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Hello. My name is Dylan Beaven and I live in SLC, Utah. Originally from California. I'm 37 years old, DM guitarist of 20 years (If you have children that are eyeing music as a hobby, or worse, as a "career", do whatever is reasonable to dissuade them from it), SPFX, writing, and salivating over F-bodies new and old are some of my hobbies. My dream job would be to own a resto shop building old muscle cars on one side of the shop and builds of custom guitars happening on the other. Slayer blasting on the jukebox running through a top-notch P.A.. Can't decide if the classic Godzilla roar will be triggered when I open my office door or that chilling wolf's howl from "An American Werewolf In London". Eh, I'm sure my ego will figure it out. Anyway...
Father is a car guy, has bought and restored cars for nearly 5 decades. He was not going to raise a lazy kid (though that's what I tried really hard to be), so I detailed cars and mowed lawns to earn extra $. Recent injuries, age and no income has brought him face to face with foreclosure. Between that and the fact that I'm supporting other family members who are getting raped by Murphy's Law (and I'm just a rent-a-cop on a rent-a-cop's wage) desperation has caused me to look at the idea of going into business. I've always known that a job is no way to financial security, and I'll never help my dad save his house without building something bigger than the j.o.b (Just Over Broke). And that '69 Z28 or '68 Firebird 400 HO is an unlikely acquisition under such circumstances, nevermind my pipe-dream '69 Trans Am. I think doing a few things like feeding some homeless kids living on the street would be a damn fun thing to do as well. It's an ugly truth here in the land of zion, you can find them all along state and main streets downtown. People walking by try to ignore them, hopefully I can change that a little. So......
I only ever did very simple wash/polish-wax/interior details, but never had a customer who wasn't glad they used my services, and I take pride in my work, taking the time to do it right. Never used a buffer, polisher or machinery of any kind, other than my portable vacuum. (I bought one once, used it for about 3 minutes, threw it back in my bucket and went back to doing it by hand). I'd have rather been doing other things at 17, but I was never to keen on arguing with Mr. Beaven, that was just never a wise idea. He said I was gonna work, so that's what I was gonna do. Those here with old-school fathers know what I'm talking about.
It occurred to me that given my passion for cars and the fact that death metal guitar playing and rent-a-cop-ery will barely pay my bills and never allow for the realization of any of my dreams beyond that, it made sense to maybe think about getting into the detailing business, but with far more zeal and drive than I had for it in my youth. That's why I'm here. Random browsing on the topic brought me to this site, and what I learn here will be the basis for my education in modern detailing, to get my knowledge base up to where it needs to be in order to compete with some of the far more established, knowledgeable and professional detailers doing business in my area.
As per that fact, this will likely be my only post for awhile, aside from any photos of my work I upload, or fun generalized car talk. (I do have some pictures of a bit of my SPFX work on my profile). Reason being is, it's time to go to school. There is a ton of info here, and I personally find myself irritated when a newb begins asking a grip of questions when the answers are on the very forum he's posing the question in, though he's too lazy to look. So, I'll be doing what I'm sure will be literally dozens and dozens of hours of research here rather than asking "read the effin' manual" type questions. I had no idea what "APC", "ONR", or "MF" meant till I did some digging. I have a few potentially powerful edges over my competition, but it's gonna be tough of course. But the bridge back the other way is on fire, so it's do or die. DBA I'll be operating under is "Wizard Of Aaahhs", my father's idea. I love it.
I will endeavor to withhold questions until I'm certain I'm unable to find the answer on my own. Special thanks to Thomas for taking about a half hour over chat to explain the HD products to me, he's truly a class act and a very talented detailer. His work on that '69 Camaro, the black Porche, and the Ghia is consistent and ridiculously beautiful.
So hello all, and we'll rap when I get myself up to speed on the ins and outs of all this site has to offer, as well as gaining enough wisdom to allow me to avoid sounding like a moron. Sorry for the novel, maybe the pent-up stress of this profoundly un-fun year prompted a bit of venting. Apologies and cheers.
Father is a car guy, has bought and restored cars for nearly 5 decades. He was not going to raise a lazy kid (though that's what I tried really hard to be), so I detailed cars and mowed lawns to earn extra $. Recent injuries, age and no income has brought him face to face with foreclosure. Between that and the fact that I'm supporting other family members who are getting raped by Murphy's Law (and I'm just a rent-a-cop on a rent-a-cop's wage) desperation has caused me to look at the idea of going into business. I've always known that a job is no way to financial security, and I'll never help my dad save his house without building something bigger than the j.o.b (Just Over Broke). And that '69 Z28 or '68 Firebird 400 HO is an unlikely acquisition under such circumstances, nevermind my pipe-dream '69 Trans Am. I think doing a few things like feeding some homeless kids living on the street would be a damn fun thing to do as well. It's an ugly truth here in the land of zion, you can find them all along state and main streets downtown. People walking by try to ignore them, hopefully I can change that a little. So......
I only ever did very simple wash/polish-wax/interior details, but never had a customer who wasn't glad they used my services, and I take pride in my work, taking the time to do it right. Never used a buffer, polisher or machinery of any kind, other than my portable vacuum. (I bought one once, used it for about 3 minutes, threw it back in my bucket and went back to doing it by hand). I'd have rather been doing other things at 17, but I was never to keen on arguing with Mr. Beaven, that was just never a wise idea. He said I was gonna work, so that's what I was gonna do. Those here with old-school fathers know what I'm talking about.
It occurred to me that given my passion for cars and the fact that death metal guitar playing and rent-a-cop-ery will barely pay my bills and never allow for the realization of any of my dreams beyond that, it made sense to maybe think about getting into the detailing business, but with far more zeal and drive than I had for it in my youth. That's why I'm here. Random browsing on the topic brought me to this site, and what I learn here will be the basis for my education in modern detailing, to get my knowledge base up to where it needs to be in order to compete with some of the far more established, knowledgeable and professional detailers doing business in my area.
As per that fact, this will likely be my only post for awhile, aside from any photos of my work I upload, or fun generalized car talk. (I do have some pictures of a bit of my SPFX work on my profile). Reason being is, it's time to go to school. There is a ton of info here, and I personally find myself irritated when a newb begins asking a grip of questions when the answers are on the very forum he's posing the question in, though he's too lazy to look. So, I'll be doing what I'm sure will be literally dozens and dozens of hours of research here rather than asking "read the effin' manual" type questions. I had no idea what "APC", "ONR", or "MF" meant till I did some digging. I have a few potentially powerful edges over my competition, but it's gonna be tough of course. But the bridge back the other way is on fire, so it's do or die. DBA I'll be operating under is "Wizard Of Aaahhs", my father's idea. I love it.
I will endeavor to withhold questions until I'm certain I'm unable to find the answer on my own. Special thanks to Thomas for taking about a half hour over chat to explain the HD products to me, he's truly a class act and a very talented detailer. His work on that '69 Camaro, the black Porche, and the Ghia is consistent and ridiculously beautiful.
So hello all, and we'll rap when I get myself up to speed on the ins and outs of all this site has to offer, as well as gaining enough wisdom to allow me to avoid sounding like a moron. Sorry for the novel, maybe the pent-up stress of this profoundly un-fun year prompted a bit of venting. Apologies and cheers.
