Snow.
In February.
Who would have thought it!
It is a challenging task correcting paintwork in the middle of summer, let alone with four inches of snow on the ground.
When you (finally!) arrive at your destination and you can’t stand up straight for fear of slipping over to find a car inches deep in snow you know the detailing God’s aren’t looking down at you and smiling today! Once you have dusted off the top layer of white stuff and managed to get enough feeling back in your fingers to even attempt to start washing the car you know it is isn’t going to get much better any time soon.
After wrestling with polishes that need a work time of days, keeping the halogen worklights tucked in close to you and the panel you are working on and stopping only to brush your nose to prevent the icicles forming, the only glimmer of satisfaction you will get is from the look on the customers face when you transform the look of the car.
That to me is worth the effort and worth more than all the hot cups of coffee and warm bubble baths you can hallucinate over while working in -3 degree temperatures.
So spare a thought for us detailers – we are hardy but sensitive creatures!
