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I know a few of you run your businesses with your detailers as Independent Contractors. I'm just looking for a little info and feedback from those of you that do and how well it works for you. I have a possible business idea I want to throw out there but I want to hear a little discussion...

I found a bunch of detail chemicals that I have hardly used or even touched for years. I'm not familiar with a lot of it as most of it was given to me or acquired by other means. Is any of this stuff worth keeping? Turtle Wax carnauba paste wax Mothers carnauba paste cleaner wax Meguiars...

It was brought up already, so lets put it up. First time trying to start a poll, so be patient.

To keep threads on track, this is a discussion from a thread in the General Detailing forum: This has often been a conflict in the Pro forum, but I'll sum up my thoughts. In the business, there are three levels of work; express detailing, concourse detailing, and somewhere in between. Most...

Anyone here get and read industry mags? To keep it short, you should. The January issue isn't on the web page yet, so I will just type out some of the more interesting points. These are the abridged results of a national survey of the detailing/car wash industry from Auto Laundry News...

Thanks to whomever it was that posted a link to this page. Here are a few things to check out for yourself before or after you do your holiday shopping. :usa Both of these have been recommended by others on this forum for lighting. :) Sears Exterior: Black Friday Ads 2007 - Craftsman...

In continuation of the "worst mistake you've made..." thread, I'd like to see what detailing injuries others have gotten. I'm sure there are plenty of bad backs out there and some pretty creative and grotesque injuries. I wish I had pictures, but mine are not too bad. Plenty of bruised...

I know there are a lot of different schools of detailing product users here. I am looking for those guys with high-volume detail experience with products from the big names in the professional bulk detailing world (Auto Magic, Car Brite, Meguires, HiTemp, etc..) I have used some products...

Upon remembering the 'Freak Neighbor' thread, this is dedicated to crazy roommates and little immature battles. I'll preface this by saying I am 27 and have lived with many roommates in my life with no problems at all and creating many great relationships. Why this situation is any different...

I was just curious how many of you guys handle these jobs and how in depth you get. We've had a few decent storms these last couple days and I've been mostly turning people down because I don't really want to get into it. I feel that some of these people just don't understand the time and...

Hope all Autopians are safe. I missed this by about 5 minutes. I think it's national news now. KSTP.com - <font size="5">Seven dead, 60 injured in 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis</font>

I've been meaning to post this one for a while now, however the camera wasn't mine and I had to track the pics down. I also wasn't the photographer for most of the pics so sorry for the quality. Some people just don't know how to take pictures of cars. :p One of my co-workers had bought...

Great day, great cars. What more could you ask? This was our 6th annual Classic Car Show during the Minneapolis Aquatennial festival. If you didn't see my other thread in the Click & Brag forum, the pink and green 'Cuda's and the blue Challenger were details of mine. I can't forget to...

Our shop is throwing a classic car show this weekend for the Minneapolis Aquatennial and, like every year, the owner is showing a small portion of his collection. PICS! 1970 1/2 - 1 of 1 - Plymouth 'Cuda 440 6-pack Sassy Grass Green w/ Chartoose Strobe Stripe 1970 1/2 - 1 of 1 -...

Just curious if any of you guys have tried this. I'm having our hosting company set up a form for clients to fill out that gets submitted to my email address with all their info and requested appointment time. I'd still call them back to confirm the appointment, but I'm trying to get more...

Well, I came home to visit family for the holiday and decided to bring a few crates of detailing gear along to help pay for gas money (I live 5 hours away). This is the first time I've technically gone mobile and I thought it would be a stretch from my comfort zone in the shop, but WOW was it...

Just thought I would post this up to help out any future searchers. I had in a black Ford F150 yesterday with some hideous concrete stains. Apparently, the parking garage he was parked in was doing some construction and his truck on the floor below got the gray stuff dripped on his hood near...

I was just curious how many pros out there use them. I have always just cracked the windows after extracting and place a plastic seat cover over the drivers seat and haven't had any issues. Any opinions on how well they work and if they are worth the extra cash?

So I had an 'emergency' appointment today to buff some scratches out of a M-B ML55 AMG. The client shows up and its this cute, tiny, college girl with "mom's" car. She had accidentally opened the back door in the garage and scraped it up. I know I have detailed this car before (her dad...

Now that I'm rested and have the pics hosted, here are the pics from my detailing spree last Wednesday night/Thursday. My boss owns a warehouse with many classic cars (he usually takes a trip to Barret Jackson twice per year) and four of them went to auction last week. In between my regular...