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Mobile metal polishing business putting a shine on eastern Idaho
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ROCKFORD – Coming home covered in black dust is a mark of success for Ryan Thatcher.
The 42-year-old Blackfoot man spends his days polishing metal behind a Makita 6,000 rpm grinder and a Dewalt variable speed polishing grinder. It’s a mobile operation called Metal Mobile Polishing and it puts a shine on any metallic surface, whether it’s a semi-truck or a YETI cup.
He knows he’ll never get a hug from family at the end of the day because it’s “one of the dirtiest jobs around.” For Thatcher, meeting the customer where they are to “outshine every time” is what brings him satisfaction.
“I just like to see the finished product. It’s a lot of work to get there, but the end result — it’s like, Bam!” Thatcher tells EastIdahoNews.com. “You can bring a lot of things back (to their original shine) with a little bit of elbow grease.”
Thatcher started this career path in 2016 working for a similar company with his brother. He branched off on his own about two years ago and has enjoyed working on diamond plate steel truck beds, semi-trucks, river boats, air stream trailers, wheels, aluminum baseball bats and more. Watch him polish a YETI cup in the video above.
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