Winter can be depressing

tuscarora dave

tuscarora dave

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It is so hard to get people to realize that detailing or at least paint protection is important in the winter that I typically have to market to fleets and bus sales companies to get work to keep the phone line working and pay the insurance and other bills. This brings me some real turds to polish. I have this to work on tomorrow.

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And then this one after the Ford.

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The goal is cheap, clean and shiny. Swirls don't matter to him. These are getting a filler glaze product similar to D-151 applied with a soft 8" wool pad on my Makita . I mainly do this work for the love of it but these ratty vans tend to depress me.

Like the Rolling Stones said, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need.

Any other mobile guys get stuck doing turds like these in the winter months?
 
I thought you were working out of a shop now, Dave? Or are these coming to your shop to be worked on?

Anyway, just look at these vans as quick and painless cash to pay for your advertising that eventually will bring you real customers.
 
Winter can be a depressing time for all of us. While I do love the seasonal change winter in the North is not conducive to maintaining your vehicles appearance.

Warmer weather is only 4 month away so hand in there! :awman:
 
BobbyG said:
Winter can be a depressing time for all of us. While I do love the seasonal change winter in the North is not conducive to maintaining your vehicles appearance.

Warmer weather is only 4 month away so hand in there! :awman:
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Warmer weather can not come fast enough!

Dave hang in there...once the warmer weather comes back around you'll get the cars that really make the detailing work worth while!
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
I thought you were working out of a shop now, Dave? Or are these coming to your shop to be worked on?
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I am working out of a local shop when we can get some action there. We are working on getting the word out. These vans belong to another local business.

Anyway, just look at these vans as quick and painless cash to pay for your advertising that eventually will bring you real customers.
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That's exactly how I look at them. :xyxthumbs: Got to make ends meet anyway I can.
 
Work is better than no work that's for sure.

That first one brings to mind the joke about "I can buff that out".:buffing:
 
I stopped home to grab some lunch and thought I'd post a few more pics of today's progress. The entire van looks pretty much like this door.

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To combine rock bottom pricing with decent results I wasn't messing around with clay so I hit it with heavy compound on a wool cutting pad followed by a no name glaze that I found at a Discount/surplus store for $2.75 a pint and a wool finishing pad. Doesn't look too bad for quick work.

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Well done! And you need to cut costs where you can. When they aren't paying for top quality, you give them the best you can while sticking to your budget.
 
Looks a lot better than it was. Being so cold in PA right now (30's here), how are your products working for you in the cold weather?
 
No problems with the products at all. It's 41 degrees here now but I did a Toyota P/U a few weeks ago in 31 degree weather and had no problems with the products then either. Back to work...
 
tuscarora dave said:
No problems with the products at all. It's 41 degrees here now but I did a Toyota P/U a few weeks ago in 31 degree weather and had no problems with the products then either. Back to work...
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Sounds like you are telling me to break out me flex and get busy... :dblthumb2:
 
I bet the owner is happy despite the condition.
 
One thing about working on turds is that it's work.

The only thing worse than working is looking for it.
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