Meet Bill the "Buff Man" Quinn
Seahawk and Mariner fans have the old Kingdom's Bill the "Beer Man", but Grant County, Washington drivers have Bill the Buff Man! You don’t get tagged with a beloved nickname unless you have earned it through a definitive passion for what you do. In truth, the whole family wears the name like a badge of honor.
Bill started detailing cars at age thirteen. His daughter Shae has been detailing since she was nine. His wife, Lynne, runs the BTBM janitorial division, BTBM Business Solutions, Inc. Shae is now Director of Operations and is continuing the legacy in her own way since 2022. Bill and Shae continue to collaborate to continue making their customers happy!
Whether the result is buffing out a shine on an everyday driver, restoring the paint on a beloved classic, or prepping an exotic for a blue ribbon, Bill Quinn is also known for working his magic on motorcycles, as well as on boats, semi-trucks, and even farm tractors for that matter!
His First Jaguar
Growing up around automotive body shops where he rebuilt engines and painted cars, the Buff Man detailed his first car in 1973, a Jaguar XJ belonging to Fred Meyers, founder of the popular Pacific Northwest supermarket chain, Freddy's. He cleaned one side of the car and a buddy cleaned the other side. They were paid .95 an hour and earned a $1.00 tip, which they split in half, literally! Torn in half, the friends for life kept their tip, but the thrill was in the chance to clean such a fine automobile!
Working for Genie Industries, a work lift and platform manufacturer for the construction industry for 26 years, the Buff Man began detailing at the professional level in 1990 when he opened his first part-time detailing business. He, Lynne, and Shae took in detailing work on weekends with Lynne working on the interior and Bill and Shae cleaning the exterior.
Getting Serious About Detailing
Finding great success, in 2009 the Buff Man saw an opportunity to pursue his hobby and lifelong passion on a full time basis, but he was sensing changes in the detailing industry and found himself lacking in a safe and proper method for removing scratches and cloudiness known as oxidation. He wanted to know more about an advanced detailing technique called multi-stage paint correction.
Bill says that ironically, he had been introduced to a crude method for using abrasives to perfect an automotive shine over 20 years ago from a mobile detailer who made a good living driving around in his old station wagon full of car cleaning chemicals that would probably break every EPA compliance regulation on record today! The old-timer never rinsed or washed away the dirt from a car surface before polishing it, using the grit of the dirt as a natural abrasive to clean the paint.
As horrifying as that idea is to the Buff Man today with his extensive training in multistage paint correction, as a young man, he was amazed at how the man could make a terrible looking vehicle look great. Now trained and certified by Detailing Success in Big Bear Lake, CA and a member of the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 Air Force One Detailing Teams, the Buff Man has mastered safe paint correction techniques and is known for working miracles on a car’s exterior!
At the annual meeting of the Detailing Success Network after SEMA in Las Vegas, Bill was made a Master Detailer - the highest level of detailing expertise available. He also, in 2017, was awarded master detailer and is one of the founding members of the Detail Mafia.
Today, Bill the Buff Man, and BTBM Business Solutions, Inc. provide the most comprehensive cleaning services in Grant County with an automotive, motorcycle, and marine division, and a commercial janitorial division as well.
We look forward to introducing you to our high quality cleaning services!
Meet director of operations, Shae Morrissey
When her dad, Bill the "Buff Man" Quinn first opened BTBM as a part-time business in 1990, Shae Morrissey was just six years old, at about nine she began working alongside both her dad and her mom, Lynne, to learn the art of detailing. In 2010, just a year after BTBM became a full time Quinn-family business, Shae moved from Spokane to Ephrata with her two sons, Cameron and Dillon, where she not only took an active role detailing, but became, according to Bill, the brains behind the business.
Shae is an International Detailing Association (IDA) certified detailer, specializing in classic automobiles, paint correction, and ceramic coatings, and can hold her own with the best when perfecting interiors as well.
During spring 2014, Morrissey joined Air Force One detailers, Christopher and Christian Parker of Detail Boss in Scottsdale, Arizona in honing her dry sanding skills in paint correction on some glitzy classics from Barrett Jackson Auctions.
In 2021 Shae began to fill the role of operating the “Buffman", proudly fulfilling the family legacy. Today Shae operates the business with our team full time as her mom and dad move into retirement, but both still play an active role in the business.
ABOUT US
Bill The Buffman was founded in 1990 by Bill Quinn. Over the past decades of providing top-tier vehicle detailing services to all makes and models, we have become the Ephrata area’s leading provider of ceramic coatings, paint correction services, and full detailing. Holding a certification from the International Detailing Association (IDA) and an accreditation with Gtechniq products, with PPF services coming in 2025, our team is proud to make your vehicle something exceptional. We also have various detailing and enhancement services for motorcycle owners, those who sail boats, and RV owners alike.
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Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday - Sunday: By Appointment Only
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