tuscarora dave
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- Aug 21, 2009
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Hi all.
I frequent a local automotive paint supply to pick up the occasional "in a pinch" item from time to time. Each time I go in there, I end up talking to the manager about the detailing end of things. This company caters to the repainting industry only and knows very little if anything at all about detailing and paint correction work on fully cured paints.
They have a good handle on what products to recommend to the local painters but don't understand anything about pre-compounding/polishing prep work, working on fully cured paint or working with interior detailing chemicals, how to prep for and apply a coating etc. They do however see a market for these items as they do get a good number of walk ins who ask what products to use and how to use them. They simply don't know what to tell them.
Here's where I come in and where the marketing opportunity lies. They have agreed to make a small product display shelf and a sign to go on top of it to sit in 2 of their locations. The sign will read something like "Detailing supplies as recommended by Tuscarora Dave's Mobile Auto Detailing"
This company's main supplier is 3M so they carry a lot of 3M stuff and a limited supply of Meguiar's products, so I need to suggest either 3M or Meguiar's products to sit on this shelf.
If this was your project, what products would you sit on this shelf to cover tires, wheels, interior, exterior paint, under the hood, glass, convertible tops etc. etc. ?
I have a good idea of what to sit on it, but want help from this detailing community to see that I cover all areas. Remember, mainly 3M or Meguiar's products. There will be a little space left for some sort of coating and a few other items by an outside manufacturer but they'll want to make sure they're taking care of their suppliers too.
I don't use a lot of Meguiars's products (other than M-105, 205, D-300 and their clay, I use no 3M products currently so I'm not too sure what to recommend they stock on the shelf.
In return for them displaying my business name on these shelves, I have agreed to explain to them the techniques to using the products we decide on, have their employees over to my shop to see demonstrations on how to work on different fully cured paint systems, how to break down diminishing abrasive polishes, how to use a non-diminishing abrasive compound, when to choose either of them and why, how to prep for and apply a coating, interior cleaning techniques etc.
This will be a hands on type of mentoring so they can actually know what product to recommend for what kind of project their customers will be working on, explain a little about how these products work, and then let them know that for a fee, their customers can have Tuscarora Dave come out to teach them detailing techniques in there own garage.
So if some of you wouldn't mind helping me out with a list of products, what would you put on the shelf?
I frequent a local automotive paint supply to pick up the occasional "in a pinch" item from time to time. Each time I go in there, I end up talking to the manager about the detailing end of things. This company caters to the repainting industry only and knows very little if anything at all about detailing and paint correction work on fully cured paints.
They have a good handle on what products to recommend to the local painters but don't understand anything about pre-compounding/polishing prep work, working on fully cured paint or working with interior detailing chemicals, how to prep for and apply a coating etc. They do however see a market for these items as they do get a good number of walk ins who ask what products to use and how to use them. They simply don't know what to tell them.
Here's where I come in and where the marketing opportunity lies. They have agreed to make a small product display shelf and a sign to go on top of it to sit in 2 of their locations. The sign will read something like "Detailing supplies as recommended by Tuscarora Dave's Mobile Auto Detailing"
This company's main supplier is 3M so they carry a lot of 3M stuff and a limited supply of Meguiar's products, so I need to suggest either 3M or Meguiar's products to sit on this shelf.
If this was your project, what products would you sit on this shelf to cover tires, wheels, interior, exterior paint, under the hood, glass, convertible tops etc. etc. ?
I have a good idea of what to sit on it, but want help from this detailing community to see that I cover all areas. Remember, mainly 3M or Meguiar's products. There will be a little space left for some sort of coating and a few other items by an outside manufacturer but they'll want to make sure they're taking care of their suppliers too.
I don't use a lot of Meguiars's products (other than M-105, 205, D-300 and their clay, I use no 3M products currently so I'm not too sure what to recommend they stock on the shelf.
In return for them displaying my business name on these shelves, I have agreed to explain to them the techniques to using the products we decide on, have their employees over to my shop to see demonstrations on how to work on different fully cured paint systems, how to break down diminishing abrasive polishes, how to use a non-diminishing abrasive compound, when to choose either of them and why, how to prep for and apply a coating, interior cleaning techniques etc.
This will be a hands on type of mentoring so they can actually know what product to recommend for what kind of project their customers will be working on, explain a little about how these products work, and then let them know that for a fee, their customers can have Tuscarora Dave come out to teach them detailing techniques in there own garage.
So if some of you wouldn't mind helping me out with a list of products, what would you put on the shelf?
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