired, but I work part time at a Toyota dealership , as a shuddle driver.

[CharlesW]

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Yo it's not the age...it's the mileage and city vs country. Darn NYC hood miles are killin' me!

The commute from Chicago probably isn't helping.

Sandstone
"Chemical Consultant"
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Chicago

[rwisejr]

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Hey I'm 48 and have been hardcore detailing for about 10 yrs

[Bigmerc2003]

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27 and been detailing and working on cars since I could hold a wrench or a sponge

[dvtldav]

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I am 61 and have been detailing or family and friends for 2 years. I have always kept my cars looking nice. In the early 70's I was using Blue Coral, the 2 step system, man was that a pain but it looked nice when you were done.

Dave