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Couple shelves to hold your extra bottles and chemicals. Maybe something on the doors, to hold bottles to make it easy to get to the stuff you use most. When I get around to buying a trailer, maybe this summer, I was planning on have a small, shallow table maybe with a draw to to fill bottles...

i just renamed my LLC that I had when I was an independent contractor in the oil and gas field. I was just going to do a DBA but since I had the LLC, seemed like a no brainier. I got garage keeper insurance and my liability insurance from my contractor days. :cool: Dan

Hey everyone! Just reviving an old thread. I've been thinking about doing something different with my setup. I've been looking around to see what other people are doing with pickup setups but haven't found much but thought I'd post mine. Wish the 5th wheel hitch could go but not at the...

It's a skilled trade for sure. I studied and learned from a co-worker that use to work for a nationwide company and learned a ton online before I started. I also had a chance to play around with tools too. Really knew what I was getting into before I went for training a year ago. Now I run my...

For paint correction, I charge an hourly rate. A couple cars I've done charging a flat price, but they were higher end cars, Corvette and Porsche. It can be very labor intensive and I don't like getting caught with my pants down. My price keeps going up because of the level of quality I can...

For me the waterless/rinseless wash was the way to go. Might be one other person in my area that is mobile or at least advertises that he is. I have 2, 5 gallon water jugs from wallyworld that I bought for fresh water for my fifth wheel. Easy to fill and have a spout to fill my 32oz bottles on...

Here's a good one... Never take out a small business loan to start a detailing company. Pass or fail, you will always, ALWAYS, have that loan to repay. You'd be surprised how many small businesses were started with just a credit card. On a similar note, there's no need to start if big and run...

I'm in! :cool: Dan

Wow! Amazing write up Mark! Don't think I ever saw this thumbing through the forums over the years. You can't go wrong with anything you listed, though prices may have changes over the years. For some stuff, like the polisher, once you upgrade the old one will still be a great backup or for...

Got all caught up on my likes again. Just liked everyone with my personal page. :cool: Dan

I like Weebly but my ideal layout is not possible with them. Check it out below in my sig if you want. You're kind of stuck working within their themes. It was real easy to get a site up and running though. Especially since I need to brush up on my html, css and such and I'm a detailer now not a...

Congrats on that one! For every one bad review, in this case not even a review, there's ten good ones waiting to happen. I've done sales and stuff for years where I'm always getting good and bad comments, I learned to never sweat it. That one bad one is usually just someone that has a bone to...

Good question. It can come off as unprofessional, like your cousin said, and I feel pushy. I'd rather let my customers decide for themselves whether they'd like to like my Facebook page or leave a good review. Reviews are another thing though. Wow, awesome read. I never understood why people...

I've got a couple t - shirts for right now. I'm going to get some embroidered polos soon. I love wearing polos and they look a little more professional but still casual enough to detail in. They definitely look better with khakis when you go to networking meetings. My shirts are 50/50...

True. I can see that way. I don't ask my customers for likes, I feel like the pushy sales man that I want to punch in the face. But we're not asking our customers here, we're just all supporting eachother for whatever its worth. Small business helping small business. :cool: Dan