Rugger I can understand that, and that was not my intention. I was drawn in to the site by political discussion, and stumbled upon this one.

He created a thread labeled ask a pro detailer. Now anyone who washes a car for money is technically a pro I understand that. But the members who asked for product selection advice were not given suitable recomendation as far as I am concerned, which is why I interviened. Not to throw my weight around or to prove my vast knowledge of the industry to be superior to his, but to help a forum member, or anyone who is interested in proper auto care.

He called me second fiddle because of my work history with one of most publicized detailers in the country. The way this industry works now days you can spend a year or two on a detailing forum, and label yourself a master of the craft which genuine articles such as myself find very disturbing. I do hope our profession is the only one with such charades, as it's counter productive for the industry and true craftsmen as a whole. Think about it, you have so called experts who are giving advice two months after requesting common known questions in the industry? (not an attack on anyone directly, there are many guilty of this on every single car forum out there)

Many put together write ups with hundreds of pictures and consider the views and replies evidence of their professionalism.

His rash statement I assume was to suggest I was some sort of apprentice, or back up singer to my former partner. Think of how ludacris that sounds, we wash cars for a living people, there are no fiddles. Yes you have to go through thousands of detailers to find one, and yes this is a reputation ran occupation. But not once have I diagnosed an issue on a vehicle and reached for a dslr camera to fix it.

Someone asked about leather care and he gave a few suggestions without even qualifying the gentleman. One of which I would not suggest using on the particular leather he inquired about. The other being pretty complicated to use correctly. How exactly does that help this person?