Recent content by southerndetail

Got a friend in Grand Rapids has a silver Mazda and needs a detailer.

So I have been using the same type of soap that is used in a laser wash(touchless) in my foamer lately. I have had some pretty good results. What I do is foam the entire car including tires, wheel wells, and rims, scrub the the rims and by the time I'm done scrubing I start the rinse. I rinse...

I'm looking for a product that I can run though my pressure washer that will get large multiple fleet vehicles clean without having to touch them. These vehicles are cleaned bi-weekly, so they are not to dirty. FYI my PW is not heated.

It only took 2 hours of chopping, tugging, and digging on 1 of 3 three stumps that I had to remove to realize there has got to be an easier way. So I go and get my computer, go to Creigslist and find someone that does stump grinding. I proceed to send that person an email offering him a trade of...

This one was NASTY, she leaves it out side under a tree all the time and she gets the free tunnel washes every so often. Silver is such a hard color to capture defects but its not hard to see the gleam in the end. Time spent 5 hours Exterior Process 2 bucket w/MGC&Citrus Griots clay M205...

Colors On Parade, I have the opertunity to hawk there services for a nice cut of the work. I was just wondering if anyone on here has dealt with them.

So this last week I decided to hire a new employee, I've picked up some new work and needed the help. After interviewing him, and learning he had "detailing experience" I brought him on. Monday was his first day so I put him to the test, first thing I noticed was his lack of experience, he had...

I have been collecting client e-mails, until now I didn't know what I was going to do with them I had a survey created to get feed back, first do you think its a good idea and second do you think its worded right?mailForm

So in the past I have bartered for lunch, mechanical work and a couple of computers, but today was a first. I had an appt. for a vasectomy, and during we got to talking and the doc asked if I insurance. It so happens that I do, but if I didn't the doctor was ready to trade out services, I love...

Is there a convinient way or product to tape off the tire/rim to be able to quickly repaint them? I have a couple of fleets 40-50 trucks, their rims get pretty banged up and would it be extra revenue if I could efficiently repaint them. Also any advice or tips on how to speed up the fleet...

So the other day I was on a roll, washing all the regulars, trying to keep my washes to 30-45 min, I thought I would save some time by washing the exterior of the last car of the bunch before I went in to get the keys. I have washed this car 3-4 times, so the car is washed and the tires are...

So the other day I got a call to do a decal removal, I jumped right on it. Only problem was I had left my heat gun at home, easy enough right? I'll just go the local hardware and pick one up, nope, the cheapest one they had was $90. Now I have to let the customer know we had to postpone, on...

I have a client who's paint seems to be failing from the primer out. I can still see that it has a clear, but the color seems to be disappearing literally. This is spreading like cancer it is on several different spots. BTW it is a 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser.

This question is from a friend, I figured I would try to give him an educated answer so I'll ask you guys. My dad is getting ready to finally sell his '97 M3 Sedan (48k miles, unmodified and in great cond.). It is Arctic Silver Metallic. Can you recommend some products? Particularly, what wax...

What are the chances of being able to recover and purify the same water everyday on my mobile rig? I've been thinking of using the mat type of recovery system and if I can get the large sediment out of the water I think I can run it through a filtration system. Does anybody know about either...