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Spending money for a good polisher and good polish is necessary in my opinion to achieve the best results. Can you get decent results polishing paint without spending money on a polisher? If you want to work ten times harder for less impressive results than I suppose you could. To me it's like...

Let me start by saying there is no perfect forum.:( I try to make this one as close as possible by allowing non-sponsored products and sites to be discussed here. The problem lies in the integrity of those who choose to have a product line or website promoted by sending shills onto forums. The...

I know these are way late. With all that happened with my daughter yesterday I was a bit distracted. I turned Sheila loose with the camera at the show and these are the only ones that turned out.:( I think I might have to hire Suzanna to come take pics for me or atleast teach Sheila and I how...

Had a not so nice surprise today. When we got back from DetailFest yesterday our oldest daughter Tricia was not feeling well. She had flu like symptoms so we kept her home today. Around noon time the started to complain about a stiff neck and was getting worse. Sheila took her to the emergency...

This is for the pro detailers that have made it through more than a year of owning their own business. How well did you do your first year? Was it better or worse than expected? Did you acquire a business or start your own? Here's my answers; I acquired a business and it came with an...

Just got home from a 14 hour day.:passout: I was able to play hero today which made working late well worth it. I had a gentlemen call me from Austin Texas on Monday asking me if we could detail the car that he was flying here to get. He was mainly concerned about the fact that the previous...

Had a good time and met some good people yesterday at the Ferrari show. Here's some pics I promised. It was more crowded when I was there this time so it was harder to get pics and the weather was overcast so all the cars looked good. I wanted it to be sunny so the cars I did would stand out...

One of my favorite customers got a new toy for the Ferrari show this weekend. He's going to compete with it so he put us to work. This was no restoration project but it needed some love to make it pop for the show. I didn't get very many good shots.:( Still trying to get better with the camera...

Someone sent this to me and I got a kick out of it. Anyone think Vick will play pro football again? I'm no fan of cruelty to animals but there are plenty of athletes that have been convicted of some other serious crimes like abusing their spouse or kids and after a short suspension get to go...

Well it was just brought to my attention that everyone but the admins were restricted to 120x120 avatars. I changed it. Now you can have avatars as big as 150x200. I changed the profile pic size too. If you want your avatars bigger you will have to reload them. They were resized automatically...

:yourrock Charles but your avatar gives me a headache :D Please change your avatar.:surrender Anybody else want to tell Charles he needs a new avatar? ;)

The moderators and I have been discussing this and I thought I would ask the question publically and see what you guys have to say. We are a bit baffled why a lot of members aren't posting. We get plenty of visitors (members and guests) each day but not a lot of posts. :hmmm: Anything else I...

Every now and then I get asked about getting a shout box on here. So I am gonna do a poll and if I get enough people saying yes I want a shout box then we will get a shout box. No one seems to be using the chat room so I didn't think a shout box would get much use either but maybe I'm wrong...

Saw this Advil commercial on tv today and thought it was hillarious. Got me laughing harder than I have in a while. I had it recorded so I watched it about 10 times.:rofl I found it on youtube but it doesn't do it justice. The look on his face is hard to see in the you tube version. It's much...

Want to keep busy without having to schedule multiple clients per day? Get some business in a RV park. We have been grabbing a lot of business at Sun-n-Fun RV park here in Sarasota. We came in to do one and after a week we have done 5 because of the people in there seeing our work and asking...

This question has been asked before and answered well before but it hasn't been asked by me before.:D We all know that word of mouth is the cheapest and the best form of advertising but besides that, what works for you? My web site has become my best form of advertising and I don't even have...

Packers Win The Super Bowl !!!! :yay:yay OK earlier this year I laughed at the idea but with the emergence of a running game I think they could do it! Go Favre Go!!

The question I am asking is not necessarily do you know how to properly detail a car. My question is do you have the knowledge to run a successful business. If your answer is anything but a definite "yes", then you are setting yourself up for failure or at minimum you will struggle much more...

Customer relations has been heavy on my mind recently because I am training my new partner. So I thought I would share a little of the advice I am giving him. For all of you detailers that are just starting your business, don't make the same mistake I did. Don't let people beat you up on price...

The Mobile Tech Expo is in Clearwater on January 18th & 19th. I know budman is going and I plan to be there on Saturday. Anyone else planning to attend? Mobile Tech Expo