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INDUSTRY NEWS Details for the 2021 SEMA Show have also been revealed. The Show is to take place November 2-5, 2021, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Pack your parka, SEMA is going to Sweden! The 2021 SEMA Nordic program in Stockholm, Sweden, is scheduled for September 2-6, 2021. According to a SEMA press release, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark – collectively known as the Nordic region – boasts a long and rich tradition of car customizing and motorsports are perhaps best known as among the strongest fans worldwide of US classic cars, racing and US culture. “A high standard of living allows them ample disposable income to spend on their car hobbies. Given the pool of US classic cars in the region and the strong racing culture – including drag racing – opportunities for manufacturers of products for the hot rod and restoration market given the very large number of vintage American vehicles particularly from the 50s to the 70s. The saying is that there are more restored 1950s and 60s cars in Sweden than in the United States, the press release stated. Lovingly restored and stunning hot rods are easy to spot on the road, and from Easter through September there are numerous car shows and American car cruises. Participants can learn the potential for their products in this performance and classic car paradise. Meet with top trade buyers enabling the half century old craze in Sweden and the surrounding countries of Norway, Finland and Denmark to restore and upgrade American classic cars, the press release stated. “High disposable income coupled with a passion for personalization makes this a very attractive region. Explore the region with SEMA. The SEMA Business Development Programs are low-cost, turnkey events that bring together SE- MA-member manufacturers and buyers from key markets.” I smell a great stocking stuffer! Car wash scented candle now available Smith and Co. Candles LLC, a family-owned candle company based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is offering a carwash-scented candle and wax melts online thanks to a partnership with Kwik Trip, WTMJ-TV reported. “Earlier this summer, we teamed up with the Smith & Co. team to launch the Glazers®-Scented Candle. This was new territory for our company, so we were thrilled to see the positive feedback surrounding the launch,” Kendra Nedegaard, digital content supervisor at Kwik Trip, said in the September 23 story. Although the secret to Kwik Trip’s good-smelling suds is top secret, the candle will supposedly transport you straight to the car wash, at least that is, according to Kwik Trip. “We knew we needed to make this scent a reality, Kenna Smith-Hoff, owner of Smith & Co. Candles LLC said in the story. “It’s especially near and dear to my heart because my dad Jim works for Kwik Trip as their lead Car Wash Field Service Supervisor and oversees car wash production and maintenance in all three states. He has worked for Kwik Trip for over 20 years, so Kwik Trip runs deep in my family.” The candle is now available for online purchase at smithcocandlesllc.com. THE ORIGINAL... PNEUMATIC ROTARY SHAMPOO TOOLS & MORE DETAILPLUS.COM || 503-251-2955 Laid-off Disney workers find hope with auto detailing The COVID-19 pandemic has roiled Orlando's workforce, according to a November 18 Orlando Weekly story. Thousands of jobs have been lost and the hardest-hit sector of the local Orlando economy are theme park and hospitality employees. “Walt Disney World alone has seen more than 50,000 furloughs and lay-offs of part-time, seasonal, full-time and union employees,” the story said. “Orlando's plethora of entertainers, performers, artists, and hospitality professionals are the ‘magic makers.’ They're what keep this city vibrant and churning with creative energy, and many of Orlando's most influential artisans and businesses started their careers with the Mouse.” Many employees have a lot of creative energy and nowhere to spend it, the story said. But, thanks to "Ear for Each Other," a Facebook group founded by Maxine Pollakis, a 22-year Disney cast member, laid off theme park workers are finding work elsewhere. Pollakis, who started the group with three others – two laid off, one furloughed, one still employed – formed the group to give furloughed and laid-off Disney cast members (CMs) a place to promote and market their side hustles, whether they're creative or practical, to an audience seeking to support them. Workers who started detailing cars to get by were helped by the initiative, according to the story. "When the group was created," Pollakis said in the story, "the federal aid for Floridians was ending, leaving [the CMs] to earn about $200 per week. I knew so many were struggling and wondered how I could help." Pollakis looked no further than her own social network, “where she found CMs painting, baking bread, making candles and soaps, starting pressure-washing and auto detailing businesses, and more.” The forum now includes more than 30,000 CMs and community members," Pollakis said in the story. "Disney cast members are incredibly talented, and it's very common for artists to find ways to be creative, no matter the circumstances.": 20 | AUTO DETAILING NEWS | VOL. 5, NO. 4 • WINTER 2020
DETAIL DOCTOR The Facts about Paint Finishing Procedures Ask 10 detailers the best way to detail a paint finish and you will get 10 different answers. Bud Abraham is Founder and President Emeritus of DETAIL PLUS Car Appearance Systems, with more than 40 years of experience in the car care industry as a manufacturer, operator, distributor and consultant. He writes articles and gives seminars on the subject of auto detailing throughout the automotive industry. He can be reached at buda@detailplus.com. By Bud Abraham buda@detailplus.com After reading a recent article on paint finishing I decided it was time to take a stronger stand on paint finish procedures: Which tools, which pads, and which chemicals to use. The Buffing Process If you have an enamel or lacquer finish that is heavily oxidized, etched or scratched and the paint thickness gauge indicates at least 4 mils of paint, it is safe to use the high speed buffer with a cutting pad and a heavy-duty or medium grade compound. When you use a cutting pad and a compound you will put swirls and scratches in the paint finish. A professional detailer will remove these swirls and scratches rather than simply fill them. It is unlikely that the new DAs will remove heavily oxidation on single-stage paint or heavily scratched or etched single or twostage paint systems. This is truly the difference between a professional in the detail business, and a detailer looking for a shortcut. Maybe filling the swirls and scratches on a dealer car is OK. but this process has no place in a detail center providing the service to retail customers. How to Remove Swirls After the paint surface has been buffed with a high speed rotary buffer, the only way to remove the resultant swirls and scratches is to follow this with a high speed buffer (at lower RPMs), foam or with 100% lamb’s wool finishing pad, and a swirl remover (not filler) product. (The rule is: If you put the swirls or scratches in with a high speed buffer you’ve got to remove them with one.) This is where skill and time play a part in the paint finishing process. Typically, when removing swirls and micro-scratches you move much slower over the paint finish, paying careful visual attention to the swirls and scratches you are trying to remove. This also heats the shine into the paint finish. Like spit shining vs. brush shining a pair of shoes. Using today’s high-tech DAs (Rupes & Flex and copies of that technology) for light correction on the first step you can usually remove slight, if any swirls with the same DA and a polishing pad. Waxing or Sealing The final step is the application of the wax or paint sealant protection (I am not mentioning ceramic coatings as a final protection in this particular discussion because that is an entirely different situation). Waxes can come in liquid, creme or paste form. The cremes and pastes are best applied by hand, with a hand-held orbital or with a DA and finishing pad and removed by hand or the tools mentioned Sealants are usually in a liquid form and are best applied and removed as previously described. When it comes to hand applying vs. machine applying, in my opinion, it really makes no difference in terms of protection and durability. If you can use the “Hand Wax” idea as a marketing feature to the customer, then do it that way. Buffing Clear Coats? Like a sheet of plexiglass, or a plastic eyeglass lens, the clear coat, is subject to scratching. Also, as discussed, clear coat paint finishes are susceptible to etching from acid rain, bird droppings, and insect residue. If you encounter a clear coat paint finish with any one, or more of these problems you most likely will be required to use a high speed buffer, cutting pad, and a light to medium-duty compound. It is the only way to remove them. Trying to do it by hand, with an orbital or a DA will, at best, only fill the irregularity and not remove it. After you’ve corrected the problem, (in some instances the damage will be removed completely) the next step is to remove the swirls and scratches by using a high speed buffer, finishing pad (either foam or 100% lamb’s wool) or a High- continued ... VOL. 5, NO.4 • WINTER 2020 | AUTO DETAILING NEWS | 21
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