14 years old with a REAL detailing company

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Accumulator said:
While I do have a fair amount of training under my belt, I never took the whole on-track thing far enough to get my SCCA license. But many of my instructors were members/competitive drivers, as are a number of my friends.



And BTW, heh heh, you'd probably catch a little less flak here if you ran your posts through a spell-checker ;)
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what schools have you gone to?



And dagonz, i have a lot of respect for anyone who can run as fast as they can into a flaming building. but why are you responding to my question since i put it on a proffesional blog. it seems that you are not a proffesional. Anyway, why are you saying "whatever floats my Toy Boat"? I put unleaded gasoline in my cars judt like evryone else. idk what you put in your firetruck but i think your running a little hot. and your saying bull **** on me? im sorry i just dont like people saying im a fake. now what do you want me to do to prove to you that i am not BS'ing anyone. but anyway what is this going to accomplish? i am not trying to hurt your feelings or hurt your moral which it seems like you are trying to do to me. just out of curiosity does it "float your toy firetrucks boat" to have internet quarrels with a 14 year old?



also... how big is marlburo or wherever you live? if you have a 18 man group of firefighters and 4 more groups it must be pretty huge huh?
 
baseballlover1 said:
what schools have you gone to?
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Skip Barber, TrackTime (at Mid-Ohio), Bondurant (numerous courses), and most recently Don Barrick's Security Driver Training class at Beaverun. I'm tentatively signed up for an autumn Protective/Evasive Driving course at Tony Scotti's Vehicle Dynamics Institute.



Oops, didn't notice that this was on the Professional Forum..I'm not a professional detailer in the sense of doing it for pay :o
 
Accumulator said:
Skip Barber, TrackTime (at Mid-Ohio), Bondurant (numerous courses), and most recently Don Barrick's Security Driver Training class at Beaverun. I'm tentatively signed up for an autumn Protective/Evasive Driving course at Tony Scotti's Vehicle Dynamics Institute.



Oops, didn't notice that this was on the Professional Forum..I'm not a professional detailer in the sense of doing it for pay :o
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you went to skippy school?!?! how was it? i really wanna go there. and also i hear bandurant is a great one also. how did you like mid-ohio? dad could NEVER get the hang of it. alothough he did place 5th at the national championships his 1st time there. now that the runnoffs moved to kansas we might have a better chance there.
 
baseballlover1 said:
what schools have you gone to?



And dagonz, i have a lot of respect for anyone who can run as fast as they can into a flaming building. but why are you responding to my question since i put it on a proffesional blog. it seems that you are not a proffesional. Anyway, why are you saying "whatever floats my Toy Boat"? I put unleaded gasoline in my cars judt like evryone else. idk what you put in your firetruck but i think your running a little hot. and your saying bull **** on me? im sorry i just dont like people saying im a fake. now what do you want me to do to prove to you that i am not BS'ing anyone. but anyway what is this going to accomplish? i am not trying to hurt your feelings or hurt your moral which it seems like you are trying to do to me. just out of curiosity does it "float your toy firetrucks boat" to have internet quarrels with a 14 year old?



also... how big is marlburo or wherever you live? if you have a 18 man group of firefighters and 4 more groups it must be pretty huge huh?
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I can't stand bovine scatology. I can't stand it when people backpedal when they are called on it instead of admitting they were wrong. It doesn''t matter if the poster is 14, 34, 64 or older. Just becuase you posted it in the Professional detailers forum hardly makes you a "pro"..:rolleyes:



I moderate on two firefighter websites and am a very active member of a third. We see plenty of 14 year old "wannabees" who claim that they are allowed to mask up and go inside to fight fires, drive rigs and operate the extrication tools and demand that they be respected. :doh They are quickly exposed and caught in their web of lies.



Your reputation can make you or break you. There's a young detailer ( he's 16 or 17) here by the name of scubasteveo from Canada who is an excellent detailer. He posts intelligently and doesn't try to impress with BS, the pics of his work do the talking for him.



There are some shady characters who have taken pics from this website and tried to pass them off as their own work.



I am a professional firefighter, clean car fanatic and have been detailing for 20+ years. While I don't do it for a living (t's more of a paying hobby than a profession) it helped pay for my son's coillege tuition, and pays for family vacations and flight lessons.



FYI, it's "Marlborough", located between Boston and Worcester, 22 square miles, 40,000 population, three fire stations, 73 sworn personnel, 1 civilian andmiinstrative assistant.
 
What i meant by isnt this the proffesional part was i wanted to ask poeple who were proffesonals. people who could somewhat relate to me. and unlike those kids that are saying that they go into fires, i just say that i detail cars. and i agree, i want to be treated like a real person not a minor. i would rather like to be treated like an adult then a kid.



And yes i do have some pictures of my latest jobs



http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/dwendell01/IMG_0063.jpg



http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/dwendell01/DSC01719.jpg



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http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/dwendell01/DSC01057_2.jpg



http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/dwendell01/DSC01089.jpg



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http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s91/dwendell01/DSC01062.jpg
 
I admire your entrepreneurial spirit, however, I think you should enjoy being a teenager. I sometimes wish I was 14 again. It sounds like your family has some money; so I do not see much of a need to work too hard. Detail some cars on the weekend to gain experience and earn some extra cash. If you do indeed want to make a career out of detailing you can get off to a good start by exceeding the expectations of your clients. Remember you posted in the professional forum. Act like a professional by proof reading your posts and respecting the other professionals and hobbyists alike. Good luck to you.
 
I also agree with DaGonz. And being 14 years old you don't own a "REAL" detailing company.



Also, people aren't going to take you seriously if you are typing a big long paragraph that is 10 lines long that doesn't have proper spelling or any capital letters.
 
brwill2005... you have givn me the best advice so far. and i do respect everyone that gives me good advice or tries to. and yes it would seem like we have money but as i doubt that anyone in this forum is in the clothing retail buiseness i doubt you know how much money we actually have. as most people know the economy is WAY down and clothing is no exception.



lets just say i love detailing cars and, up to today i never doubted myself and was never given a reason to by another being. every customer i have ever had has always come back to me saying that i was just as good as the proffesional down the street from my house that charges 4 or 5 times the price i do. Now to those guys who would give the advice go try to get a job from him. i tryed... he told me that his insurance company wouldnt like it (understandable). so this is the only option i have right now. and i think this option worked out better.
 
Good work kid. I envy your drive and entrepreneurial mindset. I have a feeling you'll go far in what ever you do.

Do you have any pics of the 911 or 914?
 
David Fermani said:
Good work kid. I envy your drive and entrepreneurial mindset. I have a feeling you'll go far in what ever you do.

Do you have any pics of the 911 or 914?
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Uhhh yea hold on ile add em in a sec. Can you give me any constructive criticism on the jobs i did?
 
What were the process on the cars?



For me, it's more about the process than the pictures. I can take a total POS, take pictures at the right angle and make it look great.
 
baseballlover1 said:
Can you give me any constructive criticism on the jobs i did?
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Not without seeing them in person. No offense. I'm sure with the experience and intelligence you possess, I could coach you into one of the best detailers out there in no time.
 
ok... wash using the sonus stuff, clay using the sonus clay, if the clay doesnt get out the bigger scratches i use this pink stuff my father got frum a body shop a while back... idk what it is but it cleans REALLY well, sfx 2 (the enhancer), klasse AIO, and then the klasses sealent glaze.
 
Mr Fermani... you sound like a great guy. maybe if you are interested in a year or two i could try to get you to come down here (at my expense) and teach me how to REALLY do it.
 
or maybe you could give me a few tips of the trade. as to the converting my 911 or 914... personally i dont beleive in amercican engines (no offense). and if i were to take them to the track it wouldnt be to beet the other guy, it would be to have a ton of fun, and the engines that are in them now are fine and im afraid i might be stupid and hurt myself with TOO much horsepower
 
baseballlover1 said:
you went to skippy school?!?! how was it? i really wanna go there. and also i hear bandurant is a great one also. how did you like mid-ohio? dad could NEVER get the hang of it. alothough he did place 5th at the national championships his 1st time there. now that the runnoffs moved to kansas we might have a better chance there.
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My wife and I did Skippy School back when they were still at Lime Rock. It was our first driving school and it was OK but we liked Bondurant better (enough to keep going back for more courses). Can't really compare our experiences from back then with their stuff today, I'm certain so much has changed that they're just too different to compare.



Just attend *some* good school, preferably more than one. You'll learn new stuff every time.



Yeah, IMO/IME Mid-Ohio was a tough track, but my wife learned it right away and easily blew off guys driving much faster cars...it's all about getting the line right and that track just agreed with her. Some tracks and some drivers just click...or don't.



..if the clay doesnt get out the bigger scratches..
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Note that clay isn't used to remove scratches but rather to shear off above-surface contamination.
 
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