Adam Pitale, One Clean Classic at a Time

About this episode

Adam Pitale discusses his journey in the automotive detailing business and the creation of Adam's Polishes.

Adam's Polishes: https://adamspolishes.com/ How have we not met until now -- and only then via coincidence. Mustangs, F-100s, and a laundry list of acquaintances in common. Adam Pitale is the kind of guy who’s been obsessed with making things shine since he was a kid—literally starting by cleaning and polishing bikes as a pre-teen. That obsession turned into a hustle, then a business, and eventually into what we now know as Adam’s Polishes. He launched it back in 2000 in California, not from some grand plan, but because he needed to make a living—and figured there had to be a better way to keep things looking perfect. Today, Adam’s built a global brand around that same mindset: a little obsessive, a little unconventional, and completely driven by doing things better than “good enough.” He’s the guy who’d rather wash a forklift—or Classic Ford —than let it stay dirty… and that pretty much tells you everything you need to know about how he shows up in business.  I coincidentally connected with Adam when I saw he was recently selling a classic Ford truck on Marketplace. Which I must add did finally close. Adam, welcome to the podcast. I have at least a half dozen of your…

People in this episode

Host: Doug Sandler

Guest: Adam Pitale

Topics covered

• classic cars
• detailing
• entrepreneurship
• Mustangs
• automotive business

Keywords

• detailing
• classic Ford
• Mustangs
• Adam's Polishes
• automotive care

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adam's Polishes, Enzo's Hand Wash and Detail, Turnkey Podcast Production, TurnKey Podcast

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