If you remember i been very busy and allot of things have been going on with Allure Detail lately am just trying to catch up with everything.

So i spent the weekend of March 14-15 in the beautiful city of Oceanside, Ca. Let me just say that i Love California sunshine. Anyways the reason i spent the weekend there was because i was informed a great machine that would change my life. So i goggle Mel Craig the owner of The Total Pros. Mel  has classes that teach and sharpen your skills on detailing, how the business can be ran, and how you can benefit from running your own business. He just inked a deal with Meguiers products, and is one of the creators of this new machine that’s low pressure washer.

So on Saturday i head out to Oceanside and i get there 1 hour early. i had been very excited all week just waiting for this moment and finally it was here. I met Mel and let me just say great guy but he runs around the whole building like a mad man. but i understand that running a seminar with 15+ people and 4 employees is very hard and frustrating.  So the first half of the day we spend it by listening to Mel and what hes been through in the past 15+ years detailing all the ups and downs, all the mistakes, and all his learning experience and knowledge on this field. Half of the time am knotting my head agreeing with the man on the mistakes his done and the other half i want Monday to show up. I mean this guy got me pump, ready to out there  promote, sell and up sell.

I had reached a point in my life were i just didn’t know what to do. How to increase sells, How to keep my customers because of the competition, how to get more customers, i was getting backed up against the wall. and let me just say that after just listening to this man for 1 hour i was ready to get to work, I kept on taking notes all weekend just absorbing information like a sponge. asking questions, trowing ideas working in my head what i was gonna do first as soon as i got home. man am i stoked.

At the seminar i also had the pleasure of meeting Jim Fitzpatrick. He’s the president of So. California’s Pronto Wash. Another great man that took the time of explaining what is going on with water conservation, what cities are doing to regulate the detailing business, and whats in store for the future. this business is changing, its a business that’s not regulated so much by the cities, or even the government. We can do what ever we want will tell cities that were using mats to trap the water and will never take the mat out of its box. there no one to regulate the consuming of water or how we dispose of it even if we do collect it. Jim gave me a great lead Calabasas right now is one of the first cities to restrict Mobile Car Washing. you must get your license, register your vehicle and get a permit that allows you to work in the city. they also give you a sign that you must display in front of the building or house your working at.The best part is that they promote your business as a safe Eco-Friendly company.

I might not know much but about 2 years ago when i started to hear about Water conservation and how the mayor’s and cities were asking for less water usage. I asked myself what was gonna happen with my detailing business if we were ever told that washing cars was no longer possible because of droughts that were going on. what was i was gonna?  was i going to do it behind buildings and risk getting caught?  and so comes T.H.E.B.O.S.S. “Battery Operated Solution System”  took me a while to learn this. I could not come home without one, i had to purchase this machine why? because its the future whether people choose to except it. and i believe in it. i believe so much in it that i went back that same week and purchased 1 more for demonstrations.

Through out California Two things are happening One, Were Broke, and Two were in  a drought. That mean that California needs money and so why not start giving more tickets out and fining more people that are doing wrong and fine them too. That means Detailers, Carpet Cleaners, Side walk Washers, Car Washers, and Home Owners are the people that the city is going after why? Because were so used to consuming water with no care in the world. Car washes use 2 gallons of water to make 1 gallon on spot-free water. most Detailers carry 100 gallon tanks in there vans thats 300 gallons being used. that’s allot of water being thrown away.

The purpose of the boss is to make us more earth-friendly and more accepted by our communities since were doing a part with out being pushed into doing it. which shows more responsibility from our part.