marsinternational

[GlassStarz]

And in doing so failed to meet the stated 8oz limit daily I assume that also means you havnt sprayed an additional clear coat?
If the EPA limit is 8 oz per day the math doesnt work and finding a way to bypass anti pollution laws is a pretty slimmy way to make a living

[harrellbenjamin]

The reference to paint used was to show how little volume of paint is actually needed to paint a bumper.In the field I would recomend you would rarely(never in my case) base coat /clear an entire bumper.I spot blend only.The Urethane paint was shot in a booth.The amount was only quoted to reference volume needed to paint a bumper.The bumper/clading are never clear coated in the case of a lot of S.U.V. texture type coatings.This will help you understand an area that obiously you are lacking knowledge in.

[splitpit]

I know of a guy in my area with a Mars franchise. He can't get any business doing all of the other things besides windshield repair they do, so now he has a big ole trailer full of high dollar equipment and out of desperation he sits under a tent on a street corner doing $30.00 windshield repairs. His fancy trailer full of other equipment sits parked at his house 90% of the time while he does the FREE WINDSHIELD REPAIR tent thing. Not hard to figure out how successful the other aspects of his business are. He could have saved himself about $40,000 and just bought himself a windshield repair kit and a tent! By the time he pays MARS his franchise royalties, tent rental, etc. he can't be making enough to cover his big initial investment.

[harrellbenjamin]

Originally Posted by splitpit

I know of a guy in my area with a Mars franchise. He can't get any business doing all of the other things besides windshield repair they do, so now he has a big ole trailer full of high dollar equipment and out of desperation he sits under a tent on a street corner doing $30.00 windshield repairs. His fancy trailer full of other equipment sits parked at his house 90% of the time while he does the FREE WINDSHIELD REPAIR tent thing. Not hard to figure out how successful the other aspects of his business are. He could have saved himself about $40,000 and just bought himself a windshield repair kit and a tent! By the time he pays MARS his franchise royalties, tent rental, etc. he can't be making enough to cover his big initial investment.

I would bet its his lack of sales ability that puts him in a tent "waiting " on a customer to stumble in.That trailer he has is a money maker but the hard part is that you have to sell it to dealerships etc.The people that are alot of times in these franchise type situations come from a very different background and are taking advantage of in some ways .They see $$$$$easy money ,pie in the sky and are sick of the 9-5 drudge kissing your boss on the ass and scared for your future and are easily lured .If you cant sell you will not make it in this business.I worked in automotive industry most of my adult life and even with a solid sales and tech foundation it was still hard to get established.I can,t imagin someone green to this industry starting out.In 4 weeks they try to teach you paint work,P.D.R,w/shield repair,Interior repair,pinstriping,odor removal,on and on.All it do's is make them incompetent in all fields and $50,000 in debt.. So it's natural to do something thats easy and profitable like W/shield repair.I put together a fulling stocked and functioning recon trailer like they sell that will do anything they do for less than $5,000(bought most all of it from failed franchisies)I have the best of everything their moneyLOL could buy.