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I'm jealous!

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...

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.

Rear shot of that Mclaren is so sick!

Interesting, looks to be very similar to the HF model.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

When I first started using the primer, I didn't realize it actually has very light correction ability. I guess I just didn't get the memo lol. I actually used it to clean up some light micro marring in a couple spots on a black infiniti suv, and was surprised that it worked. The nice thing is...

Sounds like you know all the answers already. Rotary is definitely the right choice or a forced rotation machine like the flex at the least.

Marine 31 Gel Coat Heavy-Cut Cleaner Wax, best boat cleaner wax, gel coat cleaner wax I know Mike has some good reviews on this product. If I remember right, there's even a video floating around.

Go with marine grade compounds. AG sells some good compound/wax (AIO) combos. Meg's makes good, durable wool pads. Most automotive products are going to leave nasty residue and get in the pores of the gel coat and dry out. No bueno.

Doh! I just saw were he admitted to being completely inexperienced. Everybody is a noob at first...no harm in that. . .just don't offer paint correction for Pete's sake. Start out with some wash, clay, waxes and AIO's and slowly and I mean slowly move from there. Friendliness doesn't make up...