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I was using my flex the other day and noticed a funky burning odor. After hunting it down I found out that the plug on the flex had melted and when I pulled the plug from the extension cord one of the prongs was left in the drop cord. My best guess is that the prong came somewhat loose and...

Eventually, I knew it would happen and it did. The following is a cautionary tale. I will call the client "J". J discovered me while I was working on another client's car in a very well-off part of Atlanta about 2 months ago. I was doing a 2-stepper on a marred to hell and back red Bimmer...

I've been full-time with my business for about 2 years. That's changing now. I was offered a job as a firefighter(rather to start training) with a very large metro Atlanta county. I accepted and I am now in my 7th week as a recruit. The money is not that good but believe it or not, it's 1/5th...

Since my new website has been up I have had countless folks call and start the conversation by saying how awesome my new site is. I wish I could take credit for it, but the truth of the matter is that my web developer is a MACK at web design and marketing. He took me from just wanting a few...

MONEY This is a subject that most will not openly and frankly discuss with their clients. There are different reasons. Some detailers feel that giving a price is enough and knowing the why's or how's to not getting an appointment set up is part of the biz. An example... A new potential...

There's totally a Super Friends club on Autopia. For a short period of time I thought it would be worth while trying to join the Super Friends club(think of it as a new member's ignorance). Then I realized that it's a requirement that you go homo for the other members before you can join and...

The site is still under construction, so please ignore some of the buttons not working, text that needs editing and a gallery that is not filled out. This site is being built for me by one of my clients. He has gone way above and beyond in what I ask for from him. He told me he was returning...

(my camera ended up having a few spots on the lenses. Ignore the black spots) The owner said he couldn't locate someone he felt comfortable with to work on his baby. So I headed to Tuscaloosa, Al. to rescue this gem. He'd told me he had the hood repainted due to getting keyed and the body...

Can't wait to get a bed cover!

Hopefully, someone can help me out. I need an inspection sheet(s) that has an outlined image of a car(suv too if you have one) that shows the top, left and right sides as well as the front and back. Grazie mille!

Universal is filming a new Fast and Furious movie here in Georgia. I ended up picking up the company that handles all the film cars as a client and they've been calling me for all kinds of stuff. I have a lot of images working on a rig that has a 50' tall x 500' green screen built around it...

I met up with the owner, Sunday, on the north side of Atlanta to save him a bit of time on his drive from his home in Tennessee. He said I could keep it for a week and fit it in when ever time is available(as an owner/detailer, this is awesome). This also gave me time to take photographs and log...

So a gentleman called me yesterday asking for me to do an onsite wash of a 45' marathon rv. At the time it did not click that this was a tour bus(urgh). We discussed what I do on my wash and he asked for a price. I told him $55 per labor hour. After he inquired further about how long it would...

:D Yeah right. Cruden Hexatech Racing Simulator

My plans to move into a fixed location are a go. I have my new business license for the location and the spot is picked out and I will sign the lease this week. I wanted to allow other legitimate fixed location owners to bounce their ideas off of me. While I believe I am ready mentally, have...

So I am expanding my company(more to come later) and I wanted a new company name, but kept my legal name. Not because I am hiding from anything but rather, thinking back, I am not crazy about my legal name as my advertised name. After debating it over I went with Detailed Designs (with "Auto...

This is my car. It has sat outside unwashed for 4 years. I did a bunch of mechanical stuff while it sat. Thus the neglect. Hood shots in sunlight coming. b4 glossy and cleaned up b4 glossy and cleaned up close up

I've done a lot of polishing/compounding on BMW paint over the last 5 years and I just came across the most retardedly hard clear on a BMW or any other make I've worked on. It's a 2009 335i with alpine white paint. The customer had been burned by a drive-up car washer. The washer had used a...

I got tired of people crying over as little as a $15 charge(not everyone, but GEEZ, don't ask me to do it for free!). Now they know if they ask for me to do something it cost however long it takes and there's no why's about it. My time = your money, period. $45 flat rate for anything. Not so...

I currently have my prices listed on my site. Being that I do charge more than 95% of the mobile detailers in the state, I can see a benefit and a drawback to listing prices. The pro is that it automatically scares off the price-shoppers. The con is that it may scare off those who...