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<\/p>\nWhen talking to a business owner of detailing, enthusiastically explaining the reason why in a process or use of a product is typically a good sign.\u00a0 I want you to keep that in mind when you are reading my tips for finding a trustworthy professional detailer.<\/p>\n
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As a consumer here are some things for you to think about (BE CONCERNED ABOUT).<\/p>\n
1.) That six-month sealant may need 6 to12 hours or more to cure, but the detailer says “you will have the car back in the evening in 3 hours”.\u00a0 By cure time I am referring to the time a protective product needs in a pristine environment to completely form a bond, therefore achieving its full potential.\u00a0 Some products DO cure faster than others, but if you ask about the availability of your car with respect to that and the business owner seems mentally lost or obviously confused, it may be a red flag.\u00a0 This is especially the case with ceramic coatings.\u00a0 It is likely a ceramic coating service will come with additional instructions from the business owner, with respect to how long you need to wait before washing and the kinds of maintenance products that can be applied.<\/p>\n
2.)\u00a0 Signs that removing bonded contamination is not a priority in a detail.\u00a0 Eliciting trust is a process and so is detailing.\u00a0 The use of the word decontamination and understanding the meaning in a conversation is a step in the right direction.\u00a0 Realistically, even newly transported cars have bonded contamination on the painted surfaces.\u00a0 Bonded contamination is often the invisible grime that is remaining after a gentle car wash.\u00a0 Removing improves the appearance of your car noticeably and may in some cases protect your car over time from additional damage.\u00a0 But removing all of the bonded contamination from your paint may allow a paint sealant (definitely a coating) to perform optimally and potentially last longer.\u00a0 The use of a thorough (not light) clay bar treatment is an example of a decontamination step.\u00a0 The use of an iron removal product is another example.\u00a0 I generally at least use both products.\u00a0 I believe that should be the case when a long-term ceramic coating is being applied.\u00a0 The reason being iron removal products excel in removing particles that clay sometimes struggles to pull from your paint.<\/p>\n
3.) Giving the option of light polish after a clay bar treatment is a good sign.\u00a0 I understand a wash, clay, and seal only service may provide you GREAT value.\u00a0 Although it is often minor, you may find yourself disappointed to see at some point with the potential accumulation of micro marring on your first black car or garage kept weekend car that you have pampered.\u00a0 Although (myself included) some businesses do not offer a clay bar service without some form of polishing, there is nothing wrong with a more budget-friendly option (clay bar and seal without polishing) if that is what both you and the business are in agreement on.<\/p>\n
4.) What level\/kind of quality of products are being used?\u00a0 Care (more so in the long term – often means more much more expensive wider variety and significantly more time).\u00a0 Just in general if I did not care about staining (short or long term) your interior, excessively wetting your fabric (potentially creating many problems)\u00a0 I could shave off a third to half of my time doing interior details.\u00a0 This time disparity increases when we talk about chemical use in the nooks and crannies.\u00a0 It is okay to ask what kind of products are used on an interior detail!<\/p>\n
5.) Someone that can too easily answer your questions without seeing or even knowing anything about your car, to me is a problem.\u00a0 Show me someone who will tell you they can polish every imperfection over the phone without observation (pic or in person) and I will show you someone who will have no credibility with me.\u00a0 An interior detail quote where little interest is shown in seeing the condition of the car, screams someone who will be working to a time clock instead of the end goal of meticulously detailing.\u00a0 Does this person ask or care to know what kind of material is on the interior of your car?\u00a0 There are so many products that work well on some seats and plastic parts, that can do short and long-term damage to others.<\/p>\n
6.) For those that are looking for someone to perform an extensive paint correction on their car:\u00a0 did the business owner tell you that a two-step correction takes about the same time or only slightly longer than a single-step correction?\u00a0 I can assure you that should not be the case!\u00a0 The time taken should be significantly longer!<\/p>\n
7.)\u00a0 With respect to your genuine curiosity about the detailing process are they dismissive or inviting?\u00a0 I am going to be very blunt here!\u00a0 I have very little patience or tolerance for consumers who flaunt their supposed detailing acumen towards me.\u00a0 I am also on guard about confrontational or unreasonably demanding potential customers.\u00a0 There are a lot of those individuals.\u00a0 A demeaning experience is not worth the money.\u00a0 With that in mind, I know the difference between a negative person full of ego versus someone who is being thoughtfully inquisitive.\u00a0 I embrace someone who is just respectfully curious and has a genuine concern about who touches his or her car.\u00a0 I am one of those people too!\u00a0 Most of my experiences in mobile settings convey the energy of a friendship between client and detailer.\u00a0 This is probably the most significant advice I can give you.<\/strong>\u00a0 Assuming you are being respectful, if someone is being dismissive with regards to your curiosity, questions, or concerns, that is probably the most obvious and concerning red flag I can imagine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paying For A Detail: My Tips For Screening Professionals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":33961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1412,64],"tags":[2872],"class_list":{"0":"post-30593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-professional-work","8":"category-running-a-detailing-business","9":"category-submitted-questions","10":"tag-finding-a-detailer"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180804_114110-1024x768-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-7Xr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30593"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33960,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30593\/revisions\/33960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}