Recent content by Gad

Well crap, this thread is making me reconsider whether or not to tint my taillights and put on a 20% tint (which is illegal in MD, 35% being legal). I know MD will issue a "get it fixed" ticket, which would be fine because at least for the tail lights, I have an extra set (totaled my other 03...

Looks great! Only thing I noticed, under your Chief Premium Detail, you have "Door Jamb Clean and Hinge Lubricate" and then 2 lines down you have "Door Jambs." Seems redundant to me, but everything else looks great.

CarPro TRIX (Tar and Iron Remover) did a great job removing iron particles and tar for me. It also worked quite well breaking down the bug guts on the front of my car. I haven't picked up a dedicated bug remover yet, but I'm willing to bet the Sonax insect remover is quite good. For the wheels...

Looks great! I'm at the same stage in my summer business start-up right now. My only real suggestion would be to not set a solid price for a car, suv, or truck. Give an estimate. With detailing no vehicle is going to be the same, so you may do one car in 6 hours for the same price you do a car...

YEAH! I just picked up some Glass Sealant today to try it. Literally every Griot's product has a layer of dust on it and most have separated into two suspended liquids. Makes me sad. However, it's great to be able to have that option locally. Their microfibers are nice too, quality Korean MF's...

Would greatly appreciate this form! E-mail: [email protected] Thanks in advance, Craig

God I love the Ford Woody's. I am so jealous of you guys working for Wayne. I don't have cable at my appt. at school, but when I go home, the only channel I watch is Velocity and catch every Chasing Classic Cars episode I can. My Dad and I want to come up and visit the shop if we're in the...

Yep! Quality of work is not the issue for me. I'm a perfectionist, so it's a guilt trip for me if I do a bad job. I've done cars before and people have been impressed and that was before I had all the proper tools and supplies! Quantity of work is my only concern! I just hope I don't hit a wall...

Great point! I switched the wording to "Exterior Hand Wash." The decontamination was an uneccessary word and frankly misleading. Thanks for the input! Some good points. The thing with my packages right now is I want the customer's car to leave 100% clean. I plan to offer some lower end...

I've heard of people doing this. Clearly this video yielded results. The reason plastic fades is because UV rays are breaking down the plastic overtime. The heat will help bring back some of the pigment in the plastic. I don't know the exact science of it, but I think this is the general idea...

Yeah, I did some rough guesstimates that I'd probably (read hopefully) be able to do at least 3 cars a week (this again, should hopefully be a minimum). I hope to avg. about $120 per car (assuming the customer gets both Bronze Interior & Exterior) and @ 3 a week that's $360/week, $1440/month and...

WOW! That's incredibly reassuring to hear from someone! This was exactly my aim. I figured with the smaller increase in price people would be more willing to just say "Eh, why not?" Originally I had 3 quite different levels of package, Bronze being at a sort of sub-par level for my standards. I...

Ah, the Service Comparison Chart is a great idea. I had originally came up with that idea, but it was hard for me to get stuff down on paper when I was working out all the services that I offered. Now that I'm pretty satisfied with the list, I will probably set it up like this. The business...

Hello all, My name's Craig and I am currently a student at Virginia Tech. I have been getting more and more obsessed with detailing over the last couple months. I will be starting up my own business this summer detailing cars. I could not be more excited to do this! Already gained a lot of...

Hello AutoGeek Forums! This will be my first post here, so I figure I'll just do a little spiel about myself. My name is Craig and I have always been into keeping my car clean. As of late, I have been getting into detailing in an obsessed manner. Been doing tons of research and a lot of...