yeterday and I was simply amazed at how many cars were full of swirl marks. To me it was almost sickening. Most of the Vettes that were there were pretty darned swirl free. That made me happy. All of the street rods, the imports, and a few motorcycles looked like the owners only knew how to put some wax of some sort on the vehicles and call it a day.
For some, it's more about the vehicle, the power and the mechanical components. If it's clean, it's good to go. What are swirls anyways?
I'm not surprised. I was at GIR the whole weekend driving my MS3 in the StL PCA's Carrera Classic...every Porsche, Audi and BMW I inspected had swirled paint. On a tangent, I need to quit my job and become a professional race detailing driver...5 laps timed, stop and detail a panel, race another 5 laps. Hmmm, I may be on to something!
Car shows are a great way of picking up some business especially if you can show them the results from a good detailer. ie: your own car. I have found over the years that many new customers don't understand what a good detail involves. Most think of a detail as a wash, wax and vacuum.
That's really sad. I get a kick out of looking at a car, not even knowing the owner is within ear shot, telling a friend or the GF, that the paint is horrible. Then the owner freaks out and yells at me defending his car. That's fun stuff.
The president of my car club wants me to come out and take care of his 06 GTO. Man I couldn't believe how bad the paint looked on his car. Oh well I'll make it all purty again. I'll be at another show Sunday I think I might enter the best paint category. :yikes:
It's always a fine line when discussing how a car's finish looks to the owner. Until you've earned some trust, the person won't take it too well if you say it looks bad.
Yes, it's a shame about the car show now a days. You get some vehicles that look great and others not so great but I agree with boogiejoe, you need to be carefull how you approach the owners. It's all about being respectfull and getting a feel of the owners.
In my case, I'm not trying to drum up any buisness... Agreed, if you were trying to get work, then I'd act totally different.
Ohh yeah.. you have to have a way with words for that conversation to go well... Luckily, people like me:hippie: You would NEVER want to say that it doesn't look good.. Starting in with compliments and telling them that it's obvious how much they love and take care of thier car.. and then offer a couple product tips and some tricks and then almost as if you are an old friend offering help pass them a card.... That would be my approach
