Pints and Polishing Auto Detailing Podcast
Nick Walters and Marshall Hill
Updated 2 days agoWelcome to the most influential and listened to podcast for the Car Care Industry. We are the #community that brings you fresh perspectives, real talks, motivational encouragement and we probably will be drinking some fine fermentations while we do it...but if you want to watch live then join in for the live feed on Facebook.com/hypercleanstore . Grab A Pint And Enjoy 🍻
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Cheap Detailers Hurting Your Business? How Do You Battle Cheap Competitors?
Welcome to another episode of the podcast and today is a really great episode! Lets talk about cheap competition and what we need to do to combat it in our market. This episode may surprise a lot of people because of the things that get discussed. Is there really a cheap competition problem? How do we view it to make it a benefit not a negative? There are many people that get consumed by what their competitor is doing instead of building their company in their way. Its tough to stand on our own and not worry about others but it may be the key to our success. Thank you for listening to todays podcast and as always thank you for being a part of our auto detailing community!
Customer Service, Bad Customers and Business. Also, Let's Talk the Biggest Car Auction of The Year!
Welcome to this weeks episode of the Detailed Car Collection and we have a huge show this week. Pebble Beach the biggest car auction of the year was last weekend and the results are very mixed. If you read about the auction everyone is stating the numbers were huge but when you dig into them it shows that most auctions were down not up. Lets chat about how to read these numbers. Also, we talk about customer service and how the world is changing rapidly. Customers harassing staff members is causing small and large companies to reduce access to their company leading to worse customer experience. But is it companies being cheap or actually companies caring about their employees? Thank you for listening to todays episode and for being a part of our auto detailing community!
Ceramic Coating Lights - Are Clean Rooms Necessary - Community 🍻 Pub
Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we love to have a cold beer and talk about detailing cars. In this episode, we have detailers from across the country share their experiences applying a ceramic coating. How important are the surroundings when applying a coating? Many have spoken publicly about needing pristine conditions and not ever having any dust or wind around....but what about you? Do you have the ability to coat a car in a garage or mobile while the conditions aren't perfect? Share your thoughts inside the hyperCLEAN Specialist group on Facebook. In the mean time, grab a pint and enjoy the episode!
Understanding Detailing Chemicals in Your Process. Plus, What is Hardest Part of Detailing a Car?
Welcome to another episode of the Podcast! Today we talk about a lot of different things but start of by discussing the hardest things we run into in detailing. Let's talk chemicals and how they are misunderstood in detailing. Having a complete understanding of chemicals would be a great start to most of our careers but we don't really do it. Marshall and Nick discuss a broad range of stuff in this part of the conversation. Next we discuss what we find to be the hardest part of detailing a car. What do you struggle with? This is a fun discussion where we just discuss a few different things we struggle with the most. Thank you for listening and being a part of our auto detailing community!
Ceramic Coating, PPF, and Paint Correction How Does It All Fit? Plus, a $200K Jeep Wrangler in the Shop
Welcome to another episode of the Detailed Car Collection! Today we talk about paint correction and its relationship with ppf/ceramic coatings. David Fermani shared a very detailed post about how we shouldn't paint correct before applying PPF and serves as a jumping off point for todays episode. Drawing a line in the sand that you must always cut away paint before a service is putting many paint systems in jeopardy for no reason. This is an interesting topic to explore on todays episode. We talk about a 200K Jeep Wrangler that was at the shop for some hyperCLEAN UNO and tightening up the interior before its given as a gift! Why would we choose UNO over a different coating? Interesting way to look at our ceramic line in the part of the episode. Thank you for listening and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community!
Tire Shine On Low Profile Tires - Chasing Water Spots - Community 🍻 Pub
Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and in this episode we continue to discuss the prep process for applying a ceramic coating. During your process, when you see a water spot what do you do? There are many different process and we would like to hear how you apply tire shine or how you chase water spots. Interact with us at the hyperCLEAN Specialist Face Book Group but you know it would also be great to know your answer to the tab out question....so come be apart of Community 🍻
How Much Damage Can Be Caused By A Car Wash? Also, Discussing What Goes Into Maintaining a Car.
Welcome to another episode and we have a crazy car wash story on a 2022 Range Rover. We hear about car washes all the time but how much damage can really be caused? Marshall shares a story of a brand new Range Rover and the massive damage done at a local car wash. Deep scratches, dents, and a destroyed interior make for a great discussion on the episode. Also, what about maintaining cars and the detailing industry. So many people don't want to be a "car wash guy" but what are the realities? We discuss maintenance on todays episode as well. Thank you for listening and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community!
Money and Running a Successful Business. Also GM Recalls Brand New Hummer For Battery Issues and Ford Bronco Heritage Edition Announced
Welcome to another episode of the Detailed Car Collection! Today we are discussing Gm recalling the brand new Hummer for a bad battery connection. We also shed light on this battery system having massive issues for other brands as well. Why did GM choose a battery system that they knew had massive issues? Plus lets talk about Ford Bronco announcing the heritage edition which is going to be super cool! We end todays episode talking a lot about what is going on in the business side of detailing. Many detailers are slowing down and the economy is starting to hit in many different ways. How did we get here? Let's chat about money and business. Thank you for listening to todays episode and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community.
Ceramic Coating Prep - How Important Is It? Community 🍻 Pub
Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub and in this episode we talk all things Ceramic Coating Prep. How important is it? More important than the actual application of a coating? We enjoy some beers but get to have a deep conversation on removing contamination. Your going to love the tab out question and so grab a pint and enjoy this episode 🍻
Ceramic Coating Glass. Plus, $11,000 Windshield Replacement Leads To New Reality in Detailing
There are all kinds of ways to talk about protecting your windshield but how about an $11k broken windshield leading to a bigger business opportunity in your detailing business. On todays episode we talk about protecting windshields and glass in general. There are a ton of new realities around windshield glass and its starting to hurt consumers. So we discuss windshield film, ceramic coating glass and much more on todays episode. Thank you for listening and being a part of our auto detailing community.
Pricing A One Off Detailing Project on a 1995 Porsche and The Upcoming Auction Of The Year in Monterey
Welcome to another episode of the Detailed Car Collection and we have a few topics of discussion this week. This week we worked on a 1995 Porsche Carrera 4 with 51k miles on the odometer. This car had to have a few pieces of PPF removed and some scratches and paint transfer to be dealt with on the car. This project also had a very tight deadline which made it a great challenge. Next lets discuss the upcoming car auction in Monterey and what it means for the collector market. Does it mean anything? Can we take anything away from what goes on at Pebble Beach this year? Fun to talk through this on todays episode. Thank you for listening to todays episode and for being a part of our auto detailing community
Cleaning Glass In Direct Sun - Dressing Dashes - Community 🍻 Pub
Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub, where the beers are cold despite the hot temps outside. Speaking of being hot...how do you clean glass during these high temps? What about dressing dashes that are sitting out in the sun? Those can create streaks and all kinds of problems but we want to know what you do. So go over to the hyperCLEAN Specialist group on Facebook to tell us your processes. Meanwhile grab a pint and enjoy this episode.
Make Waterless/Rinseless Washing More Efficient With Sprayers! Plus, What Does the Word Value Really Mean?
We have all seen waterless and rinseless washing take off in the detailing world. But it isn't always the most efficient or easy option to wash a car until now! We talk about the sprayers we are bringing into the store and how its make waterless/rinseless washing so much more efficient. We have not always been sold on the pump sprayer craze but that all changed when we found the Marolex Sprayers. Today we discuss those making our life a bit easier when detailing a car. Next we discuss the word value and what it really means. So many people use this word but do not really understand how it applies to their life or business. This is a great conversation that you won't want to miss! Thank you for listening to todays podcast and as always being a part of our auto detailing community!
Why Do You Detail Cars? Meeting With a Car Collector. Plus, STEK Pulled A Product OFF The Market For A Second Time This Week!
Welcome to another episode of the Detailed Car Collection and we have a couple great topics to discuss. STEK has been forced to pull DynoFlex off the market for a second time as the product was failing too much. We are going to discuss the problem with this situation from the installer side of things. Is it time for installers to take accountability for the things they are putting on cars? A very interesting topic to discuss. Meeting with a huge car collector reminded me why I chose to detail cars for a living. Spent over an hour discussing his collection and found it so interesting it really brought me back to why I detail cars. Thank you for listening to this episode and as always thank you for being a part of our auto detailing community!
Washing In The Summer Heat - Community 🍻 Pub
Is your car life ever filled with anxious moments of slamming on the brakes and yelling at the guy who cut you off? Well we hope not but here on the Community 🍻 Pub we like having these discussions. In this episode, we also talk through ways that people can wash cars outside in this summer heat but your going to love the tab out question. So grab a pint and enjoy 🍻
How Do Our Weaknesses Hurt Our Business? Plus a fun talk about the New Bronco Sport
We have been told to be a professional in our business or life but what does that look like? How do we become professional? How do we address our weaknesses? These are really tough questions that everyone has to answer not only as a business owner but as employees as well. Nick and Marshall discuss their ideas and the things they have had to overcome to continue in business. We also discuss the bronco sport as Marshall worked on one last week and got to spend some time with it. It is really fun to get to see all these new cars roll out but how do they look and feel? Thank you for listening to todays episode and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community!
Lamborghini Wheel Repair Gone Wrong! Plus, XPEL Makes Huge Deal With Rivian in PPF World
Welcome to another episode of the Detailed Car Collection! We talk about the huge deal that XPEL landed with the truck manufacturer Rivian that shook up the PPF world this week. What does it mean for installers? Also why are so many defending a move that is meant to cut them out of the installation of PPF? We also discuss a few vehicles we were around in the last week and the importance of professionalism. A Lamborghini rim was destroyed by a wheel repair technician who then tried to blame it on us. How you respond in these situations is the difference between longevity and quickly being out of business. Thank you for listening to the podcast and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community.
Products That Dust - Cutting Panel Prep - Community 🍻 Pub
Hope your enjoying the heat wave we all are getting to experience and welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we examine how annoying it is when products dusts...but also what's up with people cutting panel preps? Hey this is a fun discussion as we enjoy some cold beers and talk through our Car Life.
How To Build Entry Level Ceramic Coating Package?
Today is a very straightforward look at the question we get asked the most at hyperCLEAN. How do I build my packages? It's actually fairly simple yet has been made very difficult by many throughout the industry. Start simple and remain simple is the easiest way to look at this portion of the detailing business. The market has been flooded with so called experts who have never been in your shoes of actually selling ceramic coating to a customer. So today we start off with a basic simple hyperCLEAN UNO Ceramic Coating package that we think is the basic package everyone should offer. We discuss many things in the episode and lay out a simple formula for building out great packages. Thank you for listening to todays episode and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community!
$5,000 PPF Mistake on Porsche GT3! Plus, Auction Prices are Coming Down But Which Cars is It Hurting?
Welcome to another epsiode of the Detailed Car Collection and we have a really good episode today. We were brought in a project that was a complete train wreck and its not cost everyone involved a bunch of time/money. Porsche GT3 was taken into a shop for a full body wrap and the rest is history. You are going to find some value in this story we think. We also discuss falling prices in the auction world. But what are the falling prices showing us? What's the real story? We get into it today. Thank you for listening and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community!
Ever Get Tired Of Hearing "You Got A Wash & Wax?" Community 🍻 Pub
Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where in this episode we enjoy some cold beer while talking about waxing. What do yo think...is wax dead? Or will we see a surge of more waxes being applied. We also dive into a fun talk on emblem cleaning but it's the drunk munchies that will have you rolling on the floor. So grab a pint and enjoy 🍻
How Do You Clean Filthy Carpets? Plus a Discussion On How To Avoid Disaster Detail Clients
We have an extremely fun episode that started with a post in the hyperCLEAN Specialists group. How do YOU tackle dirty carpets? Extractor, steam, elbow grease, and the list goes on. Everyone has their own techniques and we talk about them on the show today. Its super interesting how detailing is still stuck in this disaster detail world and we haven't started to push more maintaining. The guys have a long discussion on many of these topics and where the money is when coming to clients. Thank you for listening to todays episode and as always for being a part of our auto detailing community.
Protecting Paint a Much Needed Conversation. Plus, a DUB Magazine Photoshoot Story
Welcome to another episode of the Detailed Car Collection! Today we discuss protecting the paint of cars and how the conversation has been hijacked in the industry. We all know that there are several ways to protect paint but it seems that some people look down upon certain ways to add that protection. We roll through how and why certain protections are used in different situations. We also talk about a few jobs that came into the shop this week including a blast from the past. A Range Rover we detailed for a DUB magazine shoot in 2010 came into the shop this week. Plus a 16 year olds birthday present showed up in the shop which is always my favorite to work on. Thank you for listening to the episode and as always for being a part of our detailing community!
Ceramic Coating Prep - Cross Hatching - Community 🍻 Pub
Welcome to the Community 🍻 Pub where we are discussion all things Ceramic Coating. What's the hardest part of installing a ceramic coating...is it the prep work? We dive into the discussion with hyperCLEDAN specialist but what gets interesting is the thoughts on if the cross hatching is necessary. What do you think? Let us know in the hyperCLEAN Specialist group on Facebook.
Deep Dive Into The hyperCLEAN Brand. Plus, Buy or Sell On The Cleaner Cast
What a fun episode we recorded with Jamie The Cleaner on his Cleaner Cast and so we want to share it with the Community 🍻 This episode gets in-depth on the hyperCLEAN brand but your going to love the buy/sell that Jamie comes up with!