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This is my first before/after. I own a mobile detailing company here in Florida (PM me if you want to know name/contact info/service area). Most of my work is basic exterior/basic interior. This was a complete interior and 90-95% correction on the exterior. This is a regular service car that I...

I ordered a bunch of 6.5" low profile pads with lip from autogeek, thinking they would fit on my stock backing plate, which measures just under 6". Well, they don't fit. Its really close. I have a smaller LC 4.33" backing plate. I tried it on the 4.33" backing plate and only the center part of...

Sometimes I get older cars (15-20 years) sent to me and they can often times have heavily oxidized nearly shot clear coats. If the clear coat is really gone, then I turn them down and set them up with a body shop. Normally the cars aren't worth much and the owner pleads with me to 'give it...

Has anyone ever done a wheel restoration? I need to restore 4 silver 18" one-piece wheels....two with moderate curb damage.... the other with acid damage. The mobile wheel repair shops all want $85-185 each. I've already got too much into these wheels and I want to refurb them myself (but they...

I am starting to get requests to clean engines in newer and higher end vehicles and I would like to require owners to sign a damage waiver. I do not want to pay a $1000+ water-in-the-electronics-damage-bill. I have heard of several guys in the area who have caused thousands of dollars worth of...

I would like to see what people are using for brochures. Can you show me what it looks like? I have some ideas for mine, but I need some more ideas.

I do not have a website right now and I'm thinking about getting one online next week. I would like to know how much (%) business comes from your website, alone, as a marketing tool. Do people do web searches and find your website, then call you or email you for a price? Do they actually...

Some of my friends in the car repair business (who refer me customers on a regular basis) have told me that I need to add a cheap package to compete with the hack jobs and big scale operations in town. There are several operations (some illegal) doing 'complete' interior/exterior details for...

Anyone had any luck advertising in church bulletins or newsletters? I'm trying to figure out if it is worth my money or not.

Can anyone share with me some ideas of how to go after entire real estate agencies, insurance companies and law offices? I would like to advertise to the entire office at each of these companies. I have tried sending direct mail to a few offices, but have never got anything out of it (I'm...

I have a Makita 9227c. In the past, I haven't gotten a lot of call for full paint correction. For about 98% of my customers, I normally use a white or orange LC CCS pad with D151. They love it and it doesn't take me too long. I'm starting to get more call for paint correction. Most people only...

Is it possible to buy Folex in bulk? I am sick of buying the 32oz container for $5 each at Home Depot. I searched online and I see that there is a 128oz, but no one seems to carry it!

I have switched over to using Meg's D151 for all of my basic details (non-correction one-step) and I really like working with the product and the end result. I also like that fact that is works on plastic headlamps and tail lights too! I have started seeing some of the vehicles return for...

Any tricks to removing dirt from ultra short-pile VW products? The carpet acts like a sponge and absorbs the dirt deep down into the fibers, making it nearly impossible to remove even after a lot of wire brush action. I've seen the same horrible carpet used in other vehicles, such as the current...

Does Eagle One sell A2Z wheel/tire cleaner by the gallon or (5 gallon tub) to pros? I can only find the expensive 26oz spray bottle.

I had some time yesterday so I brought my mom's 08 Lexus ES350 (silver exterior, pano roof, 15k miles) over and got the exterior done. I tried out some new (to me) products to try to get the paint imperfections out, but they didn't work 100%. Micro swirls/little scratches were still left. To be...

I see a couple posts with labor hours posted, but I really want to know how long each of these jobs are taking! Please post, in labor hours (per person if you work with with a crew), how long each of these jobs are taking.

I wanted to know how you all deal with this one. On a regular basis I go down my list of regular clients and new ones (people I met somewhere and they gave me their card and said call me, I'm interested) calling people to remind them that it is time to get their car done. They say "I want it...

Has anyone found a magic product to take out the famous pink juice stains found in so many family mobiles on the carpets? I see them all the time and I've tried just about every cleaner and nothing has ever touched them. I normally just tell people that they won't go away and there is nothing...

What do you use to remove the scratching, marring and hazing on factory interior wood? No matter what I do, the wood always seems to get scratched. I've got cars brand new and the wood is already full of micro-scratches, swirls, and hazing. How do I restore the wood and make it look like new...