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    Clay a must!!!!

    Keep in mind a few things here ... This is a production shop This is a mild clay A mild Clay service allows for an upsell to a heavy clay job An upsell to a heavy clay job usually sells paint correction Paint correction pays more When we make more we are all happy There is a method to my...
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    Clay a must!!!!

    We use the mild wonder bar at it will occasionally marr the tiniest bit but seriously have you ever done a foam bath and then clay while being sudsy? It goes by quick.. And in the interest of full disclosure I do advise my clients it is a mild claybar treatment and if/when a an additional step...
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    Clay a must!!!!

    LMAO!!!! No smack talking about my favorite product lineup!
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    Clay a must!!!!

    Brought out the newbie "experienced" detailer with his arsenal of products today for a wash and wax on a Honda Accord .... Apparently he claims CLAY is not really necessary.... Uhhhhhmmmmm ( can I slap you now punk!) I tell every customer that any wax job we do we HAVE to clay... Well as this...
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    Tornado - yay or nay?!?!?

    Kris does the little spiny doodad interfere with the dressing application?
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    Are you a product wh@re?

    I use Megs APC green... On tires it leaves a nice little sheen to them almost as good as ARO.. for leather it leaves it nice and soft afterwards... For vinyl/plastics it leaves them bone dry thereby leaving M40 to bond to it and last... Engines again nice and bone dry..carpets it has optical...
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    Quick Wash Price?

    $25 a wash while may sound cheap is but it isn't .... I have a pay And point type wash in where a client points out his car and pays forvhis wash and walks away... Doors stay closed and we wash and dress and are gone My guys can do an ONR wash and dress on a sedan in about 15 minutes so I'm ok...
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    Are you a product wh@re?

    We recently hired a "seasoned" detailer who just talked and talked about his "arsenal" of products (mainly sold here) and he went on and on and on about how good his door jamb cleaner was, his vinyl cleaner, his leather cleaner, tire cleaner, engine cleaner etc.... I had to break it down for him...
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    Homebrew: Do You Mix Two Or More Products?

    9oz 105 and 3oz 205 in a 12oz bottle shaken real good on a polishing pad is a good one stepper I found
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    Mobile wash and wax business.

    True, sorta, kinda, well maybe for you...Well I thinking was washing cars sux... Like really scrubbing tires and wheels and wells, roofs, all the bending over vacuuming... Before I ran my shop I did do the dirty work and simply washing is a pita and I would prefer paint corrections and 1-2...
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    New pad drying System ;)

    I squeeze em out, spin them on speed 6, then back it dan to 3 and let loose with the air hose on them to fluff up the wool pads and on foam this also helps I too am loving the velcr opn the wall thing!!
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    Last months topic.. STAYING COOL - now How to STAY WARM!

    Ok fellas now that I have two trucks on the road doing mobile washes I'm trying to think of ways to keep them relatively warm and prevent the "it's too cold to wash cars boss" crap! We'll probably resort to rinse less washes to keep things simple and we haveq the MyTee BOSS low pressure system...
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    Looking to buy a gallon of a new spray wax ...

    D150 is a pita to remove ... Takes forever to flash/haze and is finicky in all temps... D156 has been a treat to use as a drying aid and as a sort wax (final touch streak free type product) D156 it is
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    Looking to buy a gallon of a new spray wax ...

    Effortlessly is exactly what I need ... Not applying, hazing, turn the towel over and buff ... I think ur right fox ...
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    Those of you with back issues ... how do you manage?

    Polishing isn't all that bad after a while .. Might be a little tough on the shoulders every so often especially when I do boats and RVs due to holding the rotary suspended for hours but what does get to be a pita is doing interiors when you have to be hunched over vacuuming or cleaning seats...
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    I cant undersant some people

    One man ... Keep 3 on duty at all times and the guys make about 100-160 per day
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    Looking to buy a gallon of a new spray wax ...

    D150 is junk seriously Referring to the spray wax SYNTHETIC SPRAY WAX Meguiars Synthetic X-Press Spray Wax Gallon
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    Looking to buy a gallon of a new spray wax ...

    Ohhh and we use this as the last step after every wash so something that goes on and off very easy. We used to do QDs but they cost near the same and saying we do a spray wax is more appealing to the customer than a QD
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    Looking to buy a gallon of a new spray wax ...

    Just wrapping up Meg Synthetic Spray wax... The spin off of the ever so awesome UQW and was looking to see if there is a better product out there since the release of this six months ago.. Have a 16 oz of AquaWax and it's just as good but just curious if there is something bigger and better Thx!
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    Cleaning pad after a pass

    Today we detailed a piockup truck that was heavily scratched from ranch to and froms so nonetheless it was compounded, polished then sealed... Well we were using a wool pad and like always dust right !?!? Well I cranked up the air compressor to blow off all the dust and as one of my guys was...
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