Funny Detailing Stories

Troy@Protekt

Troy@Protekt

a.k.a. Troy@DetailCity
One of my favorite things to read on here are funny stories about anything but especially detailing.

I've told a couple;

Love Bug Remover

Bags over the mirrors

I've created this section so we can all post our funny detailing stories. If you know of any in the past that belong here please submit them to me or a moderator so we can move them here.

Please don't post other stories here. Non-detail related stories are welcome but please post them in the off-topic forum.

Thanks. I look forward to hearing yours,

Troy
 
Putting links on this thread works just fine for threads that are already on the boards.:bigups

I discovered when you copy a thread it doesn't copy any new posts after it has been copied, so better to either move it here or link to it on this thread.

Linking is better IMO, especially to ones that are in sponsored forums. BTW, I did both for mine.:D
 
I was once had an older lady customer who owned an older black Mercedes. She asked me how it would look when I was finished, I answered, "as close to new as possible" she replied, " oh good I really liked all those lines reflecting when the sun hits the car" :confused:
She was refering to the swirl marks:lol2:
 
Not exactly detailing but........
Many years ago I totalled my car and a friend loaned me his truck. It had been parked under pine trees in Alabama for years. Once done I called to thank him and said I had washed it and filled it up with gas as a thank you gesture. He said, "you washed it?" to which I answered yes. After a few seconds of silence he said "What color is it?":rofl :rofl :rofl
 
I wasn't planning on having all the stories on this thread but I guess if they are short ones and you don't want to start a new thread, it works.
 
Poorboy said:
oh:hmmm: you wanted a new thread for each story:confused:
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Well I did create a whole new forum just for the stories, so yes my thinking was to have them on their own threads. But like I said if they are short ones posting them on this one is fine too.

It sounds like you think I'm :crazy:
 
Re: Oh now this is VERY SCARY!!

Ok, gang, here's another one for you.

I'm at a client's house doing a full exterior detail on his BMW. About 2/3 of the way done he comes out and asks if I would come in to look at a black grand piano that has some very light scratches the cat has put into the top. His logic is scratch removal is scratch removal - right? Countering my resistance he insists so we go into the house and I look at the top of the piano and, indeed, it looks exactly like a lightly swirled hood (Ok, maybe a Bentley hood - the thing looks like a mirror otherwise!). I politely explain that buffing a vehicle's clearcoat is just a little different than taking the same approach to a freakin' $15,000 piece of furniture. He is dissapointed at the same time I'm flattered at his request. I'm sure my insurance provider would laugh at that one!
 
I just managed to get a new customer from down the street (an amazing catch in this economic state) and his first job was his wife's white Mustang GT convertible. Now I was pretty sure this guy was anal about his cars but when I explained to him what I use to wash cars, he requested that I not use soap. :wow:

Now I'm all for honoring odd requests but this one I had a rough time wrapping my head around, especially because the car was still covered in fall road debris. I simply couldn't bring myself to do it so I used a bit less than usual but when my car wash soap costs $40 a gallon, you can trust that it won't hurt the paint.

Still hurts my head...no soap. :huh:
 
OCDinPDX said:
I just managed to get a new customer from down the street (an amazing catch in this economic state) and his first job was his wife's white Mustang GT convertible. Now I was pretty sure this guy was anal about his cars but when I explained to him what I use to wash cars, he requested that I not use soap. :wow:

Now I'm all for honoring odd requests but this one I had a rough time wrapping my head around, especially because the car was still covered in fall road debris. I simply couldn't bring myself to do it so I used a bit less than usual but when my car wash soap costs $40 a gallon, you can trust that it won't hurt the paint.

Still hurts my head...no soap. :huh:
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Did he tell you why no soap? People are fed a lot of mis-information especially from dealerships.

I had a customer recently tell me the same thing and it was because the dealership told him that because of the super duper 700 dollar paint sealant, soap is not needed. :huh:
 
This just felt like a general post...definitely not something for a new thread. :notme: Two things:

1. A few weeks ago in class somebody made the comment that I care too much about my car. I believe the exact words were, "Why do you care so much about how it looks? It's not like it's a Bentley." My counter attack, "For starters, if I have to explain it to you, you'll never understand. And secondly, just because it didn't cost $300,000 doesn't mean it should be treated like a disposable item." As I expected, he didn't understand. They almost never do.

2. Was at the car wash again today, obsessing. Saw probably four or five cars go through and drive off into the sun still covered in water. Hard water!!! :yikes: And there I was, drying my car in the stall out of the sun. :crazy: I found some very fine scratches in my hood and I'm not sure where they came from. I hate being 2,000 miles from my orbital. :mad:
 
It's 1991, I'm 16yrs old, and I'm working my first detailing job at a local high volume shop. I'm in the wash bay working on a mid 80's Astro Van. Around me are co-workers and the noise from 2 Milwaukee rotary buffers at 2800rpms, 2 shop vacs, the air compressor motor, and the loud stereo playing classic rock. I hop in the van to back it up rotating the wheels 180 degrees. I step on the break and put the van into reverse....or at least I thought it was the break!!! The van shot backwards leaving a good 10 foot patch of rubber on the floor and I smacked into the building wall! Luckily there was a 50 gallon plastic barrel behind me full of aluminum cans that absorbed all of the impact. No damage to anything but it sure scared the crap out of me!

If you have even been in those mid 80's Astro van you know how close together the peddles are, and I now know why the safety mechanism is in place to shift out of park! :D
 
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