- On this episode of WMassBiz,
we're going to meet with Paul Frasco,
Pro & Local Detailing.
Let's head inside and see what they're doing
to clean up some of the finest cars in western Mass.
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Hey guys, welcome to episode 18 of WMassBiz.
Paul, thanks so much for being on the show.
- Thank you for having me.
- So tell us a little bit about Pro & Local Detailing
and how you guys got started.
- It started about seven, eight years ago.
Basically I got a job at Enterprise Rent-A-Car
cleaning rental cars and I started cleaning
the cars on the weekends to make some extra money.
The word got out, family told friends,
and friends told friends, and we just got busier and busier.
After the first time we did 100 cars in a year,
we knew we had something going on so,
just kept letting it grow itself
and then I learned that there's
a professional side to detailing.
Took some certified detailing classes.
I went to Baltimore, Boston, California twice
for some training classes
and got my certifications and took the business
to the next level at that point.
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- And then, talk about some of the different services
that you guys offer in detailing.
- We do everything full service detailing.
We're mobile so we come to you
and we do everything from interior,
cleaning, shampooing, odor removal, dog hair removal.
We do exterior washing, waxing, scratch removal,
headlight restoration, any thing
that's not body work, basically.
We don't paint cars but we clean them.
- Any specific products that you guys use or?
- Yeah, we use a wide variety of products.
Only the finest products so we can offer the best quality.
We use Meguiar's, we use some stuff from Germany
like Sonax, Menzerna, some stuff local,
C.A.R. Products is out of Holyoke,
we use a lot of their products.
- So how far will you guys travel to detail a car?
- We service all of Mass, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Usually that's the general area
and depending on the distance, there's a travel fee
but usually we'll stick to the meaty areas,
like 20, 30 miles out of West Springfield.
- So I know you guys said you're a mobile business,
so tell me a little bit about that.
How you get around? New vehicle?
- Yeah, we just got a new van
and we service our customers mobile
so we come right on site, we go to their home,
their work, I've even done a car at a golf course
while a guy was playing 18 holes.
We have our own power, own water,
and we don't need anything from the customer.
- How about the most exotic vehicle
that you've ever detailed?
- Well it's not an automobile, it's a plane.
The most exotic thing I've detailed is Air Force One.
We did that at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
So I got picked from a group of,
out of a group called the Detailer's Network.
It's about 250, 300 members around the country.
All certified detailers and they select members
from their group to do projects like that,
like Air Force One, they do cars at Pebble Beach,
Car Week, out in California, so I was picked
to do Air Force One this year out in Seattle.
- Very cool. - Yeah.
- And if somebody, Paul, wanted to find out more
about your business, where would they go?
- You could find us on Facebook, Pro & Local,
you can find us on Instagram.
We have a website, www.proandlocal.com.
You can call or text us at 413-883-0881
and that's the easiest way to get ahold of us.
- Thanks so much for being on the show.
If you own a local business and would like to be featured
on a future episode of WMassBiz,
please send us an email
to wmassbiz@rovithisrealty.com
or reach out to us on one of our social media platforms.
Please make sure that you guys like, comment, and share
so that others can find out about this great,
local car detailing company.
So?
- We service all of Mass.
- [Man] Can you start that one over?
How far are we going to go?
- (beep) happened, your camera stopped?
- [Man] No, wipe this one off it.
- Still sweating like it.
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