Welcome to Depth Of Shine is a Luxury Detailing Company owned and operated by Drew Parker EST 2008 in the aftermath of the financial crisis and a small loan from the Prince’s Trust and a strong determination DOS was born. With a strong focus on customer service and offering superlative results over the past 11 years the company has had stead growth and have worked on many supercars and rare classics, including McLaren P1 and a classic Facel Vega.
i oversee all aspect of the business from trying to update website to social media, administration, car shows, and doing the detailing work this can be very stressful at times and long hours but also rewarding.
Since launch we have operated a mobile detailing service and the van of choice a VW Caddy we are now onto a 3rd Vehicle and colour of choice is blue.
Precision attention to detail and an instinctive eye for quality are the companies core values offering every customer to experience the ultimate in perfection whatever you own and drive.
We have prepared cars for RM and Bonhams auctions, Salon Prive event and also won prestigious Aston Martin Concours, we have also worked upon some very famous cars and some with provenance and royal connections and even Premiership footballers.
We have Worked with super car dealers including McLaren Birmingham & Porsche Tewkesbury and private customers and like to share our work wherever possible, we also understand discretion and privacy is also important. DOS never shares any private information and adheres to the data protection act.
I have also had the pleasure to work in Zurich Switzerland were was trusted to detail and look after some lovely supercars for private clients for a garage, see below a Ferrari Scuderia 16M and ford GT heritage edition.
Fast Forward 11 Years and the detailing has evolved and due to products like Xpel PPF and Ceramic coatings becoming more popular we needed to get a unit to apply theses in controlled environment, we now have invested in a small and secure unit near Wyre Forest Worcestershire.
DOS has had the pleasure to prepare and detail many classic cars heading for Bonhams and RM auctions.
Feb 2019 i decided to move to a bigger unit to expand and to be closer to Kidderminster i cut my loses at my old unit and lost £5k getting out of my lease due to landlords not doing what they said, a lesson learnt here get everything in writing and du diligence.
March 2019 we went into lockdown and the panic set in as not much cashflow and due to been a new business limited grants available so had to use my Credit Cards to get through and not taken much drawings to keep the company above water and now carrying a lot of debt as no rich parents, or investors its all my hard work and capital.
2 years on and we are still here JUST and invested in the unit to make it a nice space and this will be ongoing once start to reduce debts and free up capital, but i hope you would agree I’ve come a long way in 2 years and happy to still be in business.
