09-23-2020, 12:39 PM | #15 |
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How much would I pay for a wax/detail? Nothing, never have and never will. When I do it, it is done how I want it and I have product left for next time. I want my vehicles detailed too often to pay someone to do it. I'm not one of those people who get their vehicle detailed 1-2 a year because they don't take time to do it themselves lol. For a simple "detail" on interior/exterior w/ wax I would expect around $175-225 for a car like the Camaro. A full paint correction, you are talking more..which I have all of the stuff for that too
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09-23-2020, 12:40 PM | #16 | |
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09-23-2020, 12:47 PM | #17 | |
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Look, I'm as annul as the next person about the condition of my vehicles. Just ask my wife. As mentioned in a previous post. I have 3 black vehicles, the worst to keep looking good. I'll be the first to admit that "after winter" my black vehicles will have swirls because of the soft touch car wash. I get them detailed in the spring. They look like glass all year after that detail until the next spring. There would be zero reason for me to even think about just waxing it "just because". |
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09-23-2020, 12:50 PM | #18 | |
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-wash -strip paint of waxes, etc. (dish soap works) -detail spray (or soap) w/ claybar -I usually wash here -rubbing compound (different levels of abrasiveness if needed; there could be more than one step here) -polishing compound -I usually wash again here to remove residual flakes from previous steps -glaze -wax/sealant This does not include taping of plastics, sharp body lines, trim pieces. Wheel & exhaust cleaning, polishing. This is probably about half of a full detail. The hours stack up faster than you would think. |
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09-23-2020, 12:57 PM | #19 | |
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The paint always needs some sort of touchup at some point or another. (I don't like swirl marks either). I usually do excess because I like my vehicles spotless. No offense to people that have darker colored vehicles, but the majority of them on the road are neglected so bad that look like absolute crap. |
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09-23-2020, 12:58 PM | #20 | |
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09-23-2020, 12:59 PM | #21 |
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Look, I'm as annul as the next person about the condition of my vehicles. Just ask my wife. As mentioned in a previous post. I have 3 black vehicles, the worst to keep looking good. I'll be the first to admit that "after winter" my black vehicles will have swirls because of the soft touch car wash. I get them detailed in the spring. They look like glass all year after that detail until the next spring. There would be zero reason for me to even think about just waxing it "just because".[/QUOTE]
Yes, black is the worst to maintain. It is one of my favorites but it is my most hated as well HAHA. If You can go all year with the black still looking great, then you do know what you're doing; many, many, MANY people do not. That was my point of only detailing 1 or 2 times a year. |
09-23-2020, 01:02 PM | #22 |
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The black car definitely presents major challenges… I used to be heavy into long 2 day details, that can be seen over at the wax for section here, but I suddenly realized that I was the only one that can tell a radical difference between a two day long thing and a simple spray wax. So I started using my wife is an indicator, I would try something and ask her if she could see a difference,And when she said no, I started to realize I was the only one obsessed with it… A simple spray wax is fine for me now, but I definitely understand people that want to do the full Magilla…
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09-23-2020, 01:06 PM | #23 | |
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09-23-2020, 01:12 PM | #24 | |
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09-23-2020, 01:31 PM | #25 | |
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I’ll do it, but I hate it now. If there was a good place like yours around I’d probably go that route as well. |
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09-23-2020, 01:33 PM | #26 |
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I had a black car for over ten years that had immaculate paint when it got smooshed.
My "once a year" details would take me two days. Including a wash, clay and often a paint correction step on day one. Second day, two applications of wax/sealant and then of course, interior, engine bay, wheels, etc... But again, that is once a year... I touch up areas as required, but even with a black car, I didn't deal with that too much. Often just the hood (where the sun would hit and swirls would be visible, if there). Wax/sealant is every few months, though. Maybe three a year? Wash, dry and spray detailer/wax usually. With the upkeep as needed. The only reason it got a big detail in Spring was often due to all the snow/ice/salt damage I had to fix. The more you touch your car, the more risk for swirls/scratches/etc... Even careful washing. You can't be perfect. This was also on a car with huge door panels and such (Scion xB). Even at the end, the paint looked better than most showroom cars in terms of swirls and such. Paint was in stellar shape aside from rock chips which there isn't much you can do about. As far as special coatings and having to wax every few weeks? Nah. Overkill. The wax/sealant is basically superficial to help aid in removing contaminants easily and buy more time before damage is done to the clear coat in terms of etching and such. OTC wax/sealant (I like Meguiars products myself) is plenty. Not paying for any special 'ceramic' coating to be applied for hundreds (or thousands) of dollars when I had -zero- issue with 'old school' methods. |
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