Secret tricks for auto detailing

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hapenin

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I want to find out if anyone has actually made their own waxes by mixing products and using plant/tree extracts. I started this a few years ago when I was working at a high end detail shop while I was in college. I even started my own detail shop after college. Today, I make my own waxes and I shut down my shop and started traveling up and down the west coast. I found it more profitable this way and I just do the work myself. I only do mostly high end vehicles and I have built my clientele in different cities. I came up with a compound that makes these cars look great and I charge about $400 for just an exterior detail. These rich guys even let me detail at their houses. Now, I only do exterior detailing. I will have more info on my blog but I have to be careful what I mention on this forum because I already had a complaint about referring people to my blog. I will just post stuff on here and see how that works out but I will be careful. I want to eventually help out the small detail shops and detailers. I feel that people can really benefit from this. It has been way more profitable for me. It just takes out some of the labor costs and overhead. Those costs that I don't have to pay just add up.



So, only found a handful of detail shop owners who do this sort of thing but they don't use what I use. It sure cuts out of the spit and grind work of trying to buff out a car with cheap wax that was bought from a distributor. Has anyone had any success from this sort of thing? I would like to start a little discussion about it.
 
hapenin said:
Here's some good info for pro detailers. visit Auto Detailing Tips
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Here's some more good info. Read those tips, and do the exact opposite. That's if you care about your car. Or if not, follow those tips and get published in Car and Driver. Either way you win!:blah:
 
"You should be ready to buff the car with a high speed buffer to take out any scratches that appear on the paint. Be easy with this and don't hold it in one spot too long or else you can burn the paint."



See how simple it is!!
 
Hapenin,



Welcome to Autopia. I noticed this is your first. Just thought I wuld say hi.:bounce: Looks like you put a great amount of effort into that website of yours.

Blogs can be fun for sure. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Feel free to hangout and participate in many discussions here. Im sure may members can learn from your experiance. I'm certain you may be able to learn from a few of us! You have some of the worlds most respected detailerss here, to your everyday car guy just looking for advice. Look foward to more of your posts.



Have a great day detailing,

Barry
 
Welcome Hapenin. Good luck with your effort.



Using glass cleaner or spraywax during claying, or waxing to remove swirls, or waxing after touching up to protect the paint sound to me like debatable practices.



Though I cannot discount them (having never tried them), I feel that they do not coincide with the common guidlines found in wildly accepted sites like here or DW or DI.



I am sure more people will chime in.
 
D&D Auto Detail said:
All of this guys posts have been links to his website....
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He's officially been warned. He does it again and he's gone. Anyone see this continue do not hesitate to report it. Thanks.
 
S.E.O, which is an acronym for search engine optimization or more simply; how to get more ‘traffic’ to your Website or Blog. The practice of obtaining high search engine rankings by performing keyword research, modifying the HTML code to reflect such keywords and building relationships with other websites to promote your site via a linking campaign



Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide - www.google.com/.../search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
 
Ch96067 said:
Welcome Hapenin. Good luck with your effort.



Using glass cleaner or spraywax during claying, or waxing to remove swirls, or waxing after touching up to protect the paint sound to me like debatable practices.



Though I cannot discount them (having never tried them), I feel that they do not coincide with the common guidlines found in wildly accepted sites like here or DW or DI.



I am sure more people will chime in.
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These are methods that I use when I'm at work. I'm sure they are debatable practices and there are other ways of doing it but this seems to work for me. I know I don't talk too much in depth about the subject but I plan on adding little bits at a time. I just started that blog two weeks ago and I'm building on it. I'm also interested in what works for other people.



Thanks for the comment.
 
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