Pints and Polishing Auto Detailing Podcast

The hyperCLEAN Facebook Specialists group is a big reason for the episode today. If you haven't gone to join that group you are missing out on incredible auto detailing conversation. The conversation about decontaminating a ceramic coating is a very divided issue. But what is the reality around decontaminating a ceramic coating? Marshall and Nick dive into that today on this episode.  Also ho...

We have a great guest on this episode! Jason Otterness is joining us to discuss creating content for your social media as an automotive detailer. There are a lot of misconceptions about creating auto detailing content and we ask Jason to set the record straight on this episode. He shares the kind of investments he has had to make to create great detailing content that actually leads to customers....

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and in this episode Detailers from around the country hop on to talk about their favorite vehicles, the craziest detail they have ever done and how soon do you release a car back to the customer after a ceramic coating. But it’s the tab out question that has everyone laughing…so grab a pint to enjoy 🍻

Marshall and Nick talk about how to make more money with ceramic coatings. It's a broad conversation on how to sell ceramic jobs, how to choose a company to install, and how to build your process. We share the story of a detailer having explosive growth to start 2022 by just making a simple change to ceramic coatings that we at hyperCLEAN have developed and sold to this detailer.  How do you...

Why are you a detailer? It is a question that we probably rarely ask ourselves but if you work on collections its something you'll need to ask yourself. There is an easy way to spot detailers that have never worked on really valuable cars. I share how to spot detailers by the way they go about correcting paint.  We also talk about some results from Scottsdale and elaborate more on the opinion...

Should you be adapting to one step corrections? Isn't that an interesting question to bring up considering just a couple of years ago the industry was dominated by full corrections.  So many shops boasted about being full correction only and didn't waste their time doing one steps. However many of them are wondering if they chose the wrong path for their business.  So in this episode, Ma...

Lighting a car on fire is always used to talk about the biggest issue in the ceramic coating part of our industry. Is that really fair when someone is selling a "lifetime coating" or advising detailers to put a boat coating on a car? Maybe its the combination of a lot of different things but there is a big fear that the coating part of our industry is heading in a downward direction.  Renny D...

Hey Guys Nick is Back! After battling Covid our new episodes are ready to get back on regular schedule. In this episode Nick discusses the scottsdale auctions and the big numbers that cars drew all week long. But Nick and VR took delivery of a $167,000 purchase that ended up blowing up in its first start from the auction. Listen to Nicks rant on that issue! Also lets have a talk about disaster det...

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and as weather breaks across the Midwest and Northeast Detailers take a break to have a beer.  In this episode we discuss polishing lower rocker panels and how much we should pay ourselves.  We are curious from you....what are your thoughts? How much should the business be suffering because of your personal habits? Or are you in business to fund your perso...

What does it take to be an entrepreneur in the car care industry?  Here at hyperCLEAN we love to have open talks with multiple opinions and this episode is full of great views but you will begin to piece together who in the industry is an entrepreneur.  Listen to what Renny, Billy and Marshall share so you can begin asking yourself if you can be an entrepreneur and who you should be listening to f...

Where will Ceramic Coatings be in the future? This is the big question that we asked during MTE, so Nick and Marshall weigh in on it. The guys also talk about what it means to be seen at MTE and how Purpose outlive Passion every day of the week!  Want to share your thoughts? Join us in the hyperCLEAN Specialist Facebook group to express your opinions and be apart of Community 🍻

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we believe in open thoughts and discussions.  In this episode, detailers choke down some Busch Latte while they reflect on MTE 2022 where the Community's 🍻 influence was felt by all.  The most valuable info happens when they voice their opinion on how ceramic coatings will be in the future.  What do you think? Chime in on the hyperCLEAN special...

What does the Future Of Auto Detailing look like? There is one person we wanted to ask this question to and it was Mr. Mike Phillips.  In this episode we look backwards to see where we have come, we examine the current status of the industry but the greatest nuggets of info are where we go into the future.  

On todays episode of the Detailed Car Collection we talk about picking up a clients AMG Mercedes for service and finding damage. How did we handle it and how was the week of work after that happened? Have you ever picked a phone call from a customer and they act like they know what is going to fix a massive issue they have? That happened this week on a Lincoln Navigator and boy was it a disaster w...

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we believe in open talk and discussions.  In this episode of the Community 🍻 Pub, we dive into the myth that ceramic coatings add value to the vehicle.  What do you think? Do you have proof that it has added value or is this just more smoke and mirrors from multi layer coating companies? 

Marshall and Nick talk about Mobile tech and what to expect from hyperCLEAN at the show. It is a big week for our brand because we are the center piece of the biggest show in the detailing industry and look forward to hanging out with all the detailers.  Also on the episode the guys touch on a subject of you customers and their experience. Is it your biggest concern? Or is your biggest concer...

We had the chance to detail a 2001 996 Porsche 911 Turbo at the shop this week. It gives us an incredible chance to talk about class of ownership when it comes to cars. The car arrived with compound, wax, and polish in every single crack and crevice. We had to work with the customer to manage his budget and what was important to him.  This was a fun car to discuss on the podcast and hope we g...

Imagine the dirtiest car you have ever cleaned....could you have achieved a perfect detail on that? Maybe...maybe not and so who determines the perfect detail? Does the customer who is paying or is it the detailer who is performing the service? Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we have open talks about the Car Care Industry but Detailers hop into a live conversation to weigh in on their views....

Marshall and Nick discuss hiring team members for your auto detailing business. It's a constant topic and there seems to be constant overload of information on this topic in auto detailing.  The guys talk about buttoning up your processes and procedures before you even think about hiring. Nick shares a story about his team and a conversation in the real world.  Cut through the B.S. by li...

Welcome to the Detailed Car Collection episode with Nick this week. We are going to dive into the crazy number reported by Bloomberg News on the online auction site Bring a Trailer. In person auctions have dominated forever but it seems their reign at the top is coming to an end. More big sales are moving to auction sites which means there is an open market for customers. What can we learn as car...

This is the Community 🍻 Pub where detailers discuss what is going on in their car care journey and we do it while we are enjoying a cold beer.  In this episode we begin by talking through attacking high net worth customers and move the talk into what percentage of customers come from word of mouth, online or random calls....but its the Tab Out Question that has everyone talking through! What...

Well, we have all heard about or used a clay bar in our auto detailing life. But is it really the most misunderstood product we have in all the auto detailing world? Marshall and Nick discuss that on this episode. It is really a fun discussion and the guys share their thoughts. We also talk the process of decontamination as a whole and the new product that we are dropping here at hyperCLEAN. As al...

Welcome to a new weekly episode called the Detailed Car Collection. Nick is going to discuss new car releases, car design, and car auction things going on in the world. Its obviously going to revolve around car care and how it all relates to the crazy people like us that love a detailed car. But this is an episode just explaining where we are coming from and where we are going with this weekly epi...

Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we believe in open talk while having a cold beer and this episode has plenty of contradictory opinions but the unfortunate part was that we were drinking Miller High Life. What do you think the best Mobile Set Up is? Do you think that installing a coating makes you a detailer? Share your opinions on the hyperCLEAN Specialist Facebook Group.  

2022 has arrived and we are fired up about the new year! Today we share a little more about the future of hyperCLEAN and what it looks like. We put our heads together to state what we believe as a company and share it with the world. And we came up with three words that really sum up our beliefs. Products, Process, and Purpose. Listen to Marshall and Nick today explain their vision for this year a...