i need help

CalgaryDetail

CalgaryDetail

Mike
I organized the detailing products I have. It wasnt good... I dont have enough room. I still have stuff here and there as well as a nice little collection at my parents house. :D here are some pics... cananyone guees the number of lsp (waxes and sealents) are there

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well its off to book into rehab
 
It is very simple my detailing friend, stop buying so much product and use it all up, make as much money as you can with what you got and then go get more. I had to stop myself from buying a bunch of stuff all the time and having too much lay around. You have to control the urge. Now I only buy what I need at the time I need it.
 
jtford95 said:
It is very simple my detailing friend, stop buying so much product and use it all up, make as much money as you can with what you got and then go get more. I had to stop myself from buying a bunch of stuff all the time and having too much lay around. You have to control the urge. Now I only buy what I need at the time I need it.
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No offense intended, but I find that statement to be a little hard to accept.
You actually don't buy any additional products until you have used up what you have?
I'm fairly conservative and I find my "need" for a product is pretty well governed by my "want" of a product. :)

Charles
 
There is a simple way to fix this problem. You need to get rid of your LSP's. And since I'm in such a friendly mood, I'll help you. Why don't you send the VW and Zymol products my way. This may be a little unconventional, but believe me, it will work.
 
audiboy said:
There is a simple way to fix this problem. You need to get rid of your LSP's. And since I'm in such a friendly mood, I'll help you. Why don't you send the VW and Zymol products my way. This may be a little unconventional, but believe me, it will work.
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This may work for Calgary, but I need all of my LSP's. :)

Charles
 
bigleager- you are close. I think i condted 27 or 28... but im hoping to find a few more at my parents house and break 30

jay-the best would be zymol concours. Its expensive and not as user freindly as I would like but hte look is amazing. Favorite resonable wax is victoria wax concours. It has a very similar look to zymol, Gives a similar optical range butat less then half the price (more like a quater) its wel worth it

jtford95- I understand where you are coming from. I have slowed down on compounds which is why i dont have menzerna, however on lsps. I dont think i ever goodl. I am on a search for the very best (in my eyes ofcourse) ad i cant do thatif I dont try it

audi- thats such a nice offer...let me think it over
 
CharlesW, no offense taken and yes that is how I buy my products.

CalgaryDetail, I understand about looking for the best LSP, or for that matter, having more than just one for every car you do. How I tested product is try it and use it up and then tried something else, or if I didn't like it, gave it away. Just doing things differently. We all do what works for us the best. It is a nice collection though. And are you in business? Joe
 
So as to not hi-jack this thread any further, I think I will start another one.
Similar but different. :)

Charles
 
Simple.....you have too many redundant products.

Ask yourself how many products do you have that clean and polish paint?

How many glaze?

How many seal?

As a pro myself I can tell you exactly how many polishes I have and use, just one

I have, use and carry only one compound. I carry one paste wax, one spray wax and one polymer.

I also use and carry one extra fine polish.

So why is there a need for more than one quick detailer, polish, compound, tire dressing and why so many waxes?

Ask yourself this VERY IMPORTANT question, are you detailing to make money or to impress others with your stuff?

I had to ask myself this very question some years ago and when I seriously thought about it I realized I had a shelves full of stuff that I never used and no way I could carry all of it but man it sure looked neat and impressed a lot of other detailers.

I got rid of all that extra stuff...why on earth did I need 6 different paste waxes? They all did the same thing and my clients didn't care if I used Trade Secret or Victoria's. Some will say, "Yeah but one wax will give you a different look over another, one gives more pop, shine...yadda yadda, yadda" That's the biggest load of crap...why? Because I'm not detailing for people on some forum, to impress them with all my variants of waxes and polishes, but rather to make money in a profession.

That's the question you need to ask yourself. Trim your products down because there is no need, professionally speaking, for all that stuff.

Anthony
 
Anthony:
How many products did you try before you decided what you were going to have as your go to products?

I would bet it was more than the 27 that CalgaryDetail has on his shelf. :)

The final choice is so subjective that the products that one person likes come across as less than stellar to another.
For my part, very few of the products I have used were "bad" products. I just decided I wanted to try something else.

Charles
 
I think that he is just doing this for himself rather than to impress others, or customers.
For years I used my old man's TW, then I started using megs, now I am on to something different, and have found a few that I like.
Doesn't mean I won't try something different again, but if I don't try how would I know whether I like it or not. I have close to a dozen LSP's but it's for me not so that I will impress others.

JMHO
"J"
 
jaybs02 said:
I think that he is just doing this for himself rather than to impress others, or customers.
I have close to a dozen LSP's but it's for me not so that I will impress others.

JMHO
"J"
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That exactly what I think is happening.
I myself (being a newbie and all) in a matter of 3 months have gathered a small collection of these products just to find out which ones will give the result I'm looking for and there is no one around me who is remotely interested in detailing cars, to impress.
 
Great set up.
I love seeing everything. Make sure you have insurance.
Also, I see your polishers may be damaging their pads. I had a DW849 with a perfect centre screw on double sided wool 3M pad. I left it on its side for a weekend and picked up a little canter. The wobble affected the life of the machine (or sped up the maintenance schedule--it still works; it just needed work).
Don't like seeing pads and bp's with pressure on them like that.
 
CharlesW said:
Anthony:
How many products did you try before you decided what you were going to have as your go to products?

I would bet it was more than the 27 that CalgaryDetail has on his shelf. :)

The final choice is so subjective that the products that one person likes come across as less than stellar to another.
For my part, very few of the products I have used were "bad" products. I just decided I wanted to try something else.

Charles
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That's exactly right Charles. I tried a lot of them BUT I also didn't have anyone telling me that is serves no purpose or asking me "Why?".

Let me put this another way. How many products on the shelves that Calgary has displayed are the exact same product?

I notice several products that are made by the same parent manufacturer but private labeled by a few others. So in reality one may "think" they are trying a wax, glaze, dressing, etc. from 4 different companies but in reality they are using the same product which may have a different color or scent added.

There's nothing wrong with trying new products but just how many quick detailers does one have to try before they realize that they are all basically the same? It's getting to the point where some forums are actually testing the longevity of quick detailers and not grasping that that's not what QD's are designed to do!

In my own case Menzerna is a fantastic polish line and it's all I used until I was sent a sample of another polish. This didn't make Menzerna a lesser polish but rather this other polish had properties to it that I liked far better. Do I carry both lines with me though? No, because they both serve the same function.

This isn't a bash on Calgary at all but rather I'm just trying to help him and others avoid some pitfalls. Detailing professionally is a business, it's sole purpose is to make money, to turn a profit first and foremost.

Anthony
 
Anthony I agree that for a business, I would suggest to Mike that he check with suppliers that carried product in bulk. Try a few of their products to determine which ones worked best for him and order in either in 1 or 5 gallon sizes.
That would be the most cost effective way, and as you pointed out, most customers wouldn't notice the subtle differences that one particular LSP would give over another. But it might not hurt to keep 1 or 2 specialty waxes for those that do.

"J"
 
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