Search results

  1. shop1detail

    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...
  2. shop1detail

    What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    Not exactly today, But acid rain on this truck really bad. Used CG hd water spot remover. Then follow up with some old Gliptone polish. Turned out not bad. The whole roof especially where the weather striping is for sunroof, All that black trim bleeding oils into the paint or thats what...
  3. shop1detail

    Got an IK foamer, now need a wheel cleaner that is non acid and clings well

    im not using a ik sprayer but a SOLO brand one that is pretty bad as not a foamer tho. I got to say for wheel cleaners as a mobile guy i want something that works and dont take all day to use. lol I like the alkaline cleaners short of the smell, they smell really bad some of them. Adams...
  4. shop1detail

    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...
  5. shop1detail

    Mobile Detailing the beginging bad luck

    yea was just a car in the driveway. I have done some bad spots for mobile detail . One spot was in a city type area car was parked accoross the street.. had to deal with the occasional car that would run over our pressure hose.. Never again with that kind of area. But again money is money...
  6. shop1detail

    Mobile Detailing the beginging bad luck

    I do but rather do this mobile as that is why the lady called in the first place . I do see your point , as a mobile guy I would like to keep It mobile. Although I have worked for other shops that something in this condition we would ask the customer to bring it in as would hog up the driveway...
  7. shop1detail

    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...
  8. shop1detail

    Gas station in Germany

    Yea wow. Holy crap. Very nice stocked and labels out. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk
  9. shop1detail

    Liquid ebony

    Here I found a old photo. Did a friend's of mines. 85 C10. Just showing the difference in the old paint vs LE..mind you this works like a glaze...so was used after some 3m perfect it regular cut compound. Product..was hard to work with...as it gets hot really works your wrist on the...
  10. shop1detail

    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 ...
  11. shop1detail

    Check out new set up

    This is a electric pressure washer...1.8gpm...belive me does not work. Already tried it...lol. Actually that ag pump puts out 3.5 GPM so I'm over feeding but it's got some ass now. I will take a video one day so everyone can see how it works. You wouldn't believe how many people couldn't...
  12. shop1detail

    General pump hose reel set up

    Yeah that would be cool. See I have quick connects on the ends of mine. Maybe that's what's holding me up...still only accounts for 2" still got 5" of coupling guard or whatever you call that on the end.
  13. shop1detail

    Check out new set up

    Forgot this. Ha ha.
  14. shop1detail

    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...
  15. shop1detail

    General pump hose reel set up

    Yea there is the guy is an asshole tho.. Little guys like me can't walk in his shop without spending $2k he's going to tell me I should of bought the Cox reel at $300. Can't do that right now. I was going to buy 1/4 x 100' hose so I can get full use of the reel. But I still don't...
  16. shop1detail

    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...
  17. shop1detail

    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...
  18. shop1detail

    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...
  19. shop1detail

    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...
  20. shop1detail

    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...
Back
Top