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I usually deal with mosly new cars when detailing, and they are very clean for the majority of them. Lately I have gotten a couple of vehicles where they have been abused for a long time, and then the customers decide to get the detail done. Do you guys turn away they customers or try to talk...

I was wondering any of you guys who own your own mobile detailing/shop can you collect unemployment in the winter months?

I did a search, but i know most people on this forum are here for fine detailing. Richsmad.com offerc very extensive fine detailing, but we were looking to expand to do a fleet wash setup. A box truck with a HUGE capacity for water and a heavy duty pressure washer and bulk chemicals. We are...

This is Rich from www.richsmad.com and I am looking for a pro detailer to do a couple of jobs for one of my customers relatives who lives in the bronx area. She has 2 newer vehciels a pt cruiser and a Jeep. She wants full details on both vehicles, but she lives to far for me to be cost effective...

WEll I wrote a post a few weeks back about a customer who called me 3 months later about holograming and swirls in his vehicle. I went there today and checked it out, and it was horrible. I was thinking to myself, was it the new stuff I was using or what, but then i remebered that i have done...

A customer called me today,well actually his secretary and said he is complaining that his blue gmc 1500 has swirls and holograming on it? It is obvious he wants me to buff it for free, and take care of it. I detailed this thing at least 3 months ago and it was perfect. I even called him several...

I have a custom neon to do tommorow, exterior buff only no wax. It was painted just recently, but the old paint doesnt quiet match since it is somewhat oxidized and just not buffed out. Would you guys just do a normal buff to the car to get all the panels to match up?

I was detailing a x5 a while back and a guy pulls up in this nice M3. It was his neighbor and he liked the job I was doing and wanted his vehicles done. I told him sure, and now about 2 months later he calls me and says he wants about 5 vehicles done. There all newer vehicles M3, X90...

I wrote in a review for the ez up canopy 12x12 size. It was a great idea to use the canopy and was very easy to move around. The worst problem is the quality of the "sierra" model brand. I broke 2 in about 2 weeks, they just make them very cheap. Right where it scissors the metal keeps snapping...

Any of you guys who run a full time mobile business, know it is alot of stress. I remeber coming to this board and asking if I could make this amount, get this many cars etc. From all the knowledge I knew, knowledge I gained from this site,knowledge from detaiking and from others business has...

We were working on the hummer, actually Brain was cleaing it up. Ran out of pink stuff interior cleaner, so used some APC 10 parts water , one part cleaner. It actually took of some plastic coating near the kick panel below the radio! I though the dilution for plastic was 10:1 for this stuff...

Ive been doing alot of detailing lately, www.richsmad.com in the sun. I have been just heat exhausted and couldnt find much shade, plus it doesnt help that my vip weekly has 4 black cars! So after researching and talking to some people on this site, I went out to find a ez up canopy. I found one...

Ive been really busy with business, www.richsmad.com I havent really been able to get on the site much and check out what new polishes,compounds and waxes everyone is using. Ill be using the rotary,pc and orbital for all my work. I just wanted to see what is the excellent products these days...

Myself and my neighbor who would be my partner are thinking about buying a building that was a car wash, but went out of business. It went out of business because the way it was ran. The building needs to be cleaned up, they were very unorganized, didnt do a good job etc. The buidling is located...

I have to detail a show car tommorow, I have done a few before but never one with laquer, dont think the spelling is right, but that is the type of paint on it. Can i correct buff with the rotary, and what issues that are different then clear do i have to deal with. Also, it was moldy inside due...

I have to do a Kemworth 6 wheel truck I dont know what you call them, like a big rig type style. He is taking off the container from the back so ill be taking care of the fuel tanks, polishing the 6 wheels and doing the paint work buff and seal, also the inside of the cab. It is in really good...

A recent customer approached me and told me he is interested in buying a car wash. He saw my detailing skills and new I had a good business sense, so he proposed a deal. It is a hand car wash with a detail center and it is in a very good location. He is abusy business man and really cant be...

One of my passions besides detailing is riding bmx bikes. I have been riding since i was about 15 and im now 23. I own a mobile detailing business and have a great partner Brian, who helps everything go smooth. Anyways I put in alot to detailing from washing the truck 7 days a week, calling...

I know many people say they love SSR swirl removers, but i dont understand why. They have many fillers in the swirl remover and just hide the defect. I dont use it anymore, but try it yourself. After you apply it and you think the swirls are gone, just wash that area and the same pattern of...

A customer has a work truck he wants to get rid of, but he has his company name air brushed along with the phone number on a black f-250. IT isnt the best looking thing, but he will be bringing me many nice trucks to detail and I want to help him out if possible. I was thinking wetsanding them...