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    Mobile detailers... what do you guys pay entry level employees?

    Hey guys, Been a crazy year this year and I must say I am too busy, I am the most unavailable detailer cuz of my schedule but i have nailed down a few fleet accounts and seem to be jammed up for a month in advance. I need to hire a guy but how should I pay them. Right now my prices are all...
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    Mobile detail setup in old truck

    Hey guys. Long time since posted but been busy. Im terrible with keeping up with social media, but i know there are allot of guys need to know how to do this. So will explain set up for beginners. Truck : 91 s10 long bed , reg cab v6 4.3l tank: 35 gallon pressure washer: waspper 2200 psi...
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    Mobile Detailing the beginging bad luck

    Hey everyone, Need to vent to people in this business. So to start off just a weekend guy here as this is a new venture where I have detailed cars since the 2000s but never did my own thing always worked for dealers or side jobs at my house. Now at 39yrs old I have a separate truck with all my...
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    Liquid ebony

    Hey guys this I'm sure has been asked before. ..if one had a used bottle of liquid ebony would you sell it? So obviously I have a bottle still...not a whole lot left but a few more jobs I'm sure. Would you get rid of it tho or would you just keep it just to have some old good product ...
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    Check out new set up

    Hey guys...just posts something not too long ago. But but new subject ... Check this out, Chevy Colorado pulling 4x6 trailer. I know it's small but I got a start . So if you zoom in on the pressure washer you will see what I did to solve a old issue I had posted about. Yes it has a...
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    General pump hose reel set up

    Hey everyone....so bought this reel to put on my trailer ...right now it's mounted on the fender of the trailer so I can do curbside detail. My question is...and look at my picture...how does this reel accept a hose? I have tried numerous fittings and bought a ton of stuff just don't know...
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    mobile trailer set up question

    Hey guys, Decided my venture had to undergo a change. I had issues before running a pressure washer from a tank as seems that most pressure washers do not pull from a static source unless you have a high dollar commercial pw. follow along question at the bottom. so I sold my old pressure...
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    new mobile trailer set up question

    Hey guys, Decided my venture had to undergo a change. I had issues before running a pressure washer from a tank as seems that most pressure washers do not pull from a static source unless you have a high dollar commercial pw. follow along question at the bottom. so I sold my old pressure...
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    to pump or not?

    Hey guys, im not new to the trade but new in mobile detail. I worked for a few companies so saw how this should be done but my budget was not big enough to make that happen. sooo my issue is this, Not getting water to my p/w i have a 65 gallon tank and a small 2200psi @2gpm pressure washer...
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    Quoting for a bigger job

    Ok so i have a possible job that could be alot of cars. I have to be carefull with this because the client base is very high dollar (big rollers) Ideally i want to do something more simple and offer basic detail to full detail sort of thing but i need to be carefull to not offer something...
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    new guy in Md

    Hey everyone... great forum i have been watching this for a while just never got around to posting, or becoming a member. Well now im here and finally after a few rough years i am getting my detail business up and running. here is a few pics of my set up. Im using a truck i have and because...
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