SeenRed
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- Aug 3, 2019
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Hello AGO,
Glad to be here! Found this site while searching the web for detailing tutorials...I'm definitely a total novice at detailing. I have to confess that for years, I didn't properly care for the paint on my vehicles - not out of carelessness or laziness, but mostly out of ignorance. Without knowing any better, I always thought that scrubbing the grime off in the driveway regularly, and applying a cheap retail wax job maybe once a year, was proper care.
Well about 6 weeks ago I bought a new 2018 Chevy crew cab truck, and decided that I wanted to learn a bit more about proper detailing and paint maintenance. My wife had recently gotten an acquaintance of her's who has a detailing business to do a full detail of her 2011 Camaro. It came home looking better than it did when it was still on the dealer's showroom floor! That's when it occurred to me that there was plenty I didn't know or understand about caring for a car's surfaces -both interior and exterior. At first, my goal is just to learn enough to give my own vehicles a proper, professional-looking detailing. Later, if my knowledge and skill justify it, I might try using those skills to start a side-gig detailing business.
A little bit about me...I'm a retired educator in my mid 50's. During the 29 years of my career, I wore a lot of different hats: Teacher, Head Basketball Coach, Athletic Director, High School Principal, and at the time I retired, District Curriculum Director. I enjoy playing golf, smoking/BBQ, and am a voracious reader. I'm a guy who still likes to find new challenges and stay busy...and that's what brings me here - hoping to learn from the many experts and professionals here. Don't know yet how much active posting I'll do...I'll likely start out just surfing and topic-searching and reading/watching videos. I'd rather not ask a hundred dumb questions that's been asked dozens of times before...I'll try to research past threads/topics first.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to stop by and read my long winded introduction. looking forward to getting into this.
Red
Glad to be here! Found this site while searching the web for detailing tutorials...I'm definitely a total novice at detailing. I have to confess that for years, I didn't properly care for the paint on my vehicles - not out of carelessness or laziness, but mostly out of ignorance. Without knowing any better, I always thought that scrubbing the grime off in the driveway regularly, and applying a cheap retail wax job maybe once a year, was proper care.
Well about 6 weeks ago I bought a new 2018 Chevy crew cab truck, and decided that I wanted to learn a bit more about proper detailing and paint maintenance. My wife had recently gotten an acquaintance of her's who has a detailing business to do a full detail of her 2011 Camaro. It came home looking better than it did when it was still on the dealer's showroom floor! That's when it occurred to me that there was plenty I didn't know or understand about caring for a car's surfaces -both interior and exterior. At first, my goal is just to learn enough to give my own vehicles a proper, professional-looking detailing. Later, if my knowledge and skill justify it, I might try using those skills to start a side-gig detailing business.
A little bit about me...I'm a retired educator in my mid 50's. During the 29 years of my career, I wore a lot of different hats: Teacher, Head Basketball Coach, Athletic Director, High School Principal, and at the time I retired, District Curriculum Director. I enjoy playing golf, smoking/BBQ, and am a voracious reader. I'm a guy who still likes to find new challenges and stay busy...and that's what brings me here - hoping to learn from the many experts and professionals here. Don't know yet how much active posting I'll do...I'll likely start out just surfing and topic-searching and reading/watching videos. I'd rather not ask a hundred dumb questions that's been asked dozens of times before...I'll try to research past threads/topics first.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to stop by and read my long winded introduction. looking forward to getting into this.
Red
