What did you do detailing wise today?
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Mr. Slick
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Well the guy hasn`t called. I`m just reading around on the forum lol. I don`t know how you guys keep your clients from screwing around and putting it off...
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Migue
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I had a guy like that recently, said he had to reschedule due to emergency, never heard back even when I texted him a few times. Funny part is that this guy was asking that I do not screw HIM around because he knew a lot about what I did detail wise....but he also tells me he takes his car to the local quick hack shop for a buff every three months....huh???
I had a guy like that recently, said he had to reschedule due to emergency, never heard back even when I texted him a few times. Funny part is that this guy was asking that I do not screw HIM around because he knew a lot about what I did detail wise....but he also tells me he takes his car to the local quick hack shop for a buff every three months....huh???
Mr. Slick
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Lol!! That reminds me of something that really P$T me off. A few people with cars in MY lot have seen me washing cars. One guy with a Yaris and another with a Sebring. They both told me they see I do such a great job on the cars in my lot. So they ask for a card and they say they want ME to take care of the car instead of the local Swirl Center. After they got really dirty I noticed BOTH of their cars were cleaned. WTF!!?? Lol, and neither of them talk to me about detailing anymore. On a side note, everyone that does have me wash it switches to me because they can tell I`m better. The guy with the Mercedes had me wash and wax his red one a few months ago so at least I`m preferred. (He just sent a message like "oh sorry just looked at my phone maybe tomorrow" hopefully this time he will?)Also have this lady with a red Malibu close to my car. I put a note with my number in case she would like me to clean it. Every time it gets really dirty she takes it to the SC every time I see her she rushes into her car without saying a word and drives off. Lol. I just get too many oinker doinkers that act serious about it but they either weren`t or think they don`t need it after all....
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Civicclutch
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Mr. Slick just be careful of being to pushy, cause even if you are the best in the area if you`re to pushy you will push them away. I`m not saying you are or aren`t, only you can know, but just want you to be aware. I`ve given out almost 400 business cards this year and talked to people of what I do and I am better than the in town quantity over quality shop and they like the personal care but I`ve gotten less than 10% to come. In time I know it`ll be full time it just ain`t fast enough for me. Lol
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Mr. Slick
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Oh I`m opposite of pushy. I hate pushy businesses
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Mr. Slick
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Time to get to detailing! Wait.....
Hey I`ll trade anyone with a trashed out soccer mom minivans for customers like this any day!
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Hey I`ll trade anyone with a trashed out soccer mom minivans for customers like this any day!
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Never Enuff
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On the other end of the stick is the customer, who calls and leaves a message and gets no return call. Or calls and for some reason the person answering the phone either can`t or won`t give you the information you are asking for and makes no effort to engage in any information sharing conversation. I realize that it is a PITA to deal with people that are just "kicking the tires" but sometime somehow you have to figure out which ones are really potential customers. When I first talked to Brendt at 512, we talked on the phone, he invited me to come to his house to look at my vehicle, we talked about products, I looked at the results of his work on other vehicles, we talked about price and we entered into an agreement on what, when and how. It was a positive experience and we have now formed not only a professional relationship but also a friendship.
Jay
Jay
Mr. Slick
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Oh I already did one of his cars a while back. He`s a tire kicker but at least he does it eventually. It`s just kinda annoying when all my clients do this at once.
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512detail
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waiting for some sun
pa high gloss on top of the zirkon i used a week or so ago
onr washed the roof of my truck and hood fenders and front two doors.
topped everything but hood with pa high gloss and hoping on rain now
topped the exov2 side with high gloss on hood
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pa high gloss on top of the zirkon i used a week or so ago
onr washed the roof of my truck and hood fenders and front two doors.
topped everything but hood with pa high gloss and hoping on rain now
topped the exov2 side with high gloss on hood
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tropicsteve
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Civicclutch
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Here`s what I`m working on now
`08 Saturn outlook
I believe the only wash this has seen has been the scratch-o-matic
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`08 Saturn outlook
I believe the only wash this has seen has been the scratch-o-matic
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Mary B
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The 30ml wax from DODO too small for my hands,
So a transfer to a 4oz container
The Light fantastic soft wax went in nicely with an
Ice cream scoop, 3-30mls roughly 3oz.
The Purple Haze and Hard Candy being hard wax
Dropped in whole, and I can pick them up to easily rub on a pad. 2-30mls each.
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So a transfer to a 4oz container
The Light fantastic soft wax went in nicely with an
Ice cream scoop, 3-30mls roughly 3oz.
The Purple Haze and Hard Candy being hard wax
Dropped in whole, and I can pick them up to easily rub on a pad. 2-30mls each.
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SYMAWD
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Just a quick wash with Adam`s Car Shampoo and Auto Finesse Satin on the tires.
tropicsteve
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The 30ml wax from DODO too small for my hands,
So a transfer to a 4oz container
The Light fantastic soft wax went in nicely with an
Ice cream scoop, 3-30mls roughly 3oz.
The Purple Haze and Hard Candy being hard wax
Dropped in whole, and I can pick them up to easily rub on a pad. 2-30mls each.
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have you ever tried heating up the wax to mold to the new containers? i`ve had mixed results with melting down other waxes and re pouring.
Mary B
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The 30ml wax from DODO too small for my hands,
So a transfer to a 4oz container
The Light fantastic soft wax went in nicely with an
Ice cream scoop, 3-30mls roughly 3oz.
The Purple Haze and Hard Candy being hard wax
Dropped in whole, and I can pick them up to easily rub on a pad. 2-30mls each.
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have you ever tried heating up the wax to mold to the new containers? i`ve had mixed results with melting down other waxes and re pouring.
Have not tried heating them. The Purple Haze was a soft wax so I ended up breaking it up with the scoop then it softened into the container, Think I`ll wax my truck
Ronkh
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tropicsteve
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the finish on that vette- it`s like butta!
Civicclutch
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Still working on this one applying the poorboys world white diamond now
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