AIO VS 1-Step services

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Anyone do both services at different price points to void the gap between wax/sealant and paint correction price points?

like HD speed, or maybe even jeweling wax at a 200-250 price point with reduced section passes
ie focusing on just slightly more clarity/color vs swirl removal

and typical procedure for 1step polish+ wax/sealant at 450ish?

 

[FUNX650]

Using identical vehicles for
demonstration purposes...

(1.) I call the use of an AIO a:
one-step detailing service.
Pricing is lower than NO. (2.),
found immediately below.


(2.) I call performing a one-step polishing:
Part I...of a "two-step detail service". Part II
entails application of an LSP. Pricing is higher
than NO. (1.), found immediately above.


Bob

 

[WaxMaster1]

Anyone do both services at different price points to void the gap between wax/sealant and paint correction price points?

like HD speed, or maybe even jeweling wax at a 200-250 price point with reduced section passes
ie focusing on just slightly more clarity/color vs swirl removal

and typical procedure for 1step polish+ wax/sealant at 450ish?

To me, AIO is the same as 1 step or at least should be. If I was a customer, I'd insist on some kind of LSP which an AIO would provide.

 

[ShaneB]

I offer a 1 step with an AIO (HD speed) as a means to compete with the shops near me with their $100 hack with a rotary and glaze over details. If someone is looking for true paint correction I also offer a 1 or 2 step correction for significantly more $$. For the AIO I'll choose a pad that will give me decent results and an acceptable finish and limit my sections to at most 3 passes at a medium arm speed. The goal is noticeable improvement not maximum correction.

I don't necessarily like it but I have to offer something when someone tells me another shop will do a compound, polish, wax job for $100, stating it's the "same thing" as I offer starting at $450.

Hell, I had one guy tell me how great of a deal the other shop will be even with their $50 clay bar add on service *facepalm*

 

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Cool, just was curious, as that's what I've been kind of doing anyways
I see allot of detailers from Detail King classes and they seem to be awfully low, like $100 1 step polishes
They all seem to have a default package/description website too
So these are people that know how to detail and are not hacks,
My market can't be that bad, cause I've been getting wash/wax/dress details for 125+ with no interior included
Already did some 200-250 AIO jobs, a traditional 1 step and I've done a couple ceramic coating jobs

Just not as often as I'd like due to my main job shift hours

 

[SKorch630]

I offer a 1 step with an AIO (HD speed) as a means to compete with the shops near me with their $100 hack with a rotary and glaze over details. If someone is looking for true paint correction I also offer a 1 or 2 step correction for significantly more $$. For the AIO I'll choose a pad that will give me decent results and an acceptable finish and limit my sections to at most 3 passes at a medium arm speed. The goal is noticeable improvement not maximum correction.

I don't necessarily like it but I have to offer something when someone tells me another shop will do a compound, polish, wax job for $100, stating it's the "same thing" as I offer starting at $450.

Hell, I had one guy tell me how great of a deal the other shop will be even with their $50 clay bar add on service *facepalm*

That's an interesting aspect you state here. Not by any means meaning this in a negative connotation; you provide an AIO with, say, a finishing pad (white ccs perhaps), for $X, and then a 1 step paint correction with an AIO + cutting pad (say orange CCS) starting at $450? I really kind of like this.

 

[oldglorydetailing]

Most of my jobs revolve around the $175-$200 price point, and I use a lot of Meguiar's 151 and 66. I'll use 105 and 205 for scratch and abrasion removal, but for the prices my market will bear, the AIO products on polishing and finishing pads produce great results.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

I'm really looking forward to having you in the upcoming September class.

We go over AIOs or one-step cleaner/waxes for doing one-step production detailing. I like that you're going to become a walking, talking encyclopedia of how-to information on this forum.

For the class you're attending, here are our two production detailing vehicles... and I might add one more...


List of cars for our September Competition Ready 3-Day Class

Here are the vehicles we'll be using for the Production Detailing Class.


2016 Ford F350

2012 Ford F250 King Ranch

I'm going to add a few more cars to the list of cars you're going to be working on... hold onto our hat because you're going to be blown away.

I promise, this will be the best investment you've ever made in your detailing career and business.

 

[ShaneB]

That's an interesting aspect you state here. Not by any means meaning this in a negative connotation; you provide an AIO with, say, a finishing pad (white ccs perhaps), for $X, and then a 1 step paint correction with an AIO + cutting pad (say orange CCS) starting at $450? I really kind of like this.

Not exactly. If I'm doing a 1 step correction vs just a polish job, a lot more thought and effort will go into choice of pad and compound or polish. This will involve test spots to find what will get the desired results. That along with the necessary time taken to work the compound or polish completely (more passes, slower arm speed) and then to clean the surface and apply a sealant in a separate step add up to the significantly higher cost.