New shop owner practices family trade - Professional Carwashing & Detailing

New shop owner practices family trade

GASTONIA, N.C. — The shop features a waiting area for customers, plus surveillance cameras to keep the business safe.

GASTONIA, N.C. — A new business called C&C Auto Shine provides a variety of detailing services, which one of the owners learned from his father, according to the Gaston Gazette.

Owners Allen Connelly and Chris Allen opened the business in February, noted the article. Connelly learned how to detail cars from his father, a car buff.

C&C Auto offers services including waxes, polishes and paint corrections, engine cleanings, interior shampooing, vacuuming, bug treatments and more, reported the article.

Read also: Young detailer starts own business

Connelly began detailing vehicles for neighbors about one year ago, stated the article. When he began to have a line of cars he was working on parked around his home, Connelly decided it was time to buy a storefront.

The shop features a waiting area for customers, plus surveillance cameras to keep the business safe, reported the article.

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