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    question on detailing motorcycles

    My sister-in-law's husband owns a Harley, Anyway he asked me to detail it for him. Since I have never detailed a bike before, I was wondering if any of you could give some pointers. Also How much would you charge on Bikes? Any special products I need to know about?
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    cleaning glass in the hot sun

    whats the best way to clean glass in the sun? I use mainly stoners invisible glass and it works well in the shade or on cool days. However when I don't have any shade the invisible glass evaporates almost on contact which tends to leave some streaks when cleaning.
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    questions on history of clear coats

    Around what year did clear coats become the standard in painting cars? I'm asking this because today I did my neighbor's light blue 1992 GMC truck. The truck had a lot of what I thought was clear coat failure, but while practicing with my new rotary, I noticed that the pad had some blue...
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    Flyer distribution etiquette

    Well, it was a drizzly day here in New Braunfels Tx. As such I decided to distribute some flyers in one of the more expensive sub-divisions in town. Anyways, three hours and 500 flyers later I went home to wait for somebody to call. Well, so far I have received one call from an irate...
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    mistakes in starting a detail business

    I was wondering if some of the more experienced pros outhere could tell us newbies some of the mistakes that you made when you first started your business?
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    monthly package deals

    I was wondering what you guys do as far as regular customers. Do you guys offer a package where you guys get paid once a month? a year? Do you guys include a detail every three- six months? For example: do a full detail initially and then weekly washes with wax job every two months all...
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    how much to charge on extras

    This is not on general detaili prices. What I mean is claying, wax, fabric protection etc. I'm thinking of charging: $20.00 for claying wax would be an additional $25.00 fabric protection $25.00 what do you guys think?
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    Klasse AIO by itself

    I noticed that Klasse AIO is almost exclusively used as a paint cleaner before putting SG on. I was wondering if any of you has AIO by itself and how long it lasted. How did it look? thanks.
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    strongest compound

    Whats the strongest compound/polish in your arsenal? Currently the strongest I've used is DACP but today I just came back from a prowax distributor that gave me a sample of p-26 clear cut compound. This one is supposed to take care of 1200-1500 wet sand scratches.
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    QD for p21s/s100

    What quick detailer would you guys recomend for p21s.
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    water reclamation systems

    Do any of you mobile detailers use water reclamation systems? Just started out a month ago and wouldn't mind getting one. However they are far from cheap(best price so far is $800). Have you guys had any encountered any legal problems for not using one?
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    extracting the headliner?

    Heard that this helps to get the tobacco odor out, but I've also read somewhere that extracting will cause the fabric to become unglued. Anyways, has anyone had any experience with this situation?
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