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![]() Hi,
I own a mobile detailing company in central Ohio, I've always enjoyed doing boats If I could get enough of them I'd probably never detail another car again. I've bought a lot of stuff from auto geek and recently found this forum. I have a pretty big selection marine products but none are the marine 31 brand though, looking forward to learning new things about detailing in general and the marine 31 products Thanks Jordan |
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Status: Director of Training
Join Date: Apr 2013
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![]() Hi Jordan,
Welcome to Marine31Online! Boat detailing is very different than car detailing. I find some guys either really like car detailing or really like boat detailing and then tend to go after that market. I was at a local Marina over the weekend and I was surprised how many boat detailing business cards were tacked to the cork board inside the main office. Most had no website, e-mail or even Facebook page. My guess is they get all their business from referrals. I do wonder what the quality of their work is as far as taking care of the gel-coat. Also we're getting lots of great feedback from our new Captain's Boat Coating. If you're not using a coating now for some of your best customers perhaps consider it. ![]()
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![]() There's not many people around me that only detail boats, there's a fair amount of places to boat though. If you start heading twards the Great Lakes there's a lot more boat detailing companies.
Ive always been curious to see the quality of work form other detailers around me but I haven't had a chance to yet though. I'll have to look into the coating, I have several customers that only get there boat done once a year and they always get a little bit chalky by the end of the year, especially the ones that were in really bad shape before I got ahold of them. Would the coating help prevent that? Currently I just use a wax, I have tre wax and some 3m marine wax. I reciently bought fountain of youth sealant, I haven't got a chance to use it yet. I'm curious to see how well it works. |
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Tools Pads Chemicals My assumption is totally archaic everything... I hope I'm wrong but from what I've seen the boat detailing industry is so far behind the car detailing industry as it relates to tools, pads and products. Of course, the detailing industry is in part driven by boat owners and what they'll pay... Quote:
Since coatings are new to the boat detailing world we need some time to go by to get more real world results. I know that if you don't wipe off all the high spots the only way to remove any excess is to simply compound it off so to me that's a really good sign of just how well our coating bonds to the surface. It's kind of like applying super glue but not as crazy as super glue of course. Quote:
I've never heard of Fountain of Youth Sealant but an intriguing name. ![]()
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