Oh boy - Question for the pros

[Pathogen]

Here's our new hauler. I just got off the phone with our motorsports director and I'm kinda at a loss for words.

Question#1: Best way to polish all the shiney stuff, specificly aluminum trim?

Question#2: Any idea what the job might be worth?



Hauler Pic#2

[Murr1525]

1. Nxt metal Polish seems like a start. Shame they dont make larger tins.

2. Pick a number.. you'll probably still underestimate. There was a thread a while back about busses/campers. Maybe you could charge something similar.

[Mike Phillips]

I'll e-mail Joe and he should be able to give you a good idea on how much to charge...

[Superior Shine]

For the chevy dually (if new) we get $160 to wash and wax.

For the trailer, we get $3.00 per foot to wash, $8.00 a foot for a wash and sealant. If the trailer is in poor condition and needs to be deep cleaned and polished first before sealing we charge $15.00 a foot for that service. We polish out bright work at $55 per hour.

Here is a trailer we recently did. If it were new like yours we would charge $8 X 48 feet= $384 to wash and wax it.

We didn't do the bright work on this one.



Here are two RVs we did today at the same price per foot I qouted above ---

[Pathogen]

I think 10 phone calls were exchanged in DC traffic yesterday trying to figure out the condition of the trailer, today I'll actually see it in person. Judging by what Damian has told me, it's very rough and flakey to the touch. Probably "looks like it's been through a Pennsylvania winter" corroded.

I instructed him to get some fine steel wool, fine sanding blocks, painter's tape, a radio, and lots of time.

Last night the guys went over the trailer with the above materials for spot testing. It seems to have reacted very well to wet sanding, followed by soapy water and chased with "a random metal polish" from Pepboys. (I don't know what it is but apparently it's all Damian could find.)

I'm going to do some hunting for NXT all metal polish today and will be doing a live assesment with camera in hand after work today.

At the very least, I'm hoping to get a good bit of prepwork done. (There are two Starbucks within walking distance of the trailer - perfect conditions for a long night!)

[Pathogen]

This has officially become the "I'm too stupid to remember a camera" -slash- "Moore trailer detailling" thread.

Spent two hours on trim last night. The trailer is not nearly as bad as I was expecting, but is heavily stained. It is infact from PA, and does show it somewhat.

What we're doing:
Trim molding on a white Featherlite trailer.

What we have to work with:
Moore Caddy Driver
Moore Caddy Director
Moore Caddy Artist (me)
Two buffers w/ terry bonnets
Industrial metal cleaner
1/2 a 2000 Dodge Neon trunk of shop towels
1/2 a 2000 Dodge Neon trunk of terry cloths

How we did it:
Started on the front with just a shop towel and the cleaner, followed by a second shop towel to clean up the residue and a terry cloth to buffy. Most annoying part seems to be the area around these 1" diameter rivits.
Later on (under skys threatening to dump on us), we plugged in a set of buffers.

I applied the cleaner with my buffer, removed most of the residue with a shop towel, then Damian (Director) followed with another buffer to clean whatever I missed. Both the guys too turns on the follow-up buffer.

Between the three of us, we managed to get the front trim and the left side trim back to the fenders. (thinking around 50+ feet) before the downpour.

Going to pick up where we left off on Sunday or Monday. Once all the trim has been cleaned, we're going to conduct an exersize in NXT. (Wash, wax, metal polish, tire shine .... ext ext ext.)

It was also brought to my attention that we need to polish the top. (hangs head) It's a toss up between me and the driver on who's going up there.