fresh off the truck. I need to do it as quickly and cheaply as possible. What's the VERY quickest and cheapest way to get a layer of wax on these vehicles? I need a wax that is easy on and easy off, and have a Cyclo with microfiber bonnets if that's the quickest way to remove the wax.
I'm getting paid $10 to wash and wax new cars at a Nissan dealership
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imported_truzoom
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CHEAPEST - Get some Chemical Guy's spray wax. Most, if not all, of their products are good in my book.
SpoiledMan
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Fresh off the truck? Don't they have the protective stuff and cosmoline on them? $10 a car and I'm going with a wash soap that has some wax in it.
imported_ajbarnes
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SpoiledMan said:
Agreed. Either that, or wash, rinse, and WAUD.
imported_Aurora40
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Two cents, for $10 a car, you don't want to spend much of that on your chemicals. I'd guess locally bought EO WAUD would be about the cheapest wax you could quickly apply after washing with good result. It won't stain trim or mess up glass or anything.
DaGonz
Autopia fire/rescue.
You are working for a dealer.
The dealer will buy the cheapest wash/wax combo he can in order to maximize his profits.
The dealer doesn't give a fat rats rump how good the car looks once it gets off the property.
If you have to provide your own chemicals, you are now down to about $7 an hour.
If you have to provide your own tools, pads and equipment... now you are making even less!
The dealer will buy the cheapest wash/wax combo he can in order to maximize his profits.
The dealer doesn't give a fat rats rump how good the car looks once it gets off the property.
If you have to provide your own chemicals, you are now down to about $7 an hour.
If you have to provide your own tools, pads and equipment... now you are making even less!
doged said:
Because using the cheapest products isnt always the best, It can end up costing you alot more time and you'll lose money.
For Instance ONRW is the best no rinse wash on the market, and at the price cant be beat.
OCW wont stain the trim, will last up to 5 months, and will leave a shine the dealership will love.
So you see sometimes it is about informing the best products to maximize his profit.
Otherwise we would tell him to buy the cheap stuff in the 55 gal drum.
doged said:
thats your opinion, which you are entitiled to, and I respect that
now respect my opinion, when I tell him he is gonna have less headaches.
Everything is relevant and and I don't appreciate the personal attack.
dealers want cheap wholesale work, however they don't want the work to look wholesale.
It is his choice, he can take the info and use it as he wishes.
SpoiledMan
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LynchMOB said:
Yes it will slow the process as it needs to be removed. It takes solvents to remove it on larger areas and on small areas you can get away with using abrasives.
Bill D
Hooked For Life
I used Valugard New Car Prep to get rid of some cosmoline on the lower parts of the door of a brand new Mercedes CLK right at the dealer's door and I also used it to soak and remove the white plastic Rapgard shipping film. I did not rush this process one bit, unlike how I suspect most dealers would simply yank it off the car, leaving behind not only adhesive but probably marring the paint here and there. I hope the scholarship eemployees who watched me got a hint that if they weren't doing similarly, maybe they should ,particularly on such expensive vehicles.
I agree about the logic of even dealerships using the Optimum products. They do wind up paying for themselves in economy and most importantly,time. I'm sure one serious about buying in quantity can establish a commercial account with them and get the products for wholesale.
I agree about the logic of even dealerships using the Optimum products. They do wind up paying for themselves in economy and most importantly,time. I'm sure one serious about buying in quantity can establish a commercial account with them and get the products for wholesale.
wannafbody
wannafbody
Protect All All Surface Care(Walmart $9 16 oz) is a spray and wipe wax that looks pretty decent. The advantage of the optimum is that you can spray it on a wet car.