Pints and Polishing Auto Detailing Podcast

Releasing this week is the new soap from hyperCLEAN that is set to change the way you wash dirty trucks or prep for ceramic coatings.  Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and in this episode we dive into how the Community 🍻 is growing while others are shrinking back.  We hear daily of detailers who have been using other coating brands but now are switching to hyperCLEAN because their phones...

Washing your car is the biggest chance to make your car look great but also the biggest chance for damage. Today we have a great discussion about doing the basics of car detailing. If you don't wash a car at an elite level you can't detail cars at an elite level and we are afraid to say that in the auto detailing world.  Lets talk about how to be a problem solver so you can grow your business...

Welcome back to another episode of the Detailed Car Collection where we discuss car covers. Nick arrived at a customers house to see a brand new Ferrari under a car cover! Let's discuss the type of damage we can see because of car covers and the reality around them. It is really hard to believe that we see detailing companies pushing car covers on their instagram, YouTube or Facebook pages. ...

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and in this episode car care specialist join in on a fun discussion about what changes they have seen.  Is the LS swap on a Miata the most reliable v8 ever made? Is a simple one step the most reliable service to offer customers? The answer to these questions and more as we continue into part two of last weeks recording....so grab a Pint and Enjoy 🍻

The most important thing in car care is the processes that we develop to complete a detail. Marshall and Nick discuss how they detail a car but specifically how they apply a ceramic coating. If you have great ceramic technology the process should be easy and straightforward but unfortunately many installers choose a finicky system which is causing them headaches.  A company can only grow if t...

There is nothing quite like a crazy auto auction story. We were involved in shifting the market on E90 BMW M3's this past week and we want to explain how it happens. When you read or watch content around auctions many times what is said is theory and not coming from someone who actually deals in the car market. Things in this world are often times not what they seem. So you need to be very detaile...

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and in this episode we dive into all the changes that are happening inside of our businesses.  Everyone of us experience changes but Entrepreneurs know that we must evolve with the changes. What changes do you see that you need to make because of shipping charges, gas increases, people's expectations, friends or family members comments? Maybe you need to make c...

We have a fun episode today where we discuss many different topics in the auto detailing world. Marshall shares a story from a detailer in a Facebook group complaining about his ceramic coating territory. It seems it is all too common to hear these kinds of stories from auto detailers but, how can we look at these and learn from them? Marshall and Nick talk about the reality around there being no...

The number one question I get asked is about hiring team members. But the close second is about opening up a shop. Auto Detailing is a business that can exist on a mobile scale only, but it seems that most of us want to open a shop as well. On todays episode I want to dive into how I picked out my shop and the model of shop I wanted to have.  This is not a perfect blueprint for anyone to foll...

Have you ever wondered how we can gain more respect for our industry? Would certifications solve the problem? In this episode of the Community 🍻 Pub, Detailers chime in on their thoughts of legitimizing our industry as well as some tips for cleaning interiors.  During this discussion a really interesting question is raised...do dealership detailers clean interiors better? Weigh in on your an...

Welcome to another episode of the Pints and Polishing Podcast. Today we talk about hiring and Marshall shares a story about someone he knows in the medical field. They are having to shut locations because they are having such a hard time hiring staff members. It is really easy for all of us to fall into the trap of saying it’s really hard to hire auto detailing professionals but the truth is the e...

Welcome to this weeks Detailed Car Collection episode on the Pints and Polishing Podcast. We talk about Correcting a Lamborghini hood that was damaged and arrived straight from the body shop. How should we treat paint correction when it comes to PPF installation? If you read auto detailing Facebook you would believe we have to do at least a 2 step correction before we ever think about installing P...

Many mobile detailers are begging to ask themselves if they can justify the expense of a shop vs the high gas prices.  Here's the dilemma...they expect a large volume of their customers to start driving to their shop...but what if that doesn't happen? If you desire to switch from a mobile business to a shop, what does that decision look like in real life? In this episode of the Community 🍻 P...

There is zero doubt that the internet has given the auto detailing industry an outlet for communicating our skills. But its also a place where the term "hack" is thrown around every single hour of every single day. What does the word "hack" mean to you in auto detailing? We toss the idea about hack behavior and what it actually means. But there are other times when something catches fire online as...

The modern car paint system is changing rapidly. We share a story of a one year old Kia Telluride and how little paint was on the car. Paint Correction in the auto detailing industry has changed a lot in the last 25 years but so have the paint systems. Today we dive into how much paint is removed with the different styles of paint correction we do in the auto detailing world.  Also We talk ab...

Given the current status of the economy with high gas prices, supply chains dwindling and a war that might meet nuclear status....Detailers are looking for more revenue but are thinking they shouldn't have punted away interior work.  However, interiors can be very difficult to clean because the modern vehicle contains a wide variety of fabrics, leather, vinyl and we haven't even talked about...

One of the easiest things to do in our business life is to watch and listen to successful people. But why does it seem like we always miss the simple things like paying attention to the world around us? Most of the time we come onto this auto detailing podcast and talk about things that are only true in our industry. But today we talk about a simple formula for just finding success in life and bus...

On this episode of the detailed car collection we talk about a problematic Porsche owner. We had a 992 GT3 Manual in the shop this week and we had quite an interesting experience. When you think of Porsche you think of the most well built sports cars in the entire world. But something has started to change with the Porsche owner that is a little troubling to most in the service business.  We...

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we have open dialogue on what is effecting the car care industry.  There is no doubt that mobile detailers are experiencing a massive increase in operational cost as gas prices continue to soar and so in this episode detailers discuss how its effecting them.  Some mobile detailers are looking at moving into a shop to shelter from the high gas prices....

The news going around the auto detailing world the past few weeks is not the best. It seems that many PPF, Coating, and Correction jobs have started to dry up in the auto detailing world. Is that true for you? The questions in tough times seem to be endless but luckily hyperCLEAN was built with these tough times in mind and Marshall and Nick have been through times like 2008.  What can we do...

Well the time has come for our new interior detailer product to be released! Revive interior detailer is an insane product and we get into it in this episode. We spent a long time developing this product and there is no doubt its the best interior product we have ever used on a car. We hope this product will make your auto detailing life a bit easier.  We also discuss Amelia Island auctions a...

How does something in a different part of the world impact you? Will the war effect your business? In tonights Community 🍻 Pub we talked about how the war would impact car care in the US. as corona impacted our industry in a positive way.  What are your projections of spring/summer 2022... will our industry grow or shrink? Chime in on the hyperCLEAN Specialist Facebook Group.  

We are a lot about warranties in the auto detailing world and has even gained more steam in the last few years. But are warranties going to help or hurt your customers experience with your business? Marshall and Nick share some warranty stories they are dealing with recently and how those have played out in their lives.  Its important in auto detailing that we take care of the car owner and o...

What is up everyone it is another episode of the Detailed Car Collection and this week we discuss an S63 AMG Mercedes that we had in the shop. We performed a one step paint correction and an application of UNO for protection. Listen to the episode to find out why we chose that combo of services in the shop. We also talk about the greatness of luxury sedans and how they are losing popularity in the...

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and in this episode Jason Otterness joins us.  We enjoy some good beers but dive into a great conversation on mobile detailing vs shop detailing.  Also you are going to love Jason's tab out question...so listen till the end so you can weigh in on the hyperCLEAN Specialist group on Facebook.