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You aren't getting 2 bucket method, d156, and service on your doorstep for 10 dollars. ;) Take into consideration he's spending over an hour in drive time alone. If you you guys are content working for minimum wage come on down to my shop with an application. This is the reason so many people...

Agreed (if they've been washed), but if you can get to the vehicle before the plastic wrap comes off 9 times out of 10 you won't have to do any more correction than the primer polish. This would have to be in the contract (price void if dealer removes plastic wrap or washes vehicle).

I finally made the jump in my business. I spent most of 2015 doing AIOs and interior details. My goal is 1-2 coatings a week this year. I do a lot of social media marketing and word of mouth on coatings is awesome, once someone gets their car coated they tell all their friends and coworkers...

Trying to keep my replies quick and simple, realized I've been spending a bit too much time writing out huge replies on the forum... Drop the Lexol Use DP Hi-Intensity All Purpose Cleaner Plus

At that price I would do a wash, spray wax, dress the wheel wells and tires. Anything more than that and you aren't charging enough. I know, we've all been there, giving away our services pretty much for free when starting out to gain word of mouth advertising. Let me tell you, it's a lot easier...

I'm interested to find out how much you paid them? This is typical work of a shop that regularly services dealerships and charges $150-200 inside and out. To get a quality job done you're looking at $200+ for an AIO, no heavy cutting or interior work. Looks to me like they did all the heavy...

Awesome to hear! Can't wait to see the video.

I agree with the OP. It's not a manufacturing flaw, but rather a design flaw and simply put trying to combine the vacuum and tornador is too much. It would likely help if they used the "black" internals so the suction wouldn't disrupt the tube but even then I feel you would need to run more than...

Decide what you want the business to look like 5-10 years from now, then go from there. If you want several employees and a big shop then production is feasible. If you want to make a good living detailing by yourself then I'd suggest going the mid-high end route. Coatings are big money now, if...

Isn't this basically just clear Plasti-Dip?

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention I was mobile for 2-3 years before getting the shop. I'm just starting to outgrow the 2 bay shop and don't want to stomach the overhead of a second shop quite yet so the mobile option would in theory make my shop bigger by using customer garages. When went to a...

I've been at a fixed location for a year now with no mobile service and have been toying the idea of opening another shop but also thinking about maybe setting up a vehicle for mobile service. I've always been a fan of the economy car idea (being in a rural area jobs can be far away and saving...

HydrO2 if you want super simple with intricate coverage. Go to a coating if you want good durability. Though IME even coatings only last 3-4 months on wheels with big lips.

At SEMA the Rupes guys told me exactly what jcaustin just said. I had never tried it before but just recently I've started using the 5" bp and pads on the OG 21 with very little change in vibration. That being said if I were you and you aren't going to use the big pads with it I would suggest...

The mitt and towels you're using aren't very high quality. But unless the paint was already in extremely good condition you may not have removed all the defects with HD Speed, it's a good AIO but wont replace a medium/heavy compounding step. I recommend APC or Degreaser for cleaning pads.

I hardly do any maintenance washes. Now that you bring it up I think the coating might actually increase the amount of maintance washes I do. Say once the coating wears off they come in for tire coating, wash, and hydro2 application. I'd say every 4-6 months? It's just that most of my customers...

Yeah, I'm starting to think I might just clean them once a day for a couple weeks. I bought 2 16oz bottles so I could offer it as an option for correction/coating customers but now that I'm running into this I'm not sure haha.

Nevermind, it is only for products that compete with what AG sells. I was just in a bad mood that day :p

So I finally bought the DP tire coating... But I have a small problem. I've applied a solvent based tire shine weekly now for about 5 months and I can't get it out of the tires. I've washed then 5 times with DP tire cleaner and degreaser as well and I can't seem to get them to stop beading...

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