{ Pet Peeve's } Detailing

buddhadog said:
Customers who dont take the crap out of their car! Sure I expect a few things but when the whole vehicle is packed with stuff it really annoys me .

Customers who tell you their car is really clean and it turns out to be a filthy nighmare!:eek:

Tar splattered cars and cars that have run over a gallon of paint.

Kid crap and goo!:D

Filthy dog hair vehicles that smell really bad!
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Im right there with you. My number one is when I do mobile detailing and the person says "Ok there is the hose on the side of the house you should be good to go". Then I find out that the car is locked and the sunroof is open etc... When I go to knock/ring door bell for the keys they are nowhere to be found, for a long time. Or when I need the keys to roll the windows up and down to get the edges, they are nowhere to be seen.

Also have a lot of customers saying "The car is only a few years old, should be easy". Or "It's been detailed before so it shouldn't be bad". One of them had fallout so bad it took me 3 hours to clay.(wish I had Ironx at the time) The other had calcium from well water and it was a black vehicle turned white.

I also get a lot of sticky candy in the cupholders and map pockets gross!
 
LOL these are some good Pet Peeves. :laughing:

I too have pretty much the same Pet Peeves.

Everyone I know, knows not to touch, lean or put anything on my car. If they are a newbie and don't know and "attempt" to do any of the following I will tackle them to the ground prior to doing so. :righton:

When I'm detailing however, there is plenty of things I hate.

I hate when the hose gets caught on my tires or gets a kink.

Over spray, whether its from doing my tires and hitting the fender or spray wax on a panel hitting my windows, its annoying. :nomore:

I used to hate when I would take my car out for a drive for a little bit and get brake dust on my wheels :mad: Butttt thanks to DP wheel glaze it helps reduce it a lot.

Dropping clay or a microfiber sucks horribly. Makes me want to :bash: myself lol.

The thing that ticks me off the most is :detailer: ! I hate Birds with a passion.
 
Detailing a poorly built car. (badge lettering coming off, water in headlights/taillights, cheap interior plastics falling apart)

Stupid questions and looks from passersby. (My neighbors finally appreciate my madness. Well, most do.)

Finding imperfections such as door dings that you wouldn't have found if the car was dirty.

The weird feeling on my hands from all the various products if I forget to wear gloves.
 
Oh! I have another one!

This one drives me insanse. Partialy my fault though SOMETIMES.

I wash my car top to bottom on panel or group at a time. I always do the roof first.

After I wash the roof I rinse and dry it. Perfect. I then either do the doors or hood. And some how inevitably water will hit the door or hood harder than I intended and will splash droplets onto the roof. Ahhhhhhh it drives me nuts when that happens.
 
Sticky stuff on the interior.
Now that I only do my own those little round yellow spots on the paint that never come off first try.
 
Ok I don't know if it's the time of year or what but the past month or so I have been finding a ton of glitter in my customers cars an once you think u have it all you move an the light hits it right and there's more. Then if it's on some interior plastic it's like trying to remove cement. APC, compressed air, vacuum, nothing seems to remove the stuff. Lol my biggest hassle.
 
timaishu said:
Another thing that aggrivates me are people to touch my cars paint or attempt to set something on the roof or trunk. Or some one who is like, "Whats that on your roof?" and then proceeds to wipe their hand on it to get rid of the dust. OMG! Everytime it scratches.
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:iagree:
Speaking of which my wife used to park near the dumpster at work. Yesterday she found out where these mystery scratches came from. They cover almost the entire roof.:cry:
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One of the workers was putting boxes on her car so they could open the dumpster lid. The ignorance/rudeness of some people never ceases to amaze me. Needless to say she doesn't park there anymore.
 
I hate dropping my microfiber when wiping polish off. Then you have to go get a whole new one.
 
Customers who miss app'ts that can't be billed due to them being the largest income producer, huge tipper, and major referrer for non-detailing income.

Texting and phone calls ignored. I was on the property until 11 pm, just need to do final inspection, clean up, and gather my tools.

I can't even rant about it except for here.
:rant:
 
I hate it when the water hose gets caught around the tires when I'm trying to drag the hose, that'll really annoy me. Also, the more extension cords I have laying around when in use, they all seem to find a way to get tangled up.
 
Not enough room, I have a 3 car garage but there still isn`t enough. I need to get rollups for water hose and electric hose that I can install in the ceiling that would help. I wouldn`t be tripping over everything and getting them caught under the tires.

It would be nice to have a big sink and a small washer for my dirty rags, wife doesn`t like to wash my dirty rags in her washing machine but she says it`s alright to dry in her dryer. She does it now but not happy about it and as you know there`s no benefit to have the wife mad is it :>)
 
Product bottles like M105 that spit polish on my clothes, clean floor etc. every time I pick the open bottle up. I've been meaning to get some squeeze bottles but I always forget when placing an order.
 
I would say detailing while the customer is breathing down your neck trying to start either a conversation or pointing things out when youre compounding a car.
 
Theo_Auto_Fines said:
I would say detailing while the customer is breathing down your neck trying to start either a conversation or pointing things out when youre compounding a car.
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Yeah I hate that! It's worse when they want to help :surrender:
 
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