Recent content by sweetextreme

Hey guys i dont post often but i ended up closing my detail shop and going to work for the dealership again. It's tuff in WNY. anyway. im going to purchase a trailer and do mobile work on the weekends. im looking at a 5x8 and a 6x8. i have never used a trailer before. do you think the 6x8 is too...

The other day I detailed a 1978 corvette. It was all ready to go and the customer was practically begging me to drive it to him. I politely declined and instead said i would pick him up. He then said. Well ill have to get it tomorrow. I didn't think anything of it but did find it strange. The...

hey guys how has everyone been? The last time i was on here was about a year ago and i was in the process of opening my own shop! We have been open about 13 months now and all and all i would say its going pretty good. we have had our ups and downs as any new business would. we decided to expand...

I have one of them blinking arrow signs that you can change " not sure what their called" anyway I had my detailing special for $125 up there but that sale has ended. Looking for suggestions on cheaper things to draw them in so I can meet them and explain what the bigger priced details include...

i have a new client who is bringing me his 2011 F-150 raptor and 2011 tuarus SHO. these are his babys. they are both black and in great condition. i want to try out some new sealant that will really make these pop and last him a while. they are garage kept. they only sealant i have played with...

i am considering buying an ionizer. I could charge the dealership extra for the smoker and stinky vehicles IF they work. one other detail shop in town has one and uses it to their advantage in their advertising. i would like to be able to have this advantage myself...what are your thoughts. here...

so i finally took the step and rented a place. its nothing big. a double car garage, concrete floor with drain, a small waiting room and small office. its on the main road into my town getting on or off the expressway and the same road as about 7 dealerships. i will post pics this weekend. im...

well i work at a kia dealership and we recently started doing certified cars, basicly that means there perfect in all aspects. now...some of you im sure no, kia carpets suck!!! i think if they switched to indoor outdoor carpet it would be an improvement. anyways. i could use some help on tips to...

as the title states im going to be doing a persuasive speech in public speeking for my final project and i want to do it on the bennifits of detailing. wondering what tips i should use. i have seen something on here befor it had a diagram of the surface contaniments and such, showed metal...

well first let me say this. im not bashing the company, their customer service is great but their products just aren't for me. with that being said. i started my black g6 with Meguiar's 105 and a wool cutting pad....looked incredible. followed with SSR2.5 and an orange light cutting...

so i have been buffing for 5 years and i have NEVER swirled a car with a foam pad. but today i used poorboys world SSR1 with a white polishing pad for the first time and swirled the living piss out of a red toyota. what could have cuased it? pad drying out or not enuf product? i used some eagle...

hey guys im placing another poorboys order tomorrow becuase i forgot something and so i figure ill tell you what i have and i was hoping you could tell me what i could add to really make my jet black g6 pop...also my friends black with almost a rainbow metal flake. poor boys SSR2.5 poor boys...

i just placed my first order with poorboys. i used to be a meguiars guy but i have read some great reveiws. i look forward to wrighting my own reveiw on these products. also. in last night chat i was the winner of raggtopps leather care kit. i will be doing a write up of that as well! it really...

hello. in 3 weeks ill be buffing my black pontiac g6 and i really want it to pop this year, what do you recomend. everything from pads to waxes, glazes, compounds, the whole thing. i have a dewalt buffer.

what do you guys think is a better product as far as what will hide light scratches the best? turtle wax black box system or black hole with nattys red