<HTML>Joe, That is part of being "Cuban". (I don't trust those people) LOL!!! Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>In all reality, like so many things, it may work, Bill. I don't know all, I learn everyday from people who are either much more intelligent than I, or have just went for "it" and found a better way to do somethings. What Bud and I are saying is really simple, take it as you or anyone else may, and that is this "trusted chemical manufacturers, who's businessby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, Cool down, what you experienced, I used as an example of just what "you" went through. It was not an "attack" on you personally, but I used it as an "example" of what is very common. I have email, and you, one of few, have my personal cell phone number. All that was required, as far as I am concerned, is "call me". I have known you forby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>We recently sold our "sub" division. The division was one that we operated for over 20 years, and the number of "employees" varied from a low of 30 to a top of over 80. The last three years , the shops did between 12,000 and 14,000 vehicles a year, in more than one location. At the present, we do provide, for a fee, some direction to the new owners. You want toby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Bill, Thanks for being really aware of what chemicals are. Much better awareness, than those on that "one" place you hang out. Stick around here, it will be much more benefical than with a group that only wants to have easy answers, "how can I buy answers to the best shine of my peers" sort of approach, no working to really find answers. Good, you know, now hoby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Looks great!!! Nice clean image. ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I agree Bud. How about the storage of the rags used? Not a good idea to use flammable solvents to clean large surface areas, unless the shop and employee's are well trained and all safety/health concerns have been addressed to OSHA's, the insurance carrier, the fire departments, etc satifaction. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>There are brands of quality sealants for detailing use. The sealants each vary in ease of application, removal, durability, etc. It will be interesting to see what each detailer perseves as the best choice. It really boils down to what you like to use, what you feel is best about a particular brand, in the long run. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Without a doubt, the use of hydrocarbon solvents, that are not of the real active types, such as thinner, reducers, etc would clean clearcoated wheels. However, he is one man, granted well educated and a long time of experience, but not one to have to clean wheels on cars, everyday, 12 to 100 wheels a day. Would you also accept the findings of the wheel manufacturers and the vehicleby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>As I offered on the Professional Detailing forum you have started on the Delphi Forums, hard to say without seeing the MSDS, to determine the active solvents. However, I suspect a high percentage of xylene. This is a carcenigenic and toxic solvent, by skin absorbtion, inhalation, etc and was the main solvent in the product that the Hyundai ports used in the first attempt to remove sby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Windshield washer fluid as we refer to it, does not remove AquaPel. Many of the products out on the market, Rain-X being one, are little more than a small percentage of a dimethal silicone or perhaps one of the thousands of polydimethalsiloxanes. The PPG Aquapel is a true aerobic catalizing resin, which is quite different and much more robust, last for several months. Ketch</HTMby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Not quite like that. The average High Solid/Low Solvent paint systems applied to vehicles, since the early 90's, will absorb up to one pint of water "INTO" the paint film. That is for vehicles with no sealant or wax protection, but even those which do have either on them, will accept some percentage of water. The "cloudy" look is moisture that is "trapby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Cerium oxide is not "toxic", however some companies may have some other ingredients in the total product that are. Not the Cerious Compound though, it has no toxic or carcenigenic components. The way to use these types of abrasives on glass is a hard cotton or felt wheel, run at slow rpm. A regular cutting pad, yarn type may reduce the scratches, but normally will not totby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Jeff. Scott is like most of us around here, how like yourself, have detailing business's, which have been successful for 5 years or more. Those that are not that long in business, still have some tough years ahead. My point being, that all pro's want the "miracle" bullet, but as we know, there are not that many "miracle's" out there, despite the &by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, I have tried, really tried, to not offend you. Now, you are have chosen to hurt a very tired and old man. That is so cruel!!!! I will die, should I have to observe another "jar-head", in such a degrading exhibition of fashion! Semper Fi!!! Ketch The Old and Tired One</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, However, that don't mean that I like that stripped thong you wear when it is hot and doing a detail!! Uggh, nough said on that one. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, How about that, and I didn't even do a "deal" with an industry publication, to share it with you. You know that I have a fond caring for you, how you started, how you have built your business, grown it to a point that you are becoming very secure in your abilities as not only a "detailer", but more importantly, as a "businessman", one who is siby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Joe, You miss entirely the "point" of the post. Not one of "gloom and doom", but an "opportunity". And, one that does have a very important "economic" impact. I have known you for some years, and observed your "changes" in the way you are now approaching your business, versus the way you were 4 years ago. You have changed, you foby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Do any, other than those who have posted on the thread of "Rising Crude" prices, see the "opportunity" to get your regular and new customers "attention"? Watch the "news", like on CNN Headline, CNN, Fox, etc and what is the "crisis" of the minute????? OIL!!!!! How the rising cost of "crude" will effect what a person has toby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Scott, As you are aware, it goes even deeper, right down to the clothes that many will place on their backs. The dealers are dealing with rising costs of doing business everyday, from the price they pay the factorys for the vehicles, which are going up due to the large amount of energy needed to produce them, to the cost of all the TPO, and other plastic parts, to the cooling/heatiby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>OK, so it would appear that many of us in this country, when we see the price of a barrel of crude oil go above $50 a barrel, think only of what it costs us to fill our gas tank, of desiel tank. The big rise in cost of a barrel of crude is something that "EVERY" businessman, every "DETAILER", had best be thinking about, today! The United States of America uses beby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Years and years ago, used to use the "tire black' that my dad had me put on the tires of the used farm machinery we would recondition. I tried it on some white walls, sort of worked. I haven't tried the ETR kit we make, for this, but have changed some really browned tires back to black with it. Even though the tire is nice and black, I don't know just how long iby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Melissa, Wonder if he would be interested in adding another line? Our "distributor" in that area seems to have bailed. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Dan, Good luck and may the "force" be with you. And your hands, and your arms, and your "private parts" if you make one small mistake, etc. It is a component that on the surface, seems rather safe to deal with. Hope you understand some basic's of the component and chemistry. Hard to paddle a surf board, the saltwater gettting into damaged skin tissue, theby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>If I recall correctly, the paint is a single stage acrylic enamel, since the vehicle is nothing more than a Mustang with sheet metal and some minor trim changes. Anyway, these paint systems were prone to "thermal stressing" which created the " hairline" scratches you are observing. This paint is not like you may think, but was a third or fourth generation attemptby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I have played around with enzymes, and found a couple of issues with them. One, they have a short shelf life. Two, the product must be "saturated" into the fibers, and the normal chemical composistion of most butyl based, TSP, etc cleaners kill off the enzymes, or weaken them, reducing the effectivness of them. Versus a "protein alterer" product, such as the Odoby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I would have to say, "what is the condition of the tires, loaded with greasy kid stuff dressings, or just normal road grime?" Get "too" agressive and then one starts to wonder why they exhibit a "brown" look. White walls are another thing, all together. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>The product I am referring to is not an enzyme, but the same product we provide to GM, Ford and DCX for plant odor control. It is not toxic, it is not carcenigenic, it has no real odor, it does not go bad, on the shelf, like the enzyme's, it simply makes the bacteria not "feed" on the proteins, or "food source" of the milk. If bacteria will not "eat&quoby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Give me a call Monday, I'll send you a sample of Odor Terminator. Just spray it on the affected area after cleaning, get it slightly damp, and the bacteria that are producing the odor will die, "good bye" odor, and no phoney "coverup" smell. 800-543-7156, after 9 AM EST. Ketch</HTML>by Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>The product is not really anything special, good wax, but actually has nothing to do with the nano-clearcoats that are coming into use. Just a "marketing" ploy to sell product, Eagle One is attempting to be one of the first to hook onto the "nano" paint technology's coat tails to sell product. I know a bit about the "nano clears", as I have been woby Grumpy - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts