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Hello I have a customer with a used 16 or 17 g63 olive magno matte and another with a cls63 matte black. When I wash these cars I just do a basic normal wash no spray wax or anything. Can these cars be waxed? Coated? It’s not like a matte wrap and it feels like smooth but not glass. Any advice?

So I’m running hard af water the water so hard it will leave spots. Whole house softener I guess it doesn’t work anymore I’ve been quoted at $2400 for whole house softener. This will not bring the tds to 0.00 which the one water guy said I don’t want 0.00 because it tends to be sticky and will...

I ordered a mark 3 15 and currently use a porter cable. When looking for new pads for the mark 3 I’m seeing a lot with the holes in the middle of them. Do I need to only use the foam with the hole in the middle? I have some LC foams ccs or something like that. Anyway do I need to use foam...

I’ve been using megs hyper dressing for over a year now. Not sure the dilution. I take a 16oz fill it up with water and add maybe 2-5oz. I spray on the tires and let it sit usually I will spray tires then go dry door jambs come back to rub in the dressing. This month 3-4 people have told me...

I have a single member LLC. I finance my personal vehicle and use an app to claim business miles. My business does not have the cash to buy my truck and i do not own my truck. Is claiming the business miles the best i can do? There's really no way to make it THE business car instead of my...

I currently tow a 5x8 trailer with 100gal water tank. would like to move to a van setup, everything inside. Easier to maneuver. Rolling billboard etc. a competitor here has a Nissan van, maybe the nv200? It’s nice but it’s also small, I don’t know much much weight that Nissan transmission can...

Hello all and happy new year. Now that’s out of the way... there are some high end business parks in my area I want to target. I have a beautiful face, embroidered hats and collared shirts, I will definitely be looking on par. Heres my thing I go in talk to receptionist boom hi my name lalala...

It’s time to buy some new nice towels. I’ve been using cg, picked up a few gtechniq drying towels they work alright and are soft but I’m looking for new towels mostly to be used on exterior paint and probably do the windows as well. Im looking at TRC eagle edgless 500 or 600 gsm. These are...

I’ve been using d101 for almost 2 years now and almost to the end of a gallon jug. I mix about 4-6oz in 32oz spray bottle. I’ve never had an issue with it. I did my truck the other day a 16 Silverado and I spray on towel and wipe doors it was taking the black off the doors. Thought whatever it’s...

I would like to invest in a shop for my company. Forget the overhead costs and this and that I understand. What site or how do you search for properties? I’ve found some on Craigslist and realtor but I know there’s more.

I have a very impatient customer with a trackhawk he decided to powder coat the wheels black. I do this vehicle weekly on Fridays but he’s annoying and takes it to a quick place during the week. They have “burned” or etched or whatever you want to call it the paint on the wheels. You can see...

Hi my mother is doing a road trip from Florida and she is currently in ocean city Maryland. Just outside it at a town with a “B” maybe Berlin? Im looking for a mobile detailer to do a maintenance wash inside and out on her 2015 Ford Escape that’s ceramic coated. Please drop ur name and number...

I have a pc7424 I will be upgrading very soon. A lot of the “pros” here use rupes. Plan on joining the game with a 15 mark ii i noticed its the same “random orbital” as my pc. Kind of thinking maybe the flex since it never stops spinning. The rupes will make the same motion as the 7424...

Detailers in my area are popping up with these ida certifications. Dont bash me, it’s a question. whats the purpose of joining? ive never had a customer ask me about IDA, if I was certified or anything don’t see how it helps you get customers, don’t really know what it does. Share your...

Hi all I have been thinking a lot about my business lately and it seems all I really do is maintenance washes. Normally when a first time customer calls I just sell them the $60/$80 package because I want to book the job plus I’ve realized a lot of people don’t want to spend $125-$200+ on...

How do you go about reporting income? Do you pay quarterly and what do you decide to pay? Do you log the miles of each job or use an app? Having some hard times getting together for taxes. Had a CPA year 1 we exchanged detail or tax services. Didn’t log anything the 2nd year and didn’t bother...

I’ve been detailing for over 5 years now and been running my own mobile show for almost 2 years now. It does and has paid the bills but it’s so inconsistent from week to week. One week I’ll be booked up and the next week I’ll have nothing. I used to keep customers in my contacts and contact them...

So I have an upcoming ceramic project on a track hawk pearl white. It was coated in February by another detailer and the guy said he didn’t like the way it came out of whatever and wants me to redo it. Is is there any special way to “remove” the old coating? Plan on doing all the regular...

Great client of mine just traded their 13 Range Rover Sport for a 18 RRS. The 13 had some scratches on the plastic “wood grain” sliding thing that covers the cup holders. Can i I use CQUK to coat the “wood” in a new Rover around the shifter etc just the “wood” what about the A/C dials their...

So could black wow be used on tires? i would theoretically put maybe an Oz in a 8oz sprayer mixed with opti bond tire gel. I have a few different tire gels with me at once and sometimes they are different products mixed.