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Newdetailer1
05-06-2012, 02:12 PM
Let me start off by saying this is by far the worst car I've received yet! I'm not really an interior guy, but I try to spot clean and give everything a good wipe down. If you shopped around and look at my prices you can see that I really dont charge extra for doing the interior and wheels of your car when you get any of my packages. This car changed the rules.... I'm glad I have it noted that final price is established upon the evaluation of vehicle. I was not equiped for what the inside of this car needed. I did the best I could with what I had which was just a scrub brush and a shop vac. I might have to step up the interior equipment...that would change prices respectively. As to the exterior I'm still not at the level of some of my fellow detailers here. I'm wondering if the gap seperation of perfection vs much better than what is was is a rotory??? I'm using a flex 3401. There are just some imperfections I can't do anything with. This was another non garage kept car that daily driven. Customer was very happy! Open to suggestions to be better....

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hondajake
05-06-2012, 02:38 PM
Wow - Looked like a lot of work - but very nice!

Mobile detail
05-06-2012, 03:25 PM
What products did you use? Looks good man. Interiors are really hard if you don't have the right tools. And it adds a TON more work doing it with a shop vac and APC.

eaglefan
05-06-2012, 03:34 PM
Looks good man. What helped me a lot was buying the brush for MY GG da. I use 303 carpet cleaner and the brush on the da, works really well. Also, power clean is incredible for interiors. Go EAGLES PHILLIES FLYERS SIXERS

Newdetailer1
05-06-2012, 08:06 PM
What products did you use? Looks good man. Interiors are really hard if you don't have the right tools. And it adds a TON more work doing it with a shop vac and APC.


Thanks guys. I was using menzerna SIP on a yellow LC CCS 1st, then menz SF on a white and lastly the PL on a red.

Vegas Transplant
05-06-2012, 08:36 PM
Let me start off by saying this is by far the worst car I've received yet! I'm not really an interior guy, but I try to spot clean and give everything a good wipe down. If you shopped around and look at my prices you can see that I really dont charge extra for doing the interior and wheels of your car when you get any of my packages. This car changed the rules.... I'm glad I have it noted that final price is established upon the evaluation of vehicle. I was not equiped for what the inside of this car needed. I did the best I could with what I had which was just a scrub brush and a shop vac. I might have to step up the interior equipment...that would change prices respectively. As to the exterior I'm still not at the level of some of my fellow detailers here. I'm wondering if the gap seperation of perfection vs much better than what is was is a rotory??? I'm using a flex 3401. There are just some imperfections I can't do anything with. This was another non garage kept car that daily driven. Customer was very happy! Open to suggestions to be better....[/B]




Yes, but not necessarily perfection. That finish was dogged.
And also a tornador - Not saying that this particular vehicle would have benefitted from its use..it's a great tool to use to bridge the gap from not having an extractor.I rarely use mine now.
There have been vehicles that the customer was happy with that I was not.


Excellent results as usual hand...keep up the good work!!!:props:

JonFD
05-06-2012, 10:47 PM
Beautiful. I'd say your fine with the flex. Unless you find yourself doing full paint correction cars, maybe consider a rotary but the flex handles 80% at least of what a rotary can do, and only takes a little more time. I rarely touch my rotary anymore. Mostly flex and porter cable DA for wax.

Your doing a great job!

02accordSE
05-06-2012, 10:54 PM
Looks great! Love what you did to the door panel. And the outside door handles! Great work.

Bunky
05-07-2012, 11:26 AM
The car really turned out nice. Good job. The results are clearly seen.

Newdetailer1
05-07-2012, 11:46 AM
The car really turned out nice. Good job. The results are clearly seen.

Thanks. Whenever I do a job I always try my best to get the before shots. Sometimes its hard to get a sense of how much you've done till you sit down and put your pictures together. With this only being weekends out of my garage I have the time to take detailed pictures. If I were doing 2-3 cars a day I'm sure the pictures would be less.