2019_ADN_V4_No3-2

CONTENTS
Porsche or Pinto. ......... 4
All the Detail . ............ 5
The Shining Shop Auto Detailing
Business of Detailing . .... 8
Avoiding The Burn
Nitty Gritty ............. 10
Getting to Know
Robert “Bob” Wrasman
Innovations . ............ 14
OSHA News . ............ 16
Oh No! It’s OSHA News
Industry Dirt . ........... 18
IDA Column . ............ 25
A Tale of New Chapters
Detail Doctor . ........... 24
What do you know about mold?
Cover Story . ............ 28
Got the Right Buff?
Vol. 4, No. 3, Summer 2019
Publisher: Jackson Vahaly
Editor: Debra Gorgos
Design: Katy Barrett-Alley
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One More Thing ...
Correction:
As I am writing this, and while words like “tariffs,” “Trump,” “trade,” “economy,” and
“commerce” are splattered across my television, computer and Sunday paper, and I wonder how it
all is affecting my friends in the auto detailing industry, I am relieved to learn that Mother Nature
is doing her part to make sure those in the auto appearance industry have plenty of customers.
Thanks to the massive season invasions of lovebugs, detailers, especially those in Florida, Texas,
the Carolinas, Georgia and Mississippi, are presenting with vehicles encrusted with lovebug goop.
Carcasses, and whatever else is left behind after a bug on bun lovefest, are a car owner’s nightmare,
but detailers are left with a marketable and profitable opportunity. And, now, in Ohio, a colossal
It is with great regret that I admit to a mistake appearing in the Spring 2019 issue of Auto Detailing News.
The cover story on boat detailing, showed the before and after photos reversed. We know all of you are
smart, so we are hoping you noticed, but didn’t mind the mistake:
As I hold my head in shame, I hope something
like this will not happen again. Ben Thompson,
founder of Mavinate, LLC, did an amazing job
with providing the content and I hope it everyone
enjoyed it and all of the other material in
the issue.
invasion of mayflies is wreaking havoc on vehicles.
The mayflies apparently started out in Lake
Erie, burying their eggs in the sediment. The invasion
was so giant that it even showed up on weather
radar reports. In other auto-infiltration news that
only an auto detailer would appreciate, a 16-foot
long cobra was found in the engine of a car in
Thailand. Special rescuers had to be called in to
remove the venomous reptile. And, snakes aren’t
just hitching a ride in Asia, a woman in Santa Fe,
New Mexico, was shocked to find a red racer snake
in her glove compartment on June 30, 2019. The
snake didn’t hurt the woman, but her own car did after she jumped out upon finding the snake and
forgot the car was in drive… you can probably guess how that story turned out.
And in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, a 5-foot-long, black
rat snake was found in a car engine on June 17.
Sandy Moore-Furneaux, a rescue liaison for the Oklahoma
City Herpetological and Invertebrate Society, told KOCO News
5 the snake probably followed a mouse or rat up into the engine.
So, the bottom line here is all detailers need to proceed with
caution, or at least invest in a good snake charming how-to book.
And, one more thing before I sign off, I had a fantastic time
at the recent Car Wash Show in Nashville. Booths were bustling,
detailers were connecting and music was in the air. I even got
to sing some karaoke with some detailing industry altos and
sopranos at the famous Ms. Kelli’s karaoke bar on Printer’s Aly.
San Antonio is the next stop for the Car Wash Show in 2020 and
I see there are about 10 karaoke bars near the convention center.
Who’s with me?
Until next time,
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