- My name is Ricardo Mikea.
- My name is Ross.
- My name is Darvon Johnson.
- My name is Colton Luma.
- My name is Steven.
I'm from Temecula, California.
- What brought me out to the class,
is, you know, just being tired of the nine to five
working for somebody else,
do more for yourself and entrepreneur,
be your own boss.
Say when, what and how.
I heard through my brother-in-law word of mouth.
And I decided to try it on, looked online,
and saw great reviews, why not give it a try?
- Found out about Chemical Guys,
by just being on social media.
Also, whenever I saw a job posting for detail garage,
I went ahead and I was like, oh,
I'm familiar with some of this stuff.
So let me go ahead and apply and see what happens.
- Actually was part of a car club
that went to a lot of the car meets
out to Chemical Guy's location in Marietta.
So got to know them pretty well.
So I've used some products
start detailing cars, so pretty cool.
- Learning how to use the equipment,
how to polish and detail, correctly,
learning the Chemical Guys' way.
I really want to learn how to do the whole process,
not just the washing and drying aspect of it.
Learn how to do it from the clay bar down to the polishing,
down to the glazes and the sealants
and everything that's involved.
- Oh, I'm very excited.
I'm excited for the class that we're in right now
to go ahead and learn things
because I'm new to detail garage.
I'm new to detailing in general.
So I just don't want to just take in all the information
I can so that I can apply it to open up a store.
- This whole week.
I loved it.
It was really a lot of insight,
a lot of information, and it's very useful.
And I really enjoyed being able to use rotaries
and dual actions and learning what they do.
It's really, really great.
- It's been great.
It's been satisfying, honestly to learn a new trade.
It is a little bit of a intensive course, a lot of hands-on,
which is great.
First day, they teach you a lot of business,
how to market yourself and brand yourself
and talk to customers.
Communication is key,
but it's been a great class.
- I think it's interesting.
And I liked the tools they used that I've never used before.
- I liked it.
I like learning how to use all the products,
seeing that the chemicals actually do work
and how the paint responds to it,
how the car responds to it,
how to use a different machine.
So that was really cool for the whole week.
- It was an awesome experience.
Like I learned a lot of new stuff.
Didn't know anything about detailing.
I'm fairly new to the detailing space.
So learning a lot.
It's something that I can go ahead and translate to
when I leave here and go back to Texas.
- Honestly, it was really great.
Learned a bunch of stuff.
I've been detailing for a while
and I didn't think I could learn more,
but I definitely did.
Rotaries.
I'd never thought of using a rotary,
but they explain it's quicker.
It's a process.
As long as you know what you're doing and you're cautious,
you get your work done a lot quicker.
- The biggest thing was the correct process to polishing
and to actually using the cutting compounds
and fixing the scratches and swirls on the paint.
I'd recommend it to anybody who wants
to learn about detailing, even starting their own business.
That's invaluable information.
- Absolutely.
If you're interested in detailing, just go for it.
Purchase products, get into that point system.
However you want.
I mean,
they make it real easy for you to join and learn.
- Yeah. If you want to start your mobile detailing business,
not even mobile detail,
just a detail in business in general.
I mean, Chad, over here, he's really smart.
He knows his stuff and he has a lot of experience,
so him teaching us that can definitely
be a success for business.
- I'd recommend it to everybody, anybody,
someone who's looking for something different,
someone who's kind of lost their way.
That was me.
That's why I was here.
I want to work for myself.
I'm tired of working for people,
telling me what time to go to work,
what time to get off of work,
how much I should be paid and I'm not being valued.
So I want to value myself.
I want to tell my prices,
what's my price for an hour.
I can set my own schedule.
So I would definitely recommend this as a different way
to make some income and little by little,
build yourself and build a business.
- Eventually, I want to open up a shop
and detail on my own,
make cars look as great as they did,
even better than the dealership.
- My goal is just to take this knowledge
and put it towards my business and just to grow from there.