My 1st detailing customer !!!

glenn14

glenn14

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Hello All,
I am not new to detailing cars, I have been doing my own for a long time, although
I have learned quite a bit here.
One of my neighbors liked how my cars looked 2009 Camry SE and 2010 Lincoln MKZ
That she asked me if I would give here 2004 Toyota Avalon a good detail. She used to bring to Toyota to have it done. I told her sure I would do it for her..she is a 70 year old lady and a great neighbor who just recently lost her husband, so I asked her what she wanted and she told me and I said that I would beat the Toyota DLR's prices and do a better job.
I used the 2 bucket method for my wash.
Products used:
Megs Deep Chrystal Car Wash.
Megs Wheel Cleaner
Daytona Speed Brush
Megs Ultimate Compound
Liquid Glass as my sealer
Megs Hot Tire Shine
Megs quick Interior Detailer
Blue Magic Carpet Stain and Spot Lifter
Cleaned and washed the engine bay and Sprayed it with Megs Insane Shine Tire Foam.
Porter Cable 7424 XP
Lake Country 5.5 Orange pad for the UC
Lake Country 5.5 Grey Pad for the Liquid Glass application.
Microfiber towels
Here are the finished pictures the whole process took me 4 hrs and I charged her $100.00 here are the pics. She was very happy when she took del. Here are the pics.
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Any comments welcome.

Glenn
 
Looks great and as you said the customer was pleased. :props:
 
mdb917 said:
Looks great and as you said the customer was pleased. :props:
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Thank you mike, she already wants to refer me to 2 other people :xyxthumbs:
I also used WD40 to remove all of the bugs and tar off the bumpers and the bottom of the doors and rocker panels.
Glenn
 
Nicely done man! congrats on your first customer.
Never thought about using a tire product on the engine bay, it looks great.
 
JRivers said:
Nicely done man! congrats on your first customer.
Never thought about using a tire product on the engine bay, it looks great.
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Thank you for the complement.. And old trick I learned is that you can use a tire foam in the engine bay..let the foam desolve then start and warm up the engine until the product dries if there is any left over I'll wipe off with a clean cloth.

Glenn
 
glenn14 said:
Thank you for the complement.. And old trick I learned is that you can use a tire foam in the engine bay..let the foam desolve then start and warm up the engine until the product dries if there is any left over I'll wipe off with a clean cloth.

Glenn
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Hmmmm, gonna have to give that a shot...thanx for the tip.

The car looks really sharp, good job!

Bill
 
Glenn,

A BIG congratulations on your first official customer!! :props:

You have a nice selection of products and by the photos you put them to good use. The car came our gorgeous and I'm sure you have a very satisfied customer!! :dblthumb2:
 
BillE said:
Hmmmm, gonna have to give that a shot...thanx for the tip.

The car looks really sharp, good job!

Bill
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Thank you bill , the compound did a great job of removing several long scratches in the doors and realy shined up the silver paint well..the tire shine works real well in the engine bay


Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Nice work Glenn, and a great example of matching your services to your customer.

A few tips on starting a part-time detailing business
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Thank you Mike...coming from the detail expert himself means alot. Since this woman such a very nice lady..I threw in the engine detail and I touched up some bumper and wheel scratches for free. When she took del. of the car she told me that " it looks so nice I hate to drive it and there are several people who i'll refer you to" so she was very..very happy.

Glenn

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BobbyG said:
Glenn,

A BIG congratulations on your first official customer!! :props:

You have a nice selection of products and by the photos you put them to good use. The car came our gorgeous and I'm sure you have a very satisfied customer!! :dblthumb2:
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Thank you very much Bob..here is another pic, that I forgot to through in. I also forgot to mention that I sprayed all of the plastic fender wells with protectant.
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Regards,
Glenn
 
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