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Hey fellow detailers and enthusiasts.
My first college job was detailing at the largest Chevrolet dealership in Iowa and that's when I got hooked on detailing. I hadn't detailed prior, except for a group of buddies washing our cars on Sundays. We were more into Car Audio and Video at that time so we just cared about the way our cars sounded. Typical teenager.
I've been detailing on the side for about 12 years now. Not large scale; I have 4 kids in school and sports to my free time to detail is pretty limited now. A few years ago, when my kids were younger and not in sports, I detailed between 25 and 30 cars in the whole year. A couple weeks was 2 or 3 a weekend then a few weekends off.
Most of my detailing has been your basic wash, hand wax and interior cleaning. I never did get into paint correction, but I did purchase a hot water extractor which I use almost with every detail. I charge extra to use it and a lot of the cars I detail are pretty new and don't need it yet.
I find detailing to be extremely rewarding. When I pull the car out of my shop and see it shine and look almost new again, it makes me feel like I've accomplished something that means something to someone. I'm always looking up new ways and new products to make me more efficient, achieve a better result, or expand my services. I just bought my first DA Polisher, compounds, polishes and some glass polishing pads/polish so I'm excited to get practicing.
This forum and videos has been a big help recently to help me decide what to buy, and also better reading material then a lot of what's on the net. I'd rather read you guys discuss the best arms speed for a DA w/ Microfiber pad as compared to reading about a picture of an egg getting the most Instagram likes.
Anyways, you guys rock.
My first college job was detailing at the largest Chevrolet dealership in Iowa and that's when I got hooked on detailing. I hadn't detailed prior, except for a group of buddies washing our cars on Sundays. We were more into Car Audio and Video at that time so we just cared about the way our cars sounded. Typical teenager.
I've been detailing on the side for about 12 years now. Not large scale; I have 4 kids in school and sports to my free time to detail is pretty limited now. A few years ago, when my kids were younger and not in sports, I detailed between 25 and 30 cars in the whole year. A couple weeks was 2 or 3 a weekend then a few weekends off.
Most of my detailing has been your basic wash, hand wax and interior cleaning. I never did get into paint correction, but I did purchase a hot water extractor which I use almost with every detail. I charge extra to use it and a lot of the cars I detail are pretty new and don't need it yet.
I find detailing to be extremely rewarding. When I pull the car out of my shop and see it shine and look almost new again, it makes me feel like I've accomplished something that means something to someone. I'm always looking up new ways and new products to make me more efficient, achieve a better result, or expand my services. I just bought my first DA Polisher, compounds, polishes and some glass polishing pads/polish so I'm excited to get practicing.
This forum and videos has been a big help recently to help me decide what to buy, and also better reading material then a lot of what's on the net. I'd rather read you guys discuss the best arms speed for a DA w/ Microfiber pad as compared to reading about a picture of an egg getting the most Instagram likes.
Anyways, you guys rock.
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