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Last Step Process/Protection In order to protect all your hard work and to keep your vehicle looking like new it’s important to know how to use a wax/sealant properly. Do you have a question about a wax or sealant? Do you have a unique way of applying wax? Feel free to post here.

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Old 05-30-2008, 06:15 AM
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12.00 for full service. includes had wash and vacume and windows. i payed 16 and went for the spray wax/ and tire dressing.i know the spray wax is just some speedglaze silicone but. thats ok the car needed a quick clean up . my wife couldnt care less. yes i gree with you dean . theses guys didnt look experenced at all. very slow and sloppy. the owner wasnt even there. but for 90 percent of the poeple who own cars they will think they do a fine job.
I'd pay them 12 bucks to leave me along...Why don't you detail that minivan anyway??? Put a nice coat of Souveran...Maybe it will look even better then your truck!!!
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Old 05-30-2008, 06:19 AM
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I'd pay them 12 bucks to leave me along...Why don't you detail that minivan anyway??? Put a nice coat of Souveran...Maybe it will look even better then your truck!!!
ive been swamped with work this year and i have all i can do to find time to do my 2 trucks. in the slow months dec through feb i detail the minivan. but im just to dam busy . its ok .
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To be honest, to 95% of all car owners, the work they do at a carwash is perfectly fine. Some people are probably used to having swirls in their paint and think it's normal to have them there.

We cater towards the 5% that doesn't find that acceptable and have higher standards.
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ive been swamped with work this year and i have all i can do to find time to do my 2 trucks. in the slow months dec through feb i detail the minivan. but im just to dam busy . its ok .
I see. Maybe just wash and seal it with Duragloss #601, followed by #105. Now that's durable! It willl last you 'till November for sure.
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Old 05-30-2008, 04:09 PM
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As detailers we get so caught up in trying to attain perfection, that we forget, possibly on purpose, that most people honestly don't care what their car looks like.

Of course these people aren't our customers or our possible client base, but still. My mom still calls me a "car washer" simply because she can't understand the distinction between what I do, and what those guys at the car wash do. She isn't alone.

For the most part I don't even bother to pay attention to the car washes as they really have no impact on my business at all. Still though, it is sad to see that they don't have basic training for things like that. Sometimes little changes can go a long way.
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Old 05-30-2008, 05:10 PM
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To be honest, to 95% of all car owners, the work they do at a carwash is perfectly fine. Some people are probably used to having swirls in their paint and think it's normal to have them there.

We cater towards the 5% that doesn't find that acceptable and have higher standards.
VERY TRUE !! it fact theres some landscapers by me that kepe there trucks in great shape . in fact everyone knows of that company to have very clean shiny trucks. one day i saw one at 711 and looed at it in the sun and there were swirls all over it !
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Old 05-30-2008, 05:46 PM
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you know that funny. i was looking at the company trucks that resealed my roof and he took me down the street in one of them and i noticed that his truck was immaculate for his job. some people really do care alot for there cars. one of my friends his g/f of 3 years god fed up with him he spent more time cleaning and maintaining his car then he would spend with her. but i dont blame him one bit his car was def more beautiful than she was lol. driving a clean well maintained car i could say is around like wearing a clean pressed suit. not only do u look good. you feel good.
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What a horrible story.
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thanks man your a nice guy.
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