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What is the longest period of time you have gone without having any customers ? Its been about 1 1/2 months for me so far. Talk about depressing.

Have any of you guys tried selling rims in addition to your detailing service. If so how do you go about getting started in this type of busines and where do you find mercandise and how much money does it take start this type of business?

A new hot rod shop just opened a few blocks from my shop. Now i'm a huge fan of American Hot Rod & Orange County Chopper and I understand that it takes lots of effort and $ to manufacture these vehicles and folks are very particular . Now being an evening/weekend detailer how can I go about...

1. What is the difference between waxing and glazing ? Which provides more protection? 2. How long should you wait to detail a car after its been painted. Thanks guys for all of your help in advance

Today I used paid time off from my full time job to do a bit of prospecting. I walk into an office building I'm talking with the receptionist and just as I walk out the door a gentlemen Who works there inquired about my services. I proceed to tell him how I can make his vehicle look good. He...

for u folks that have a fax machine how do u use it to aquire new business? Ive faxed flyers around to serveral businesses and have had no luck. when trying to solicit this way what do you folks say to hopeflly intice a few potential clients. could some one email me a sample flyer that may help...

Today it rained in sw Pennsylvania. took my sons out and did some prospecting. We hit about 60 houses with flyers. Placed cards at 3 different upscale bars, put some in the local nail salon, the ford dealership and the auto parts store. hopefully it will bring in a job or two. When business is...

I understand that you can now purchase orage pads for the cyclo polisher. I've heard with the right choice of products it can be almost as aggressive a rotary w/o the possibility of burning paint is this true and if so could a rookie detailer have success removing oxidation?

Few questions for you guys. 1. How long did it take you to get a steady stream of customers when first starting out ? 2. Do you receive phone calls from potential clients daily or are they sporadic ? 3. I try do something for my business daily i.e. hand out cards, flyers, talk to people...

I don't know If I've ever mentioned this before. But detailing the interior of vehicles is not my favorite thing to do. Over the weekend I did 2 full service details for gentlemen who lives across the street from my shop. They were prett bad. I made a solid effort to take my time and as a result...

Question about pressure washers my shop is in a quiet residential area across the street from the local u wash. I normally drive the cars across the street and wash them there it cost about $3.00 I simply use the high pressure to spray the car off then I hand wash with my wash mitt and bucket...

what is best way to bring plastic trim back to its original color.

I'm fairly new to Detailing. I here an awful lot of discussion pertaining to finding certain types of customers that you want to serve. There is a community about 2 miles from my home. homes in this area start at about 200,000.00. I decided that I'm going to mainly focus on passing out flyers...

How many of you guys use sidewalk signs out in front of your shop. To advertise and if so do you get a pretty good response.

What kind of promotions do you guys plan on running this spring to get customers.

This will be my first time operating from a fixed location during good detailing weather i.e spring & Summer Now keep in mind that I still have my full time job from 7:30 - 3:30 M-F and typically use time in the evenings and or weekends to detail/wash cars. What kind of reasonable spring special...

Have any of you guys ever bought fairly decent auction cars had them mechanically checked then really clean them up nicely and sold on ebay and if so what was your success rate

A lady called today wanting the interior of her Jeep detailed. She informed me that there is a good bit of pet hair. My question is what is the most effective/efficient way to remove the hair. Thanks in advance for your feedback.

I am Fairly new with using a digital Camera. How do I get smaller size photos for my gallery page I'm putting together. Ive tried cropping to make em smaller but no dice. Check out my web page the gallery page and tell me what you think of the car I did saturday morning before the snow hit lol...

What is a good Dressing to use on plastic trim?