Detailing

Professional auto detailing can be a mobile or fixed business, as well as an add-on profit center for carwash operators. Details may include preservation services to maintain a vehicle’s appearance to its original condition or reconditioning services that restore a vehicle’s interior and exterior to show-room or factory condition. Routine preservation detailing services include washing, waxing and conditioning. Detail restoration services may encompass a vehicle’s exterior surfaces, interior, engine, trunk and wheels. Besides common practices like stain and odor removal, buffing and waxing, ancillary detail services may include offerings like window tinting and headlight lens restoration.

  • City Gets Colonial-style Carwash
    LITCHFIELD, Conn. -- To many people, the phrase "Colonial-style carwash" would seem quite the oddity. Thinking of a carwash typically evokes an image of shiny signage, a highly visible location, big bays, dangling hoses and vibrant colors. Dominick D'Agostino's new carwash ...More
    December 29, 2006
    Posted in News, Operations
  • ICA Announces Best-Decorated Car Sweepstakes
    CHICAGO -- According to a recent survey, people have an emotional attachment to their cars and just like folks decorate their homes for holiday entertaining, a new trend is spreading across the nation where people dress up their cars not only for weddings and homecoming ...More
    December 6, 2006
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Persistence Pays Off for Detailer
    COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A year and a half after “every bank in town” rejected his bid for a loan, David Banks has built a profitable car-detailing business that he plans to expand this spring. The 35-year-old Arkansas native opened Banks Detailing Services, at 1812 Dogwood Lane in ...More
    November 21, 2006
    Posted in News, Operations
  • The Detailer’s Tools
    The Detailer’s Tools What you need to know about buffers, polishers, waxers and shampooers By Keith Duplessie When talking about the tools used in the detail business, there is a great deal of miscommunication because each has a different meaning. When you discuss tools, ...More
    November 7, 2006 Keith Duplessie
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • Follow These Steps to Success
    Follow These Steps to Success The process of professional detailing By Keith Duplessie Many detailers fashion themselves as artisans in their work, and that pride should be complimented as long as it doesn’t limit receptiveness to new methods, chemicals and tools. The ...More
    November 7, 2006 Keith Duplessie
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • The Art of Paint Finishing
    They call them swirls or swirl marks, but often they are scratches in the form of swirls. The key to trying to properly work on a paint surface lies in the old adage KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).There is really no art or magic to paint finishing. It is simply a matter of ...More
    November 7, 2006 Keith Duplessie
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • Detail Plus Expands In Greece
    PORTLAND, Ore. – Detail Plus Car Appearance Systems, a leading manufacturer of auto detailing systems recently announced the appointment of a new distributor in Greece. The company, Super Carwash AE, is owned and operated by brothers Tom and John Kokkoris of Athens. Super ...More
    October 17, 2006
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Sewer Work Concerns Operator
    KAKAAKO, Hawaii -- When they say auto detailing, they mean detailing here at this business on Kamakee Street. "If all you want is a carwash and wax we can do that. if you want it buffed to show quality we can do that too," explained Pam Devenport, a manager at Two Bears ...More
    September 19, 2006
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Detailer Offers $15,000 Detail
    AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Luxury car owners are flocking to the world's most expensive car groomer. UK-based Miracle Detail is owned and staffed by Paul Dalton, a 30-something groomer who loves polishing cars--some might say a bit too much. His premier cleaning service will ...More
    September 1, 2006
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Cappuccino Makes Carwash Shine
    GAINESVILLE, Texas -- Jason Snuggs decided a cup of coffee and some Internet surf time were the perfect partners for a carwash. The partnership paid off. The owner of the Cappuccino Car Wash, Inc., won the Small Business Administration’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year award ...More
    August 22, 2006
    Posted in News, Operations
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