High dollaer cweamic installs by stand alone deatailers going to be see the hundreds of tv ads running for products under $10.

Maybe THAT`S why no one is responding to these thread topics; I keep talking about "the old days" and detailing products from those days.
Nothin` relevent to today.
An old, has-been detailer reminiscing and talking (typing out his responses) in his shaky, squeaky, elderly voice, "I remember when...." HUMMMMMM!
(Hey, we gotta blame somebody!.. Quit laughing! Well, those of us that still look at this forum, anyway.)
 
Lonnie- OK, maybe we *are* just old guys reminiscing about the old days, but I still like these trips down Memory Lane. If nothing else, it helps me remember when I actually *enjoyed* doing this stuff, and it gets me thinking that maybe, just maybe...I will enjoy it again some time. Keeping a vehicle Autopian is a lot easier when you don`t begrudge having to do it.
 
Accumulator said:
Lonnie- OK, maybe we *are* just old guys reminiscing about the old days, but I still like these trips down Memory Lane. If nothing else, it helps me remember when I actually *enjoyed* doing this stuff, and it gets me thinking that maybe, just maybe...I will enjoy it again some time. Keeping a vehicle Autopian is a lot easier when you don`t begrudge having to do it.
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I still "enjoy" detailing, but the physical demands on myself at my age are just more demanding than I care to admit.
Or at least my body says so. And it just takes a little longer.
I know the adage, "Don`t work harder, work smarter." But I don`t like to cut corners or not do detailing tasks to the OCD Captain Obvious level or expectation or standard I have, but alas, I find myself "compromising" on some methods or tasks just because, well, I am tired and simply cannot do things like I did 20 years ago. It is what it is....
 
50 years ago, when I had both adequate time and energy, I passed on all the late-night infomercial miracle products in favor of the classy ads in the print mags such as Car & Driver and purchased Classic Car Wax and its sister aviation product, Classic Slipstream. Both were Carnauba-based cleaner waxes that took a little work to apply, but lasted nearly forever. If they were still made today, I`d probably never have found PBMG.

Bill
 
Billy Jack said:
50 years ago, when I had both adequate time and energy, I passed on all the late-night infomercial miracle products in favor of the classy ads in the print mags such as Car & Driver and purchased Classic Car Wax and its sister aviation product, Classic Slipstream. Both were Carnauba-based cleaner waxes that took a little work to apply, but lasted nearly forever. If they were still made today, I`d probably never have found PBMG.
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I believe I still have a can of Slipstream. Used to love the Classic car wash. If I`m not mistaken that company hailed from the town where Scottwax lives.
 
The line from Classic was another consumer-grade one that wasn`t really bad.

Lonnie- While I`m only 64 (not experiencing any physical limitations yet), the New Normal Vision I`ve had since `15 does indeed make Detailing take a Whole. Lot. Longer. And I took forever before...no more "quick maintenance washes" only taking 5 hours, now I gotta commit serious time allotments.

Eh, I usually put Detailing on hold for a few years when raising a new dog anyhow, and will hopefully get back into the swing of this stuff before too long...but I do need to actually *work* at trying to make it enjoyable. Still cogitatin` on how to do that...
 
You will lose very few customers especially the ones that need paint correction. If you know you know and if they don’t it was not your customer.
 
As long as cars are made of materials that are in need of specialized cleaning/detailing there will always be a need or demand for individuals who know the ins and outs of caring for and restoring said vehicles. True detailers/entrepreneurs will adapt to a changing market. If they see on the horizon the market going from waxes to polymer sealants then to coatings they will adapt.

Now we have PPF and full wraps which means no more polishing etc BUT the smart detailers are learning to install PPF and still apply coatings to these materials.
 
I think because of the average person being time crunched, detailers will be able to survive. There was a guy near me who used Polish Angel and some other well known names and had a big building with multiple bays and it was usually empty when I drove by. He ended up moving down the street to an old service station.

For us who`ve been around here for 15 or so years, life changes and at least for me, time is more of an issue. At some point in life you have to kind of prioritize your time, so some things are shifted to the back burner.
 
wannafbody said:
For us who`ve been around here for 15 or so years, life changes and at least for me, time is more of an issue. At some point in life you have to kind of prioritize your time, so some things are shifted to the back burner.
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Indeed…I find myself solving more things with my checkbook these days as opposed to DIY’g them. Not just a time issue but one of motivation as well; getting old ain’t for sissies


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