CG6Lemon
Detailing Enthusiast
Joined this forum when I was a kid with his first car. Learned alot of information about cars, meeting new people/friends, giving back to the community, gained a new sense of life purpose with auto detailing, made a life changing decision at age 20 to stop going to college, worked hard to pursue my dreams/goals, so much ups and downs, being broke and had to borrow money to survive basic necessities, pushed forward all the temporary pain and finally reached my end goal which took 7 years of hustle and grinding 7 days a week.
Follow your passion and dreams and you will make it happen. It might take days, weeks, months, years, but eventually all the effort will pay off. Shout out to all the OGs of 6GA still around that made me a better person and self improvement/growth.
At the age of 20 i worked my first long term job at a body shop and wanted to own a detailing business as well.
My plan was to learn the actual hands on skills required to be a detailer and the knowledge to run a business.
I worked 4 years at the body shop first which was my full time job to hone my skills and knowledge and make the necessary mistakes in order to gain real life experience and not just by reading and watching videos.
My 5th year at my full time job was my 1st year offering my services pt on the weekends only which lasted 3 years of working 2 jobs and 50-80hrs a week in the beginning phase.
Business will be slow the 1st year because that will be the year you plant your foundation down and settle down the roots so to speak from scratch.
This would include own website, social media, building up your tools, chemicals, and take care of basic business back end stuff.
My 2nd year part time i had an increase of 50% more work. By then i was more settled in with doing the actual work on cars versus getting your company name out there and having people be able to find you online.
By my 3rd year pt, i was already into a management position for 3 years at the body shop so i learned valuable skills what it takes to run a business.
This year i transitioned from my 7yrs ft time to my 1st year ft business. In my situation i had the potential to make more with my business so my end goal was to do it full time.
With all this said, you will not make much your 1st year and you will be investing almost all of your money back into the business. Be prepared to put in long days of hustle to push toward your goals. If you want it bad, you will make it happen. Im currently 28 and it took me 7 years to learn, make mistakes, improve, continuous education to be able to call myself my own boss.
Follow your passion and dreams and you will make it happen. It might take days, weeks, months, years, but eventually all the effort will pay off. Shout out to all the OGs of 6GA still around that made me a better person and self improvement/growth.
At the age of 20 i worked my first long term job at a body shop and wanted to own a detailing business as well.
My plan was to learn the actual hands on skills required to be a detailer and the knowledge to run a business.
I worked 4 years at the body shop first which was my full time job to hone my skills and knowledge and make the necessary mistakes in order to gain real life experience and not just by reading and watching videos.
My 5th year at my full time job was my 1st year offering my services pt on the weekends only which lasted 3 years of working 2 jobs and 50-80hrs a week in the beginning phase.
Business will be slow the 1st year because that will be the year you plant your foundation down and settle down the roots so to speak from scratch.
This would include own website, social media, building up your tools, chemicals, and take care of basic business back end stuff.
My 2nd year part time i had an increase of 50% more work. By then i was more settled in with doing the actual work on cars versus getting your company name out there and having people be able to find you online.
By my 3rd year pt, i was already into a management position for 3 years at the body shop so i learned valuable skills what it takes to run a business.
This year i transitioned from my 7yrs ft time to my 1st year ft business. In my situation i had the potential to make more with my business so my end goal was to do it full time.
With all this said, you will not make much your 1st year and you will be investing almost all of your money back into the business. Be prepared to put in long days of hustle to push toward your goals. If you want it bad, you will make it happen. Im currently 28 and it took me 7 years to learn, make mistakes, improve, continuous education to be able to call myself my own boss.