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  1. JWilliams.RadiantDetail

    Help with an excel formula?

    I'm AWFUL at Excel, I think maybe worse than I am at getting car windows streak free :( Here's my dilemma, I have cells that have numbers, the numbers are minutes. But, I just had the cell set as a general number because the formulas under the time option weren't anything close to what I...
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    opinions on 2 potential logos for my business?

    opinions on 3 potential logos for my business? I paid someone on Fiverr to make me a logo. They sent me 3 samples, if I like one I can get revisions done to it. 1 I don't like at all, 1 I kind of like and 1 I'm unsure about. People here are honest about this kind of stuff, so I'll post all 3...
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    pros here, business phone vs cell phone only. what's your thoughts?

    When I was trying to become a professional detailer about 4 years ago I went off the deep end and bought a VOIP phone with a wireless headset that has like a block range. I had phone service with a company that also made me a few professional recordings for greeting and after hours. I was kind...
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    Thank you to every professional on here who's given me advice on how to run my business

    My old business was a part time thing, I did alright considering I only had about 10 hours a week to dedicate to it. I've been wanting to get back into it, but full time this go-round. I've gotten a ton of good advice on here from dudes who are established in the industry so they have the...
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    Carpro ech2o + Clarify + GlassFiber towel + GTechniq I2 Tri-Clean reviews

    Clarify's a pre order here, but since it is coming any time, this part of the review should be uh, okay? I took pics, but I have an iPhone SE and the sun wasn't very sunny. Cleaning a white car on top of that, I only got 2 good pics, but that's better than nothing. I've used like 7 different...
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    Gtechniq I2 + P&S Carpet Bomber + P&S Enzyme + P&S Peroxide Finisher + Carpro Clarify + CarPro GlassFiber

    Reviews without picture kind of suck, but the pictures I took today were AWFUL. This was my Xmas haul to myself. TL:DNR GTechniq I2 Tri-Clean's AWESOME P&S Carpet trio - not bad, I need to try them more before I make a solid judgement. Drill Brush - wish I had one of these forever ago. 1st...
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    Any professional detailers here use Clover to process credit card payments?

    I use Square, and I mostly like it, but there are some huge annoyances. Their Bluetooth reader for cards with chips, you can dip but not swipe, so I still need their stupid Lighting connector mag strip reader too. I noticed Clover's bluetooth reader you can tap, dip or swipe. Also Square's...
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    I learned some valuable detailing knowledge on a YT video - YMMV.

    The lady doesn't like my detailing obsession, well she doesn't mind the obsession part but she doesn't like the $$$ it costs part lol. So I was watching an Apex Detailing video on YT and Brian was talking about exfoliating the cars paint. It stuck in my head as an interesting word to use. So FF...
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    looking for a suggestion for a cooking gadget

    I have a kitchen full of cooking machinery, a lot of which is way overkill for my skill level lol. I want to get something new, but I'm out of ideas. Here's a basic list of what I have Breville Sous Chef food processor deep fryer pasta roller ravioli tablet convection/air fryer toaster oven...
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    Buff & Shine questions

    I want to get a new buffer but not until January or February, but I decided I should get some pads now since I have $$$ laying around. I was looking at the Buff & Shine Uro-Tec's, and I noticed the Reflection Artist 5 packs make them a lot cheaper then buying the pads on their own. Googling I...
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    I want to detail a Tesla Cybertruck.

    This is the weirdest looking vehicle I've ever seen. I like how it looks, but I don't know if I like how it looks. I'm not even sure how you'd attack detailing an all steel unpainted vehicle, but it has zero curves anywhere. Hopefully when they come out Mike will get his hands on one and do one...
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    all the detailing product torture test videos on YT - what say you?

    I get really sucked into Brian from Apex Detailing's torture videos, I've even made a few purchases due to his results. He & Jimbo seem to do the most test videos, but it got me thinking about the methods. Product A failed when Citrol 266 was applied, Product B still was showing signs of...
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    good spreadsheet for calculating prices for your packages and services

    Nicolas@Autowerx made the original a bunch of years ago, when I started detailing part time as a business it absolutely was the best tool I had for figuring out what to charge and see about how long different packages would take me. It criminally went mostly unnoticed on here. I thought I had...
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    anyone use the Autogeek Autospector (IOS)?

    Not a lot of reviews on the app store, and the ones that are there are really terrible. The latest review is over a year old, so I'm wondering if this has gotten any better with updates? Reading thru the reviews the gripes seem legitimate. Sucks, because this would be an awesome tool for me...
  15. JWilliams.RadiantDetail

    good spreadsheet for calculating prices for your packages and services

    Nicolas@Autowerx made the original a bunch of years ago, when I started detailing part time as a business it absolutely was the best tool I had for figuring out what to charge and see about how long different packages would take me. It criminally went mostly unnoticed on here. I thought I had...
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    Anyone here good with Excel? I have a formula question

    I'm pretty crummy at Excel, so I probably can't explain this well enough for anyone to understand, but I'll try. Right now I have columns with plain numbers in them, the only formula's in the last cell if each column and it add's up all the cells in the same column that are above up. Here's...
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    I have an idea for a detailing product info web site

    Whenever I'm researching a new product, I want to find out how well it works, and always look to see if anyone comments on about how much you use. price per ounce is pretty meaningless if I have no idea how far an ounce will go. My idea's to build a web site that runs on a database where people...
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    Spreadsheet someone on here made, where did it go?

    I Googled, I searched on here, I don't see it. It was really great, like better than anything I could do on my own (I know, I tried) I have it, but with a ton of "improvements" I've made over the years. Welp, along the lines some of my improvements hosed it. I could maybe fix it, but it would...
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    Question for anyone who's used both CSL & EVO V4, but on their own

    I'm about to re-start my detailing business, and I'm working on my product line up. I've decided on going with Gtechniq for my coatings, but I have a question about CSL and EXO V4. The price is close, but looking at the product compare chart on Gtechniq's web site. CSL's the same or better...
  20. JWilliams.RadiantDetail

    Looking for feedback on my logo.

    A few years ago the bulk of my stuff got stolen so I stopped detailing (just gave up) I missed it, so I'm back and I want to get into detailing full time. Before it was a part time thing as I had a full time job. Now, I'm jobless so it's a perfect time as I'd rather detail than work for the man...
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