<HTML>I WENT FROM AUTO MAGIC TO PRO BECAUSE I THINK THE PRO DISTRIBUTORS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP YOU OUT. PLUS ITS ALOT CHEAPER TO GET THE PRO STUFF THE AUTO MAGIC GUY CHARGES $35.00 FOR XP-SWIRL REMOVER YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>The was a post going back 6 months ago about using oxi-clean in your extractor to make your carpets cleaner and brighter. I brought up in that same post that if you can use Tide laundry soap as a carpet shampoo to cut tough grease and stains. Now here is my question can you use the CLOROX 2 the bleach for colors as an additive for cleaning carpets.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>first of all as a mobile detailer you need to set a min price just to go out on the job. So if this lady only wanted a wash and a vaccuum u needed to say mam we have a $100 min and if you want you $hit box washed and vaccum it is gonna cost you $100. My favorett people are the ones that like to chop your prices down. Last week I had a lady call me up I looked at her car it wasby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>viper is a thinned out version of a liquid wax. It is thicker then 409 body-shines by auto magic but thinner than a regular liquid wax. you have to shake and pour , shake shake and pour</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>cox reals are probably your best bet for power washer hose reels. talk to Tracy over at sunbrite he will give you great advice. Plus they have 110% lowest price guarantee.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Last year I went with a new ad agency, I told the guy as a new to the area discount buy 1 detail and get " 15 % of your second " this knuccle head prints buy 1 and get "50% off the second car. You have no idea what kind of wrecks and $hit boxes people now wanted detailed. That created more problems then anything</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>brian i like auto magics clay but carbrite's clay bar is 1.5 x bigger for about the same price. V & L car care supplies they are the only carbrite distrbutor in NJ and they are all the way up in wayne area off route 46. if you do go that route with car brite pick up some of there "ultimate canabura" and some of there "summit dressing". Ultimate canaby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I use Viper it is a great spray on wax easy on dries quickly and rubs off easy, the only down fall is if you get it on plastic it is a pain in the @$$ to get it off. spray it on a white terry towel/ shop towell let it dry then wipe off with a micro fiber. Viper is the only spray wax that i like.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>2001 gmc seirra thats my fav just because i have alot of pratice on mine and no matter what condition they are in. People look at mine and they said i want my truck to look like yours.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>FROM WHAT I HEARD THAT "CONVIENT NOT TO COMPETE " CLAUSE IS LAUGHED AT BY JUDGES.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>At the begginig of this year a new circus show came into town, this clown is lowballing all of my prices by 25%. the sad deal is that this guy use to work for me. he know my distriubors, he know my technniques, and the worst he know my customers. how on earth to I compete with that. I charge $225 for my CONNOISSEUR DETAIL which includes exterior, interior, engine sealant the whole 9by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>POWDERS ARE LEAST EXPENSIVE TO MAKE, STORE, PACKAGE AND SHIP BECAUSE THEY CARRY NO WATER WAIT. LIQUIDS OR RTU CHEMICALS THAT YOU FIND AT THE LOCAL HARDWARE STORE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. RTU'S ARE GENERALLY AIMED AT THE HOMEOWNER/CUSTOMER BECAUSE THE PRODUCTS ARE FULLY DILUTED TO A "SAFE-TO-HANDLE" STRENGTH. I PURCHASE ALOT OF MY POWER WASHING CHEMICALS IN POWDER FORMS. Iby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>PROFESSIONAL DETAILING ASS MR LARRY FLEISHMAN, EXECTIVE DIRECTOR 49 MICHIGAN AVE CHICAGO, IL 60611-4267 312-321-5199 INTERNATIONAL CARWASH ASS. (ICA) MARK THORSBY 49 MICHIGAN AVE CHICAGO, IL 60611-4267 312-321-5199 CLEANER TIMES MRS CHARLENE YARBROUGH, PUBLISHER 4600 W. MARKHAM LITTLE ROCK, AR 72205 501-280-9111 AUTO LAUNDRY NEWS MR ROB EDER, EDITOR 370 LEXINGTON AVE NEW YORK,NY 10by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>yeah just indorse a check and we think we will fill in the rest</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>bud I posted that earlier about the oxyclean, I was on a power wash job and I was talking to the carpet cleaners who were doing the neighbors carpet and he said a cup of oxyclean was the secret ingrediant. He also said if you should run out of carpet cleaner use liquid "tide" and that should also do the trick.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Brian I have been using the XP swirl remover/ with wax for about a month now which is pretty darn good. I bought it b/c it was new and I was out of BC-2 and it works alot better. Now for the rest of the products banana wax, Triple 7 (777) Cleaner, synthetic cut, i havent tried it yet. I still have 10 gallons of concentrate of red hot, I have 5 gallons of Creamy cutter from PRO, so bby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
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<HTML>Owner / Operater is not a good idea people think you are tooting your own horn my card just has my name and email and phone number thats it</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>50% sounds way to steep. When I first started detailing I was detailing for a car audio shop and they were taking 30% out and I had to buy everything, advertise etc. To make things short there was always a bad taste in my mouth going there.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Did anybody ever see the new Eagle1 commercial where the guy was using a weed wacker with a polishing pad to wax his car when i saw that i couldnt stop laughing. too funny</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>maybe detailers day in atlantic city Brian have your cousin come with small pints of new products I know auto magic just came out with xp swirl away with wax which is a pretty good product. Last time I went to AC for a car wash seminar I purchased 50 microfiber towels for $25 ( I also went the last day and was purchasing stuff 1 hour b4 they closed, so they couldnt wait to get rid ofby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>JUST PLAYING DEVILS ADVOCATE WHY WOULD YOU TREAT A "HIGH END CAR " ANY DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER DETAIL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAR IS MORE EXPENSIVE BUT WHY GIVE PETER'S PORCHE MORE ATTENTION THEN MARY'S MAZDA. IF YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL YOUR TOP END SERVICE SHOULD BE SERVICING BOTH THE MAZDA AND PORCHE AT THE SAME LEVEL.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Frank I LIVE IN NEW JERSEY YOU NAME THE DAY AND TIME AND I WILL BE THERE</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>TRY GASOLINE PULL OUT THE CARPET AND SET IT ON FIRE IT WILL KILL ALL THE ODORS . HAHA JUST KIDDING JUST LET THE ENZYME CLEANER TO SOAK IN LET IT DWELL FOR 15 - 30 MINS ON EACH STAIN. THE ENZYME CLEANER WILL BREAK DOWN THE PROTIEN IN THE STAIN. I ONLY USE HOT WATER IN MY EXTRACTOR WITH NO SOAP, I PRESPRAY THE SOAP AND LET IT DWELL THE EXTRACT WITH CLEAN WATER. I ALSO MIX MY Sby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I SWITCHED PADS AT THE START OF THE YEAR AND THEY ARE GOOD, BUT THE CENTER STUD SOMETIMES IS A PAIN IN @$$ TO CHANGE BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE PADS ARE GOOD</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML> Bud in our bussiness if you clean 4 to 7 tractors an hour you better go to sam's club and buy 100 pounds of hot dogs because thats what you will be eating while you are in bussiness. If you clean 8 - 12 tractors an hour now you are running a bussiness. When you clean fleets there are 3 major factors, speed, dwell time, and organization. Now if you are gonna do tractors letsby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Bud, thats how most power washers clean tractor trailers with the 2- step method. I dont use that method I use a high ph tractor soap then brush come back over it with a nuetral wash, with a wax. You want to talk science try washing 100 tractors with trailers with 3 guys in under 5 hours thats a science.</HTML>by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Detail King is very expensive with their chemicals. I use PRO and Auto Magic, I use to use Carbrite but their stuff is very expensive. Detail Plus makes good chemicals also. Stick with major brands names buy from somebody that has a good rep. It is not worth the cost if you buy a $10 a gallon cheap compound and pay sombody $10 an hour for 2 hours to make a $10 a cheap compound work.by ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>1. It sounds like another boutique product. 2. Doesn't a paint sealant actually get absorbed into the pores of the paint. I know wax lays on top of it. The only reason I am asking is because when I was doing hardwood floors with this guy for awhile the "sanding sealer" was absorbed into the wood. Now the polyurethane layed on top of the wood like a wax does. Just a stuby ROB M - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
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