First REAL detail job

[Murr1525]

Re: First REAL detail job

Sounds good..

You might liketo get some #66 or #6 in yoru arsenal, so you have a stronger cleaner/wax for with the PC to do quick jobs. Still, all the taping might have run you out of time as well. Oh well.. hopefully she'll get back to you and you can finish it off good.

[Zet]

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Sorry, couldn't resist

Congrats on your first detail job, sounds like they were really happy with the result Seems like some nice sisters too, helping you get done in time!

Sounds like you oughta raise your prices though

[vettemaniac]

Re: First REAL detail job

Sounds good..

You might liketo get some #66 or #6 in yoru arsenal, so you have a stronger cleaner/wax for with the PC to do quick jobs. Still, all the taping might have run you out of time as well. Oh well.. hopefully she'll get back to you and you can finish it off good.

#66 is great stuff. We have done quite a few cars with it and it is a breeze to use. Congratulations too!

[Blaze]

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Congratulations on the job!! And we are usually our own worst critics ... so while other people see how beautiful a detail job is, we tend to dwell on the things that we didn't get done, or get done as well as we would have liked to. =) I'm sure it is beautiful! And it sounds like you already have a line-up of customers coming your way too!

[mh68]

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. I've done jobs that I haven't been 100% satisfied with and nit picked small, minute things that bothered me and the customer didn't even notice and still couldn't tell what I was pointing out and they were estatic about how their cars looked. I guess that's what make us detailers.

Mike

[MaxImage]

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Lydia, I've been reading up on your progress whenever I get the chance. If I may, in the period of time that you've been posting on MOL and at the rate you've attacked detailing, you've made great strides. Many of the "professionals" have been doing this for years, decades even and have perfected techniques that work for them, thereby cutting down their time. But like others before me have said, we've all been through the growing pains of detailing. It's refreshing to see someone as young as you have the determination, not to mention the perseverance to do something as tedious and time-consuming as this. But like the rest of us, in the end, the reward is just that...rewarding. Keep at it and don't sweat the small stuff like time. It'll cut itself down. No one's going to be Joe overnight. (I mean that with a great deal of respect and admiration) I takes years to get there, and like Blaze said, we really ARE our toughest critics.

Moreso than us merely reading through your post, you should heed your own wishes and pat yourself on the back. Keep up the great work!!

[quikzilver]

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Congratulations on the results (so far). You are definetely right on the fact that now that you have thouroughly cleaned the interiour, you don't have to spend as much time on it the nex time.

If they are already amazed by the results on the interiour, you will have something coming when you get the chance of detailing the exteriour and the engine

[Lydia]

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Thanks so much for all the kind words, y'all!! It made my day to read all the nice comments. I hadn't replied quicker because I'd been really busy still. What with my normal job, doing an interior detail on a Subaru SUV, detailing ANOTHER Gold Wing, detailing the exterior of a Volvo, (all of those were kind of spur of the moment) and school starting back this week, I haven't had much time. Tomorrow I have a Honda Prelude scheduled to detail...it's going up for sale so it will be a full detail, engine and all. All of those details were for friends. I'll post and let y'all know how they went when I get more time....right now I need to go to bed and get some sleep!

Thanks again for all the helpful comments!!

[Blaze]

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WOW Lydia! You sure HAVE been busy! Have fun with the prelude, and hope you get some good rest afterwards! =)

[noswirler]

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#82 (or #9) on a 9006 pad will remove any hazing that #80 could leave behind. The only paint I have every had haze though was my motorcycle. I usually use a rotary which breaks the polish down better, so I almost never get any hazing and usually end with 83!

My advice for the #82 would be to use it ONLY if you get micromarring from #80, and if you get micromarring from #80 I would first try to repolish the area and work it longer, making sure that the abrasives are fully broken in first.

#82 is a great product, but my opinion (and mine only) is that #80 is better in almost all regards. The oils are higher quality (the #7 oils) in #80 so you get a darker, deeper finish. Again, this is my opinion, as I know many people who perfer the look of #82 over #80.

Test a section, and see if there is marring, then consider stepping down. I have also stated using #9 and am finding that I like the way it breaks down better then #82 also.

Goodluck and let us know how it turns out!!!!

I WOULD LIKE TO QUIETLY SECOND THAT OPINION NO DISRESPECT TO #80 BUT #82 IS WHAT I LIKE .ITS BETTER FOR WHAT I DO. JUST MY OPINION AND MINE ONLY. #9 IS MY SECOND CHOICE THEN #80,I ASLO USE GCL TO CLEAN UP MICROMARRING SOMETIMES (I HOPE ITS OKAY TO SAY THAT I KNOW ITS PROBALLY NOT RECCOM ENDED, BUT AGAIN NO DISRESPECT INTENED JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION)