Black truck......detailing

[slj2008]

$50 for a "buff" job is dirt cheap. For full paint correction, I am on the cheap side and usually charge between 100-200. The next time you wash and clay, look at the paint under some fluorescent lights for swirls.

 

 

http://www.autopia.org/forums/click-brag-the-detailers-showcase/182512-porsche-gt3-oakes-reversing-track-days.html

 

YES $50 is cheap . BUT no swirls marks. he does customs paint for a lot of the street rod's and every one is please with the turnout . Plus if do his landscape at shop / home

[Paulybee]

First, and foremost - learn proper washing techniques. 5k miles should not be all swirled up. I use a lot of Adam's products and they work great. Once you get it properly corrected, wash it with care. There's tons of threads online about washing. It sounds different, but detailing for a few years on the side I can tell a huge difference. 2 bucket wash method, top first then bottom, straight passes - nothing circular, sheet rinsing, waffle weave towel/blow drying, etc...

After I removed The Glaze The dealer had On. My brand new truck was full of swirls! Lol

 

Try a product by Menzerna 3 in1 it's a cut polish and sealant. Use a polishing pad On a DA. Super easy To use works really well very forgiving stuff you wont haze or leave trails On your paint. it'll remove most swirls.

[wade_660]

$50 for a "buff" job is dirt cheap. For full paint correction, I am on the cheap side and usually charge between 100-200. The next time you wash and clay, look at the paint under some fluorescent lights for swirls.

 

 

http://www.autopia.org/forums/click-brag-the-detailers-showcase/182512-porsche-gt3-oakes-reversing-track-days.html

 

 

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[wade_660]

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That body shop is so cheap I'd be very wary of what they are doing. I have that much or more in pads and products on a proper paint correction. I won't touch a full size truck for under $300. And that's if it's in good shape.

[L86 All Terrain]

You have to learn about paint and its properties and how to care for it and you can avoid scratches all together. My 2010 looked better when i traded it 6 years later than it did the day i picked it up. You can fix all the scratches, but if you dont learn how to avoid them, you are wasting your time. 3m polish kit 80$, then wash with 3 bucket method w/ grit guards in straight lines. Never circular motions with black. Then wax and wax and wax. Look up Ammo NYC and MT's /DriveClean on youtube.

[L86 All Terrain]

Also never use dish soap or laundry soap as it will strip off the wax layers. I see a lot of people recommending Adam's brand products, how come i have never heard of it?

[RyanbabZ71]

Adams has a nice line of products.

 

 

Ryan

[Skelly]

You have to learn about paint and its properties and how to care for it and you can avoid scratches all together. My 2010 looked better when i traded it 6 years later than it did the day i picked it up. You can fix all the scratches, but if you dont learn how to avoid them, you are wasting your time. 3m polish kit 80$, then wash with 3 bucket method w/ grit guards in straight lines. Never circular motions with black. Then wax and wax and wax. Look up Ammo NYC and MT's /DriveClean on youtube.

 

3 buckets now?? What's the third for lol

[cbrsilv15]

Double rinse.

[Skelly]

Double rinse.

I just squeeze out my soapy sponge on the ground, dunk in rinse bucket, wring it out again on the ground and then back in the soap bucket. That way even the rinse bucket doesn't even get dirty

[LTZDaddy]

Wow.... I was wondering if it was April Fool's Day when I saw $50 to do a buffjob?

 

I won't even do a car wash for a customer for less than $75 to $125.

 

And if I break out a buffer on a car that's going to start at $495 and on the truck that's going to start at $595. (Exterior only) And even then it's a two-day deal (if not 3). ;)

 

Full correction and coating on a full size truck $895 and up. And I'm CHEAP compared to two local high end detailers, both of which get 2 to 4 times what I charge. But I'm old and slow and retired and just enjoy doing what I do when I do it. So as long as I don't go in the hole for pads and buffers and titles and product I'm happy. (Being as I have a couple of hundred pads and probably somewhere between 4 and 500 microfiber towels hand several dozen different compounds and polishes so yeah it's an addiction.) ;) LOL

 

FWIW I use a GG6, a Rupes, or two Flex buffers (and sometimes 3 of the 4) on all my paint corrections.

 

 

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