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Recently I picked up a car to detail at Medinah Country Club (which is 5 minutes from my house, and is host of the U.S. open.) This is not the first time I've done this and I'm amazed at the cars I see in the parking lot. Maybach's/Bentley/Rolls/Austin Martin on and on it goes. As good as I'm at...

Up until the autopia detailing seminar this past weekend I thought I had all the machines I needed. They included the DAPC/ Cyclo/Dewalt High Speed and the DEWalt 443DA. I guess I was wrong. When Prinz and Dave brought out the rotary they bought from Harbor tools (www.harborfreight.com) I was...

Pics don't do this car justice. This is a 1996 911 that was an open ended detail. I don't get meny of these a year, the owner just tells me whatever it costs just get it perfect. I never take advantage of anyone, but it does take more time doing under the car , behind the wheels, and using Q...

Most of you know that in any successful business marketing is a key factor. Here is my latest indevor. I contacted a local newspaper with a mailing reach of around 50,000 homes. I talked to the editor for about an hour selling myself and how I thought it would benefit his readers to have a...

I regrete that I didn't bring my PT Cruiser to the autopia detailing seminar, however it was NOT up to my detailing standards (mainly because I'm detailing everyone else's car and don't have time for mine) but here is a chance to get together and talk cars. This Sunday 8/28 their is a car show...

Someone I know needs a detailer in or near Detroit, he used rubbing compound on his hood and did a number on it. Let me know if you know someone. Gary

Yesterday I was at a Cruise night and saw a lime green 70 Road Runner to die for. MINT condition. It had a rare 440 6 pack, my favorite combination of model/year/motor. I wanted to find the owner to ask him if I could make love to his car, I mean detail it. I could not find him, so I just walked...

Thought I would recap some of the advanced seminars that I participated in last week. Friday I had the pleasure of having the Ardex rep come to my shop and host a 2-hour seminar on high speed buffing. If you have a pro shop and deal with reputable companies, many of them will come out if you...

Can you post that dealer again ( I didn't write it down) for that rotary? I think others that don't own one will be interested in it as well. Thanks Gary

I was wondering if anyone knows if a micro touch sander for rock chips. Someone told me that somebody body shops have these tools. I guess the best way to describe it is an extremely small piece of sandpaper small enough to sand a rock chip but not effect the finish surrounding it. if you know...

I recently gave some thought on how to reach out to the female segment of the population so I decided to do somehting about it. I picked up a copy of the DuPage Women news, a paper that cators to women. I contacted the editor and asked if I could write an article in the paper promoting my...

I did a seminar today and I always start out asking the audience how much they spend on their car wax/sealant. Today was a first. I actually met someone who shelled out 1300 bucks on the Zymol Estate Glaze. He came up to me after the class and almost started crying. He told me he just wanted the...

I had a customer bring me a car that was detailed elsewhere and he heard about me after the fact. When he got the car back from X detailer it looked fine. a month later he saw the same swirls come back. Since I rarely use a rotary (seems like I have not mastered it) due to the fact I introduce...

One of the cars I was detailing had two bad ink stains on the interior cloth. I told the owner it was unlikely I could get it out. Once I got the car I tried about everything I had when I remembered I had a can of Acetone I recently bought to remove some epoxy residue from my Cruiser body kit. I...

I recently purchased some nice quality hats which I plan on giving away to my better customers. Here is a pic of the hat. They cost me $11.00 each. I could of got some a few bucks less but as you can see these are all denim and stiched nicely. Gary

Just wanted to know if any other autopians contributed to the book recently published titled "Start your own Auto Detailling Business, a step by step guide to success" Entrenprenur Press 2005. I was interviewed last year and was told they wanted imput from several successful detailing business's...

Today was a rough day. I had been e mailing back and forth with a potential customer that had acid rain damage and went to a hacker to get it taken care off. They cut through the paint and swirled it to death. It was a black audi. Now I could tell from the way the guy was talking that he was...

I detailed this Bently today and all I remember is the model starts with the letter A. Maybe someone can post it for me. Check out the his and hers umbrella's mounted under the trunk deck? For $240,000 the Umbrella's are free.

I work out of a shop that is part of a office/shop space. I rent the shop and the landlord rents out the office. The tennant moved out of the office 3 weeks ago and the landlord is having a tough time just renting the office space. He told me if he can't rent the office he may be forces to sell...

Today was the Corvette show at Bill Kay Chevy, sponsored by the Windy City Corvette Club and they gave away a 2006 Corevtte. All year they sold 1499 raffle tickets at $50 a pop and collected $75,000. Enough to buy the car valued at $65,000 and the rest they gave to charity. I set up a booth...