<HTML>A great many thanks! Its the first thing you see when the page loads!</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Paul (Webmaster) Thank you for displaying the hyperlinked PDTA logo at the top of the website! It means a great deal to us knowing that the PDTA is exposed to the public, on one of the highest traffic detail sites. Thanks again!</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Pick a member of the Professional Detailing Tchnician's Association for optimum and devoted service. Steve Bough The Shine Shop, Jasper. www.theshineshop.us DetailPro 4115 E. Morgan Ave.(Located at Auto Haus), Evansville (812) 473-8980 Bud Walker Walker Detailing Inc Lafayette. Tel : 765-426-7380 or 765-491-9560. ;by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>The Valugard ABC system and the water spot remover are top choices. Thing they all have in common is the acidic approach since the minerals are alkaline and needs an acid type to remove and neutralize. Water spots don't etch, only acid rain does. What I use on boats is distilled white vinegar left to dwell on a rag for a few minutes -- cut 10-to-1 on Issan Glass.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I use either an APC; regular wash water; or a grease remover. The pressure washer is used only for the hinge area of the jambs. Don't want to overspray the fine leather and interior with our pressure washer, now do we. I do agree that proper chemicals should be used for the prober job and task ahead -- no argument there. But I can say that I have never used a white-wall cleanerby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>When I first got into this business I learned much from working in a body shop. A painted on pinstripe was needed to be removed from a car and I wasn't to sure how to go about doing it, so I asked the shop for advice. They recommended oven cleaner. It took the pin stripe off but you could see where the pinstripe was. A few years later I learned rubbing alcohol did the same thiby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Gladly...The market for boat detailing is so high yet there are so little detailers who offer boat detailing. A great many detailers I talk to on here and throught the PDTA will agree that this area is more beneficial finsncially than auto detailing. Auto detailing is still a great business and I'd never think otherwise. Another reason why I say this is because of the per footby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Boatds, boats, boats! Boat detailing is probably the most lucrative service in the detailing industry. That is, if you are by a body of water and if the market is there.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>While I'm not allowed to state an opinion on any product on a public forum, I do know that those sites people get banned from are enthusiasts sites for inner circles of, what Ron would call, bathtubbers. The enthusiasts get all hyped up about the shine their "wax" did for them. Little do they knwo it was the polish and not the wax but the polish had the word "wax&qby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, What day are you flying in?</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I back up what Keith said 100% Toss the terry towels!</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Mine is still the same.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>1. Saturate the pad with water then rub out water. 2. Spray an all-purpose cleaner on the pad (both side) and let dwell for 5 miutes. 3. Brush the pad with a soft toothbrush or any soft bristle brush. 4. Rinse, squeeze and repeat until water is clear. 5. Place pad in 2 towels and press dry. Put the pad on your buffer and spin dry. Helps if you sping the pad horizontally in a bucket .by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I've had great success with distilled white vinegar myself.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Forgot to add, you're never to young to go in business. Maybe to young to get into binding contracts but never to young to make a buck. I started detailing part time when I was 18 years old in high school and ten years later it still going strong -- very strong. Before I did detailing, when I was 15 years old I bred mice for the local pet store -- got $.50 cents a piece. I producby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>What are you strudying in college? Juggling full time classes and a business can be very tough. I'm back in school full time and detailing full time as well. Luckily I took my basic business courses when I first started college so I know what it takes to create a business plan; do book work and taxes; customer relations; sales; etc. Do you have any formal training in detailing?by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Sounds like you all want to add "brokerage" to the business agenda! Smart moves. I'm planning on doing this with boats but more contacts and smarter e-commerce skills are needed. Yacht broker sounds so much more elite than professional detailer. </HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Sounds like you all want to add "brokerage" to the business agenda! Smart moves. I'm planning on doing this with boats but more contact and smarter e-commerce skills are needed. Yacht broker sounds so much elite than professional detailer. </HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I think glassplexin is the ingredient used in Glare and CrystalGuard if I'm not mistaken. Been around for years. Just got an email asking if I'll offer it in my details.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>They're $1,300 cheaper than my old policy too! Same liabilities and policy coverage.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I too use One Beacon. I think they're the only ones that actually have a market for mobile auto & boat detailers.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>You'll need to let the sealant stay on the surface for at least 15 minutes, so just do the whole car at once. Humidity may cause minor smearing but that can be cured with a little final spray and a clean, dry microfiber.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>General Liability $1 Million/$2 Million Aggrev. Garage Keepers Ends up costing me $1675 a year.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Rubbing compounds are hardly used anymore since todays cars are clearcoated and not single stage lacquer. I couldn't tell you what to get retail but if you are a detailer, there are a million to choose from and are practically the same.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Good point Joe! Never heard of this either. Doesn't seem logical or economical, if you ask me.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Try this contact below: Environmental Protection Agency California - EPA James Strock, Secretary 555 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95814 916-445-3846</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Are school buses painted, gelcoated, or powder coated? I always wondered that.</HTML>by Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Hi all, My exotic car brokerage got in Jeep Cherokee (I know, not exotic) as a trade in and the previous owner is a wealthy artist but not a careful one when it comes to interiors. There is oil based paint on the headliner, leather and carpeting. Anyone know what the best solution is to remove the paint safely? It's the paint you would see in a painting on a canvas, not latexby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I'd be a doctor instead of a well-tanned detailer. All kidding aside, I would've started -- at a younger age -- the aggressiveness that I have now and dedication to what I wanted. Sooner is always better than later. Luckily, I took my "entrepreneurial" classes at a community college back in 99' and learned what I needed to know with sales; business plan wriby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I'm in the same boat. Had two cases of odor eliminating requests in the past three years but I think if we need more requests we should push the awareness of odor removal. There are a lot of smokers out there who complain that their cars wreak of stale smoke and are happy with Fabreze. If we pushed the service more, I bet that they'd be calling. $495 for a piece of equipmeby Brian Angelucci - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts