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A friend of mine who is a General Manager of a Caddy dealership asked me to come over and take a look at a Red Seville in their showroom...OMG:eek: it has deep scratches and swirls galor...the tires are greasy and sticky and it lists for 60k:eek: :eek:
He wanted to know if I could make it look new again...I told him it was new..lol ..except it looks like it has 30k on it....their customers must be tough on these cars....
With some SSR2, SSR1, Professional Polish, and Polish with Carnuba , by hand...I was able to make it virtually impossible even under indoor lighting to see anything except Red metalic paint....they will probably be firing their current detailer and buying some products for the showroom and new detailer...

just thought I'd share a real fun evening:rolleyes:
 
I have been tempted lately to help out some friends for free. I am really tempted to make a mobile setup of your Poorboy's products so I can do it on the fly. I think it would make an impression.
 
While i was there I also discussed an idea from Turbomangt, about having their customers come in an get a free lesson on taking care of their new vehicles with ...uhemm Poorboy's products, which they will then sell from the parts department.

Dan..just remember..there's no such thing as a free lunch;)
 
thats why I had to stop working for dealerships, most of them ( NOT ALL ) bought the cheapest products that arn't worth a dam. and when you do suggest a new product line the dealer tells you no that the products they buy are fine and work good.... if they only knew what else was out there and how good the cars could look... sorry guys just venting.... :(
 
Poorboy said:
With some SSR2, SSR1, Professional Polish, and Polish with Carnuba , by hand...I was able to make it virtually impossible even under indoor lighting to see anything except Red metalic paint....they will probably be firing their current detailer and buying some products for the showroom and new detailer...

just thought I'd share a real fun evening:rolleyes:
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U da man! :D

Seriously, that's amazing that products that abrasive can be worked sucessfully by hand!
 
Boss there was no way i was going to machines on a showroom car....most of the damage was on the hood and trunck, with a bit on the fenders. The fenders looked like everyone who ever came through the showroom had used them as seats.

When i was there buying a van about a month ago, I was watching their clean-up person(I do not dare call him a detailer)
using a QD with a dirty cotton towel...going one car to the next including the tires, that had so much greasy silicone, that one of the salesmen said it stained his suit when he accidentilly(right) was too close to the car. :eek: :eek: :eek:

I wasn't going wild last night, but I took a tissue off a desk, rubbed it on the tire and the black greasy mess was unbelievable,
what are these people thinking:confused:
 
what are they thinking...

Dealers are thinking about one thing $

They hire barely competant "wash people" because they're are the only people they can get for minimum wage.

Not too many people refuse to buy a car because of the bad prep job (except us). So they keep getting these barely employable people to prep their cars and the profit margin stays high.

Until they start lossing business because of the condition of the cars, they won't spend the money for better quality work. This will never happen by the way, because their core market can't don't recognize a bad prep and never will.

Business is business, sad to say for us. But they are doing us a favour by putting all these swirled up vehicles on the road for us to go after and make some $ with.

Ah the circle of life!;)
 
I have to say, we just bought a new car, and not only was it full of swirls and such, but it was just plain dirty. Being a convertible, the first time we opened the top we found MUD all over the top below where it goes into the body. There was overspray ALL over it (looks like undercoating). The interior was dusty... the inside of the rims is caked in dirt and brake dust most of which is still there since its now baked on. Overall, I was just plain disappointed. Since I found this AWESOME page, I have almost brought it up to my minimum standard. The problem I have is keeping it clean. I think I'm addicted to cleaning my car...

Alright, that was my rant. Thanks for listening.
 
Boss there was no way i was going to machines on a showroom car....
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Poorboy, why wouldn't you use at least a PC on that Caddy? Machines make our detailing easier, right?
 
Ive been tempted to get an DC-AC converter and use a PC on peoples cars with Poorboy's products to show them my work on problem areas of their car.
 
I just really prefer hand work..i have a pc and I've compared my hand work side by side and I do better work and have been doing it that way over 15 years....:D

Also didn't want to have cords and fling to clean up etc.... ;)
 
Poorboy said:
I just really prefer hand work..i have a pc and I've compared my hand work side by side and I do better work and have been doing it that way over 15 years....:D
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Yes, but when that 15 years turns into 30+ years, you may change your mind! :D
 
I actualy did my first car in over two years without a machine yesterday. Went really nicely. I hosed off. used sw pro polish then ex. Took an hour and a hlaf for everything. (wish i had had more time to let the ex sit) It came out wonderfull. Easier than expected too. No way, however, am i doing it again sometime soon! Just more work and more time. Profit margins go down. People show early and the car isn't done blah blah blah. It was one of my own cars but whatever. Someone did come early so i couldn't let it sit. If i had my pc i would have had it done.
 
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