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Time For Life

AutoDetailingNetwork — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:45:30 GMT

Hi Everyone,
Hope everyone is doing great and gearing up for the holiday week ahead.
If you will please allow me to share with you all a site that is special to both me and my son. It is something near and dear to my heart and I hope you will find inspiration and encouragement from it.

Any of you that personally know me, know that my son Nicholas is everything to me.
In speaking to many of the members here over the years, the issue of time and family has come up often. This can be a difficult balance to meet especially as business owners. Sometimes a story of success, an amusing story or just simple words of encouragement can go a long way in molding our daily time commitments.

If you would like to learn more about it, visit http://www.timeforlife.net
Be sure to see the "about us" page for more information on the site.

Thanks for your support over the many years and I hope Time For Life can offer a new perspective on business and life.

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Professional Auto Detailing Forum

Signs of The Times or ?

RennyDoyle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:54:35 GMT

We are handling interiors a little different these days...here is why.

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Attention To Details Detailing Forum

Put $1,100.00 bucks in your pocket!

AutoDetailingNetwork — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:51 GMT

The Training Blitz Offer is the exact same training that I offer all I work within within the detailing industry...

It's a private training, just you and I...no groups...no others, just me making sure you learn auto detailing!
It includes you hotel while with us as outlined witin the training overview.
It's intensive...you will work your butt off and be exposed to a large amount of knowledge and skills.
The training is built around your personal and professional needs!

You can be a number at a mass training or you can have my complete attention at your private one-on-one training. In our trainings, we include 4-6 nights of hotel (depending on the number of days you train) and you are transported to and from the training each morning and evening so no need for a rental car.

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Auto Detailing Training Blitz 2009

RennyDoyle — Thur, 19 Nov 2009 20:04:06 GMT

You Can Save Over $1,100.00 NOW...

Check This Link Out For The Details!

I Make This Offer Just Once A Year!

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Attention To Details Detailing Forum

2-Day Technician Seminar

AutoDetailingNetwork — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:56:17 GMT

2-Day Technician Seminar - Only A Couple Days Left To Sign Up!

Presented by: Nick Vacco, Director of Detail King Auto Detailing Training Institute LLC, and Jason McBride, President of Bling Bling Detail King in Orange County, California.

When: Saturday November 21^st 8:15AM - 4:30PM & Sunday November 22^nd - 8:15AM - 4:30PM

Where: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The First Day - Sales & Marketing Class will be held at the Holiday Inn - Monroeville, PA. The Second Day - Hands-On detailing training will be at our Detail King ADTI Campus only a few miles from the hotel. Additional information about hotel reservations, directions, shuttle services, livery services and transportation to the school from the hotel can be found by calling our school: 1-888-314-0847.

Cost: Only $299 per person for both days of the auto detailing training seminar. Also included is a continental breakfast, catered lunch and refreshments each day. All training materials needed are provided for both days of class including a power point presentation binder for the first day. Each student will also receive a Detail King T-shirt. Upon completion the student will be awarded a framed diploma.

Click Here for additional information or to register

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Detailing Headlines

storing pads, towels, etc???

ebpcivicsi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:02:45 GMT

Where do you guys store pads, towels, etc in the shop?

I hate to see piles of towles so we have been folding them and putting them into cabinets--not exactly efficient.

You guys use bins?

Pads we use bins, but there must be something that looks tidy AND is functional for both towels and pads.

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Detailing Shop Forum - Auto Reconditioning Fixed Locations

Special Savings on Shipping Throrigh Nov.

AutoDetailingNetwork — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:48:07 GMT

Detail King would like to say THANKS to our customers for all of your business this year. One way of showing you our gratitude is to provide FREE SHIPPING on most of our items that you order this holiday season.

Now is the best time to "Stock Up" on your Detail King Products while UPS Ground shipping costs are FREE through the end of November!!!

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Setting The Right Detail Prices

AutoDetailingNetwork — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:23:53 GMT

A detailer wants to charge as much as they can for their services, but not scare the customer away.

The price you charge for your detail services obviously is critical for your profitability. Price can be critical in attracting customers, critical to retaining them and critical to your business being a profitable, sustainable and enjoyable business. That is, not struggling every day.

If you cant justify your higher prices customers leave and go to the competition. On the other hand, if you dont charge enough you lose money.

So, it seems the right prices are somewhere between too much and too little, right?

The questions then is, is there an Ideal Price?After thirty years in the business I do not believe there is an Ideal Price that can apply to everyone in the detail business.

Click Here to read the entire article

By Bud Abraham

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Detailing Business Management Forum

ICA World Expo 2010

WorldFamousSuperiorShine — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:15 GMT

Is this an important event for detailers? Anybody here plan on going? If so why?

ICA World Expo 2010

Thanks

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Professional Auto Detailing Forum

DRC1000 Centrifugal Buffing Pads

AutoDetailingNetwork — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:36:48 GMT

We would like to welcome our newest sponsor to Auto Detailing Network, DRC1000 Buffing Pads, a division of Sabo Industries.

SPRING LAKE, MICHIGAN - After extensive testing in its own auto repair facility, West Michigan Auto Body, a division of Sabo Industries, Inc. has patented and is introducing a new foam buffing pad with a diagonally recessed center (DRC). The patented design eliminates the problem of saturated centers which has plagued auto detailing professionals for years.

An old-style buffing pad pulls compound into its center, quickly saturating it and leading to center smearing which obscures vision of the true condition of the panel surface. This keeps compound from the main working area of the pad where friction can break it down. The DRC1000 replaces this slow-moving and non-working center with a diagonally recessed center which solves the problems of center saturation and smearing.

As the DRC1000 rotates at high speed, the centrifugal force created pushes compounds out onto the working area of the pad where they can be broken down and used efficiently - not collected in the center where there is insufficient friction to break them down.

To learn more, see their ad on the left hand column of Auto Detailing Network.

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Mobile Command is moving on up!!!!

mobilecommanddetail — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:08:42 GMT

Mobile Command Detail is moving on up!!!!

Mobile Command has just been invited to join the team of Las Vegas newest, hottest and most awesome customization shop. The new shop is over 7000 sq/ft and will have two state of the art paint booths and over one million dollars in wheel inventory. We will be the exclusive detailers for the new twenty million dollar shop. We will be adding a tinting school and offer detail training and wheel repair training. The new shop is scheduled for grand opening in February. Also Mobile Command is now the detailers for the new reality TV show Vegas Bail due to air in March. James even has a role in the new series as the driver for Jasen, the bounty hunter. We will keep you posted as the build-out progresses.

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Detailing Shop Forum - Auto Reconditioning Fixed Locations

One Year Anniversary!

Ron — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:48:54 GMT

Well as the title says it's been a year since we opened the doors at the shop.

What a year it has been. Anthony and I have been truly blessed. We have had plenty of work to keep us going and this month looks to be one of the busiest so far.
Sept. and part of Oct. were our slowest month out of the twelve.
It's not been smooth sailing the entire time. We have had our share of problems mostly with subs for paint and clear bras. Heck we were even threatened with a Lawsuit from one of our mobile competitors for an add we posted on craigslist!
From our perspective we look like the leaders in our town and the rest are trying to follow.
We have some great customers that keep coming back for more. Some of them even have their vehicles trucked in from a couple hundred miles away or drive them in from Austin.
The coming year I feel will be the toughest. The sophomore slump as they call it in NASCAR. I'm going to do every thing in my power to not let it happen. In fact we are working hard to get a second location going. The hardest part to this is employees.

This forum and it's members have given us alot of support and great ideas. Thank you all.

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Detailing Business Management Forum

OOPS!

AutoDetailingNetwork — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:26:13 GMT

In this Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 photo, wrecker driver Gilbert Harrison, with MCH Towing, attaches a towing cable to a Bugatti Veyron that was driven into the water near Omega Bay in La Marque, Texas. A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston.

The Story

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Detailing Lounge

Serious Etchiing from Bird Stuff and Industrial Fall out - How far down to take it?

SJZaino — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:31:13 GMT

Had a Min Cooper in and it was filthy. My guess is it hasn't been washed in several years. They wanted the full blown treatment, to bring the paint back to it's original condition.
I washed it and spotted the horrid etching. Nuetralized the acid and washed again, I clayed and that made the mess even clearer. It was so bad, you could barely feel a smooth spot on the roof and hood.
I took 3M Scratch Remover with an Orange Pad and went to work. It definitely made an improvement, but using something more aggressive scared me. I was afraid of actually breaking the clearcoat.
I have never see anything this bad before. There was one pile of bird stuff that had been on the car for at least three months. When I cleaned it off the paint was incredibly wrinkled.
No pictures... my bad the battery went out and I did not have my charger.
So, two questions - how much more aggressive could I have gotten to smooth the paint,or did I do the right thing in being very conservative and using the mildest abrasive I have in the arsenal??
Does anyone have a recommendation as to how I should approach this in the future, i.e, what products would you have used?
Thanks in advance
Steve

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Professional Auto Detailing Forum

Investment in Knowledge Pays

AutoDetailingNetwork — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:23:29 GMT

A HUGE thank you for those who attended this past week event! You guys (and gals) ROCK!

See Personal Video Thank You.

Headline by Attention to Details

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