<HTML>Do you mean have some there for sale? No, we don't carry items for sale to a show, other than what we may be demoing- like the ETR kit, will have the 30X magnifiers but that's it. We are introducing a new brand at the show, developed for carwashes and detailers, that is a new profit center for both. Just have the ETR there as two new Technical Service Bulletins are beingby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Jim, three blocks, east of the River Walk enterance, not the Marriott, but the Best Western, not the bad, very good, really, stayed there last fall, if any rooms left, save about $150 a night. The LaQuinta, which is just outside the Marriott, is within $20 a night of it, and the Marriott is is $100 a night more than it was 5 years ago. Give me call if you got a question. Ketch<by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Gezzz, Jose, You want "me" to write down your cell number? Hey, hey, ok, but only this one time, but you have to buy the first two rounds. Jack Daniels and water, with a little ice, OK? Oh, and of course, two is my limit. LOL!!! See you there, got some good things to share with you. Like, will have with me some "test protocals" on "real testing" ofby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Madam, As we have discussed, many times, face to face, it is very hard for the average male, and their "ego's" to understand that this business is more than most of them may comprehend. You stated it very well. You presented this in a very intelligent, but with humor, manner. The industry is much more complex than most in it, seem to realize. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, I ain't even going there!! Hey, when in San Antonio, stop by the booth, got a new way to make some peso's, that fit a detailers world, might be interesting for you now that you see the way of what it takes to make more than a "buck", but to build a business. You know what I mean, it's not a put down, just a growing into the world. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Well, what can I say, Joe? Except, welcome to the world of growing old!!! LOL!!! Hell, I ran one of those for years, but was a lot older than you, before I found that a day of a Milwaukee, was only for the very, very young. LOL!! (however, I went through "boot" when you weren't even a "wet spot"!) Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I guess I am too old, worked with more traditional buffer configerations, such as Milwaukee, Black and Decker, etc, and have a dislike for Hitachi, Makita, etc, with their "start up" speeds, plus the "handle of the top", IE, "D'handle. I have to say this, what ever works for you, that is what counts, after all, as I say often in class, "Baskin-Robinby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Check what Ford, Hyundia, Nissan, Mazda (DaimlerChrysler Canda also has the same, but not in the section) has to say in their technical service bulletins, at the OEM/TSB section at www.autoint.com Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Automotive International's, ValuGard line is now VOC compliant, for every product manufacturered after aprox. Nov 15th.. However, there are still products in our warehouse, that we may not ship to California, and a couple of other states, as they were produced before Nov 15th, but legal in most states. We check where the purchaser is located, before shipping the products. Ketcby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>One added piece of information. Biodegradable and "enviormentally friendly". Enviormentally friendly means that the product does not contain toxins or carcenigenic components as defined by the various goverment agencies. An example is Simple Green, which for years promoted it's product as "bio-degradable", and by the terms presented earlier, if sent throughby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Scott, Sometimes, even as P/C as we both attempt to be, the following expression, makes more sense, each day. "Maybe the gene pool needs a little clorine added to it!" Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Dan, I will be on the west coast, LA for the next 10 days, if you wish to sit down and discuss the "in's and out's" of this idea, I am more than willing to do so. Just call the office and have them patch you through to my cell, cause I ain't putting than number up here, I get enough calls. Just let me know. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Sounds good, until you take a hard look at the "product liability" that is "your problem", by doing so. You may wish to spend a little money now, on exploring this, rather than lose your house, your car, your future chances to make a living. It is not just "products', but "product liability", which becomes, "your liability". After aby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Scott, Now you know why I was "sooooo happy" when we sold off the Auto Pres side, even though we still provide support, training, tech support, etc. I am so friggen happy now!! Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>You should go on the EPA's website and find out what you really need to know. I would also suggest that once you have the "real deal", that you find on the site, print it out and have it with you to show the dealers. This will substinate the reason for your added cost to provide them service. It may be necessary to move each vehicle to the wash bay, which should haveby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Send it to me at my office email. We have three full time chemists on staff, but always looking to find other's who have a good background in the industry. I have a feeling that our products have at least one of the components he developed, in them now, but always looking for better, more effective components. Thanks, Eric. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>"We", meaning detailers, or the auto companies? The auto companies don't due to added costs and the use of E-Coat, which they then spray a tinted primer or chassis black over. The metal used to be galavanized, but with the growing use of hydro-forming of rails, parts, creates a problem for use of glavanized steel. If one is going to undercoat these parts, they must bby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, Just wet the trailer with water, then mix the "A" to the specified 1 part to 8 parts water. Put the bucket of the solution close to the work area, so you don't waste it, and brush it on, working from the top down. It "must" be on the surface for 5 to 7 minutes, and where the deposits of the streaks are the heaviest, agitate it with the truck brush, donby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Thank you, Joe And as usual, just as I expected, a day late and no dollar in the mail today! LOL Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Scott, Absolutely correct, but I will now give another way of addressing this sort of concern. We have all been "fired", and for reasons that we may or may not have understood. There is not a thing wrong with "firing" a customer!! It is a manner of business management. I am sure that I am just saying what you did, but in a different way. I fire several "by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I have only one or two things to add to this. One being that on a plane or large truck, the paint finish is much more of a robust resin system than used on the common vehicle most drive. These types of finishes are very prone to "thermal stressing" of the clear, as evidenced by what happens to many GM, DCX and some imports which have been subjected to conditions of "hby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Hey, Joe, Hey, Scotty, This may very well be the same old, "use of put up another's name", in order to create a way to present a "let me tell" you sort of thread. Yeah, this may be like the use of "another name", as we have seen, in order for some other person, to "offer expert advice", or attempt to "show the newbies" the wayby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Brian, I see you and Jim have put the California CARB news releases, list of states, with dates of impending regulatory laws, a great "explaination/fact" sheet regarding VOC's, the State of California's list of products, etc. What an informative addition to the PDTA site! Unfortunately, there are many "detailers" who just don't get the importanceby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>If original base clear, built in Dearborn, has Dupont OEM material on it, 1K clear was used, melamine crosslinked system. Should find total film build from a low of 4.2 to 5.3, depending on area of hood. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I suggest, if no one has looked closely at the condition, to use a 30X lighted magnifier. This must be adjusted, and then placed directly on a spot, then fine adjusted. Look closely to see if there is any cracking or other degradation of the paint. If you see cracking or "bubbles" in the paint, no clay bar or buffing is going to correct, only refinishing. If no crackingby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>As Bill stated, at this point, only M/B, gets the PPG CeramiClear. However, since many manufacturers around the world have contracts with other OEM suppliers, they are not able to make a switch to this technology. Based upon what I know, it appears that other DaimlerChrysler units will be the next in line, but only on high end vehicles. It is also my understanding, based upon the pby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Monday, I sent to those on my company email list, two California State bulletins, regarding two subjects that are often discussed on this forum. These may make some here, "uncomfortable", but they are real bulletins, and show just how serious California is about containind VOC emissions, not only from the hydrocarbon's in the chemicals you may be using, but also the &qby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Bud, As I have shared with a couple of people here, the "real" way that the ceramic part of this clear works, will share with you this much, may you be able to understand the chemical reaction and process. The "ceramic" portion is in the normal clearcoat, and the total film build of the clear is still only 1. 5 to 2 mil. During the bake process, the "ceramicby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>No, I did not, it is a true example of what happens to a modern high solid clear when you use it as a test bed for products. Anytime one takes a high speed buffer to a modern clear, no matter what the product, and no "fillers", in a production shop, those little buggers are going to show up sometime. I am not a miracle worker, and that car has been "beat to death&qby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Until late 1994, the vehicle, built in Flat Rock, Mi was built by Auto Alliance, a joint venture by Ford and Mazda. The "paint supplier", was PPG, but not American PPG material, nor was it applied by the standards that PPG America required. Rather it was done by the Japanese paint application standards, which did consider the amount of UV exposure, nor our countrie'sby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts