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.

  • Top 50 Profile: Waterway Gas & Wash Co.
    Since the beginning, Waterway has been dedicated to delivering premium customer service; building first-rate, convenient locations; and attracting, developing, retaining and energizing outstanding team members. We have stayed true to these founding values and strategy for ...More
    May 27, 2010
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • IDA Selects Management Company, Executive Director
    The International Detailing Association (IDA) has selected Association Development Services Inc. (ADS) as its management company following the resignation of association founder R.L. “Bud” Abraham. ...More
    May 25, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
  • It's Time for Trade Show Season; Will You be There?
    It’s that time of year again; trade show season is in full swing. Beginning in the spring and running through early fall, regional carwash associations and industry organizations hold their conferences and expos offering opportunities for education, networking and ...More
    April 23, 2010 Keith Duplessie
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • Product Preview: 2010 Car Care World Expo
    The International Carwash Association will hold its annual Car Care World Expo May 12-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Following is just a sampling of some of the products and services that will be on display from approximately 300 exhibitors during the show. The expo ...More
    March 26, 2010
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • WCA Announces Supplier Advisory Committee Members
    The Western Carwash Association has released the names of the vendor members who will serve on its Supplier Advisory Committee. The formation of the committee was announced last month. Interest in serving on the committee was strong, officials said, with selections made to ...More
    March 25, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
  • IDA to Offer Detailing Education at Car Care World Expo
    The International Detailing Association has released session topics for its detail educational seminars during the International Carwash Association’s Car Care World Expo, May 12-14 in Las Vegas. The detailing sessions will be held on the first two days of the show. ...More
    March 25, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Technology Helps Detailers Take Green Steps
    Historically, one of the auto industry’s challenges in going green and becoming more sustainable has been determining how to become more environmentally responsible and still offer quality products and services. This has been true for car manufacturers seeking ways to ...More
    March 18, 2010 Robert Kravitz
    Posted in Articles, Marketing, Operations
  • Employees Deserve the Royal Treatment
    It was drummed into my head years ago that the customer is king/queen and that if I take good care of the customer, good things will happen. But having worked with consumers in many different businesses and observed the interaction between customers and employees, I have ...More
    March 10, 2010 Keith Duplessie
    Posted in Articles, Marketing, Operations
  • WCA to Form Carwash Suppliers Advisory Committee
    The Western Carwash Association’s board of directors recently voted to form a standing committee of supplier, distributor and manufacturer members. The committee will consist of nine members and meet three to four times per year via teleconference to discuss issues ...More
    March 5, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
  • WCA's Inaugural Car Wash Tour Shines in Phoenix
    The Western Carwash Association’s inaugural Car Wash Tour made quite a splash Jan. 19, attracting more than 60 attendees to Phoenix for a firsthand look at four of the area’s top carwashes and a day of sharing best practices. ...More
    March 4, 2010 Christina Shupe
    Posted in Articles, Operations
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