A tour of my Products and Garage *23 PICS - 56k BEWARE*

[C. Charles Hahn]

I decided I might as well take pics (for this as well as other forums) of my product collection and garage since I was organizing the other night.



I still have to pull everything back out again to do spring cleaning once I get all the winter crap out of there (still 2 snowblowers, some shovels, and other miscelaneous seasonal tools taking up space). So, here goes. Keep in mind I was missing most of my towels (as you can see, I've got several ready to go to the washing machine) and such, but it's a basic idea.



PDF of my Inventory Spreadsheet (Requires Adobe Acrobat)



General Cleaners:

Interior Cleaners:

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Plastic, Glass, and Metal Care:

Washing Soaps, minus NXT Wash on order:

Plastic, Rubber, and Vinyl Dressings:

Paint Preparation:

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Paint Protection:

Miscelaneous:

Now, on to the Garage Tour.....

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

First stop is detailing storage area 1. Pictured here also are some of my pads and tools:

More of the tools/pads:

Customer Check-In Forms, some decorations:

My (mostly empty) towel cabinet. Pictured are my brand new hometex MFs -- my other MF and cotton towels are not shown:

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

More Decorations, and my awesome shop towel roll dispenser:

C6 Z06 Poster over the door:

Thermometer, a couple tin signs, and my business card holder:

A couple posters:

 

[MongooseGA]

Nice set up there.



How do you work the customer check in sheet?

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

More posters, lighted Buick sign, and my Fan:

No smoking facility!

57 Chevy cutaway poster and original magazine ad:

Brickyard 400 Innaugural Race Poster from 1994 Indy:

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Genuine Chevrolet Metal Sign over the window:

Some Liscense Plates which belonged to my late grandfather over the years; also the last liscense plate my dad had before he died which also was the first liscense plate I had on a vehicle:

More tools: My creeper seat, blower, and shopvac can be seen here:

And finally, my garage door opener and favorite tool of all, the retractable extension cord:

I'm happy to answer questions/comments!

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Nice set up there.



How do you work the customer check in sheet?

I actually got that from a guy who posted it openly here and on Detailcity a while back. The excel file is here:



Alot of Important Business files

 

[zainoshine]

What are the Hometex MFs? Is that a Wal-Mart brand, or do you order them online?



Neat garage and set-up.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

What are the Hometex MFs? Is that a Wal-Mart brand, or do you order them online?



Neat garage and set-up.

Close. They're actually from Sam's Club. They come in an 18 pack for like $15 or so.



Thanks.

 

[travisdecpn]

I really like the hometex microfibers. I got some from walmart last night 8 for $4.97. They are very nice for a OTC general purpose mf.

 

[BigAl3]

I really like the hometex microfibers. I got some from walmart last night 8 for $4.97. They are very nice for a OTC general purpose mf.

agreed! the hometex mf's are nice & plush and even after many washings, they still hold up as well as the more expensive ones i have. i wouldn't normally use just any otc mf's on the paint, but these i would. :up

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

I really like the hometex microfibers. I got some from walmart last night 8 for $4.97. They are very nice for a OTC general purpose mf.

Really? I didn't know they had the same ones at Wal Mart -- I thought they only had those blue/white 5 packs.



Not that it matters; I'm enough impressed with these for paint use that I'll end up with another 18 pack from Sam's next time I'm there. They're cheap enough I might start giving them away to customers with a small bottle of QD spray or something.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Those pads need to be stored in something! Don't keep them like that. m2c

 

[lbls1]

Hey..............where are the fbody pics...lol!!



A very organized set up you have. A real pro!



I was a little worried there when I didn't see any carnauba products, then I continued down a little further!!!!! Cool...

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Hey..............where are the fbody pics...lol!!



A very organized set up you have. A real pro!



I was a little worried there when I didn't see any carnauba products, then I continued down a little further!!!!! Cool...

Yup, it's there.... S100 is about all I've found that I really like using as far as straight carnaubas go. I had a few others (#26, Blitz, 'cheap' Zymol) but I tossed them since my supply was low, and I wasn't using them.



Thanks for the compliments.



As for the person making a comment about the pads, remember I was in the process of cleaning up. Usually, they are stored differently. :up

 

[Thomas Dekany]

As for the person making a comment about the pads, remember I was in the process of cleaning up. Usually, they are stored differently. :up

That is what I was worried about. Cleaning = dust!

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

That is what I was worried about. Cleaning = dust!

nah. These were all headded for a nice soak to clean 'em out.



Usually, as I said, I keep 'em on one of the shelves in the closed units.

 

[travisdecpn]

Really? I didn't know they had the same ones at Wal Mart -- I thought they only had those blue/white 5 packs.



Not that it matters; I'm enough impressed with these for paint use that I'll end up with another 18 pack from Sam's next time I'm there. They're cheap enough I might start giving them away to customers with a small bottle of QD spray or something.

I was there last night (getting a CCD) and saw them tucked away on the bottom shelf. I wasn't expecting much for the price but was pleasantly surprised when they passed the cd scatch test. I may have to go back and grab a few more packs, definitely an improvement over the microtex brand.