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    Finished my first official week.

    I'm here to tell you from experience a few year ago, that these are not a good idea for a small detailing business. A guy in my city actually put himself out of business with groupon. He didn't set a limit and sold hundreds at half price. Had to hire people to keep up. Couldn't afford payroll...
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    Pros and not Pros

    Full time pro here, and let me tell you, you earn every cent. Not an easy business to run. The expectations are extremely high in high end detailing and it can be down right nerve wrecking. I wouldn't change it for anything.
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    Finished Rides at Clarity

    Rear shot of that Mclaren is so sick!
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    Testing 2" Pneumatic DA Polisher (Video)

    Interesting, looks to be very similar to the HF model.
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    Looking for a Good Interior Cleaner

    Absolutely will strip dressing. I do a hardcore clean/strip of my personal vehicle a couple times a year or as needed. Other than that I just wipe down and dust everything with compressed air. I reapply 303 a few times a year.
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    Pricing

    In all honesty, you probably understand carpet and leather cleaning better than the average detailer. I had to go outside the detailing industry to learn proper carpet care. I would push that and maybe even use your previous experience for your detailing marketing. You'll have a disadvantage...
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    Looking for a Good Interior Cleaner

    1Z is the best I ever came across. I use OPC at about 3:1 at my shop as it can be difficult to find larger sizes of 1z and it's quite costly, honestly.
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    Porter Cable Internal Switch Repair Guide

    Are you having issues with your PC? Mine's still going strong since cleaning up the switch. The poor thing is mostly just a carpet scrubber these days though.
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    Pricing

    I don't know how many times I have vowed to not get caught up in one of these pricing threads. . .It's a sickness I tell ya.
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    Pricing

    Amen, if I lowered my prices I'd book out so far it would be ridiculous. I'm nearly a month out as it is. There is a demand for high end detailing because people are starting to catch on to the damage and just flat out poor quality you get from a lot of drive through tunnel shops, hacks and even...
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    Testing 2" Pneumatic DA Polisher (Video)

    will do. That's the first video I ever attempted haha
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    Pricing

    Experience is a factor that just can't quite be explained. 2 guys may be offering the exact same detail for x amount of dollars. One has 15 years experience and one just started last year. Both are charging the same price. Which one would you go with? You'll pay extra to the guy that has been...
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    Testing 2" Pneumatic DA Polisher (Video)

    Here's the most recent development in my 2" DA adventures. Like I said, now that I have a 2" DA in my arsenal, I have no idea how I lived without it. It proved indispensable on these engine vents. Before, you had to angle a 3" or larger pad in there or do it by hand. . .that just seems...
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    Testing 2" Pneumatic DA Polisher (Video)

    The 2" bp is nowhere to be found online for some reason. When I was at the store, they had them in stock. It looked the exact same as the one on the machine. It would be completely stupid if it had a different size spindle as there really aren't any other machines out there designed for 2". It...
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