The Detail Solutions Podcast

Our guest tonight is one of the stars of The HISTORY Channel’s new series “Dirty Old Cars” premieres Wednesday, January 18 at 10/9c with two back-to-back half hour episodes only on the HISTORY Channel. Eron Knox was chosen along with his business partner Anshih Wu to clean Dirty Old Cars and increase their resale value.  Eron talks about the process of being selected to be one of the shows st...

Our guest is Matthew Gibb has been around a long time in this industry and has earned the respect of many.  When it comes to the detailing industry Matty has been there done that.  Matty is a fan of racing in Australia and has a pretty crazy gaming collection consisting of some old school computer games.  Support this show and follow us on Facebook: @thedetailsolutionspodcast and @t...

On this episode I become the guest and answer the hard questions.  Some of you know most of my story, but I've never told it in full on this podcast.  So, sit back and enjoy as Alan Medcraf takes on the role of show host. Support this show and follow us on Facebook: @thedetailsolutionspodcast and @thedetailsolutionspodcastdiscussiongroup or on instagram: @detailsolutionspodcast and YouTu...

You asked for it well we finally made it happen.  Our guest is Warren Morris, CLCS Executive Vice President of HUB International.  Warren will help us answer all our insurance questions and help make sure you all can protect yourselves from Mayhem. Warren explains what questions you should ask of a potential insurer when starting out.  He tells us how garage keepers works, what you...

This is the last episode for 2022 and we just wanted to have some fun and talk about the past year.  Thanks to Barry Theal and Joel LaPalme for calling in and spending some time with us as always great talking to two of the best in the industry.  Dean Farandatos called in to say Hi and have a nice chat, then Cam Scorey called in the middle of an ad.  then we gave out the Podie award...

A while back I was talking to Jason about the mass exodus of detailers leaving the industry because of hard times.  We got to talking about detailers selling their stuff or selling their business and how would you go about coming up with that figure? In come Alan Medcraf to the rescue, I had been trying to get Alan back on for months and he was just too busy.  Alan finally had some free...

On this episode of The Detail Solutions Podcast Alex has on Mustafa Anil Kara, owner and operator of MAK Detailing out of Sindey, Montana for a Q&A session!!! Alex and Mustafa talk about how he got his start in the detailing industry living in Turkey than making the move to the United States and starting his detailing business in Montana!! This is a very unique episode, to get someone who has...

We invited some of the ladies (Meghan Poirier, Jennifer Tourcotte, Sarah Coleman-Lienhart and Sydni Brae Gwinn) in the industry to come on and talk about what it's like in a male dominated industry.  What kind of things get annoying after being asked a hundred times.  How do they stand their ground when they're out numbered.  And why women don't cause drama in the industry like thei...

With a last-minute cancelation, I reached out to Meghan who had just dropped a bombshell announcement on the detailing industry and asked if she'd like to come on the podcast. Meghan gives me an inside look at what it was like growing with Autogeek over the past 20+ years and how it helped mold her life.  She told me about picking which brands were the right fit or not.  How Detail Fest...

On this episode we invited Walt Sanders to join us and talk about the stress and anxiety of taking a vacation as a business owner.  How do you not answer a phone call, or do you answer out of fear of FOMO? Towards the end we lean into a little bit of Details after Dark and Bruno tries to get us cancelled.   Support this show and follow us on Facebook: @thedetailsolutionspodcast and @thed...

I've really wanted to get more international guests on, and John Perdue reached out and introduced me to Serge.  It was coincidental that the USA was playing the Netherlands in the World Cup on the same day we had planned this talk.  Serge talked about owning a restaurant and wanting to get out of that business and found he enjoyed detailing.  He started down the YouTube Road for a...

I apologize for the poor audio harry and Jason were on iPhones and restream doesn't like those apparently.  We talk with Matt Arendt, Jason Otterness and Harry Birch III about the pros and cons of improving yourself with trainings vs just buying a new tool or product.  We talk about the differences of doing group trainings vs 1 on 1 trainings. Jason and Matty answered the question, if yo...

It's our 200th episode and I couldn't think of a better way to do it than with our listeners.  We went live on Facebook and YouTube for this one and even took some calls on the Hotline sponsored by Aenso North America.  Thank you to everyone who commented or called in for making this a fun episode.  Thanks to ALL of our listeners for helping us get to 200, because without you suppor...

On this episode we talk to Kelly Jones on the topic of entrepreneurism. Kelly started her detailing business in 2010 after losing her corporate job and found a passion that to this day she is thankful for.  Because of the dangers of the chemicals, we as detailers are subject to Kelly developed some health issues.  These health issues led to Kelly starting her own chemical line that not o...

Reece Mikkelson at a young age is already a breakout in the detail industry.  Reece is completely self-taught even telling an employer once he knew all the detail things and then was thrown in the deep end to sink or swim. After impressing some clients who encouraged him to do his own thing Reece made the jump and started his own shop.  Blessed with a collection to care for Reece has als...

With Veteran's Day coming up Jason told me he really wanted to an episode talking about being a Vet in the detailing industry.  He invited Jared Pearson a fellow Vet he met who works at The Detail Specialist in Pinellas Co, Fl.  Jared was in the Navy for 7 years before getting out, once he was out, he bounced around with no real plan of what he wanted to do.  After losing a real goo...

This week I invited Nick Parks of Parks Detailing to come on the pod and talk detailing, ppf and car care sales.  Nick got into ppf early in the game and has been able to not only do some testing for Stek but has also become a reseller for some of their products.  He also started an e-commerce store as a way to help sell his clients and a few local detailers products.  That eventual...

Jason lined up a guest for a product spotlight, but the guest when scheduling this with Jason didn't pay attention to the fact he'd be at SEMA. Jason informed me Monday and we started trying to come up with ideas for a replacement show.  When nothing panned out because you know EVERYONE'S at SEMA, I threw in the towel and said we'll skip this week's WOYM.  Jason normally is the voice of reason and...

Many of you know Richard Lin from CS-II, but I'm willing to bet a lot of you don't know how he came to be a detailer.  Richard had probably the most unusual start to becoming a detailer that I've ever heard of.  His background in chemistry and engineering has helped him with working with companies like CS-II and making his own tire product, Black WOW.   Support this show and follow...

On this episode of What's on YOUR mind we had Cam Scorey call in ALLLLLLLL the way from Australia. We gave Bruno a lot of shit about being afraid of spiders.  Also, we discussed proper times for eating dinner.   Jason like to get the early bird special and eat at 4pm.  It was a really great time as a lot of people comment on FB live to get us going.  Details After Dark alm...

Lewis Fair was a detailer that's been mentioned a few times when I ask for suggestions on guest ideas.  Well, I finally reached out and got Lewis to come on and tell his story.  Lewis may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he speaks his mind and doesn't apologize to no one for it.  He's the kind of guy you either love him or don't but Lewis keeps his head down and keeps on doing what...

Manny Cruzado messaged me a couple months ago and suggested a topic on building relationships with other businesses i.e., ppf, dent, paint, etc.  I reached out to my friend Angel Hidalgo to be our guest on this topic.  Angel is that guy who knows a guy.  We asked Angel the questions we felt every detailer would need to know in finding vendors to contract out their work to.  Hop...

This week on the Detail Solutions Podcast Q&A, Alex and Jason have on Justin Staats, Owner and Operator of LHF Detailing out of Smyrna, Delaware! The guys discuss how Justin got started in the detailing industry, from working for someone, to starting a mobile detailing business, to building his own shop on his property, and being a volunteer firefighter! Do you like candy corn? Well, the guys...

Ryan Hagen and Dustin Jackson join us to talk about Detail Bookie, how it came to be and where it's going in the future.  When Dustin first designed and built Detail Bookie he was just trying to make his job easier within his business, little did he know he'd make every detailer's life easier.  You can find them at www.detailbookie.com and Ryan will be more than happy to set you up with...

Jimbo Balaam as many of you know is the original detailing podcaster and host of The Auto Detailing Podcast.  Jimbo started detailing because he always wanted to be his own boss and liked having a clean car.  When he first started his podcast, he did 100 episodes in 100 days (Not happening, so don't get any ideas).  To switch things up a bit Jimbo decided to start a YouTube channel...