RPM_BR
08-21-2014, 07:30 AM
Hi friends
Let me introduce myself: my name is Ron I live in Brazil in a 400 thousand city in the state of Sao Paulo. My city is booming lately, due to a new Hyundai factory established recently, and a planned Mercedes plant to be built nearby. Price of land skyrocketed, and there are a lot of foreigners and people with money. Therefore, with nice, expensive cars.
I decided to start a detailing business with my nephew, a car buff, in his late twenties. I'm a bit old, 49yrs, but detailing here is in the stone age mostly, people working solely on 3M products, rotary buffers, lacking the rigueur and professionalism I find in the American detailing business.
One other thing I noticed here in my city is the absence of a really good painter, to do retouchs in $$$$ cars, in modern ceramic paintings and the new 'flake' paintings. If there is a specialist in this matter reading this, who would like to try a new life, who knows, send me a private message.
I'm a big fan of Menzerna product line, Collinite and Sonax Nano Pro.
I own a rotary, a PC and a Flex. And in 30 to 45 days, a real business (I already rent a place, logo, waiting for the papers to come).
Before I decided to join this prestigious Forum, I read a lot, some 150 pages, read the whole Flex or Rupes thread (for me, it is like Canon or Nikon), which helped me decide in favor of Flex. And other threads regarding individual products, buffing pads, procedures etc
And yes, I consider Mike Phillips a guru. I said a silently amen to almost everything I read from him.
Finally my question is: what to do when the painting is really good, almost none to non-existent swirls?
Do I clay, seal and wax? Do I seal and wax only? Or should I polish before with Menzerna SF 4000?
All the best! And, like the ex-governor of California said once "I'll be back!" Ron :xyxthumbs:
Let me introduce myself: my name is Ron I live in Brazil in a 400 thousand city in the state of Sao Paulo. My city is booming lately, due to a new Hyundai factory established recently, and a planned Mercedes plant to be built nearby. Price of land skyrocketed, and there are a lot of foreigners and people with money. Therefore, with nice, expensive cars.
I decided to start a detailing business with my nephew, a car buff, in his late twenties. I'm a bit old, 49yrs, but detailing here is in the stone age mostly, people working solely on 3M products, rotary buffers, lacking the rigueur and professionalism I find in the American detailing business.
One other thing I noticed here in my city is the absence of a really good painter, to do retouchs in $$$$ cars, in modern ceramic paintings and the new 'flake' paintings. If there is a specialist in this matter reading this, who would like to try a new life, who knows, send me a private message.
I'm a big fan of Menzerna product line, Collinite and Sonax Nano Pro.
I own a rotary, a PC and a Flex. And in 30 to 45 days, a real business (I already rent a place, logo, waiting for the papers to come).
Before I decided to join this prestigious Forum, I read a lot, some 150 pages, read the whole Flex or Rupes thread (for me, it is like Canon or Nikon), which helped me decide in favor of Flex. And other threads regarding individual products, buffing pads, procedures etc
And yes, I consider Mike Phillips a guru. I said a silently amen to almost everything I read from him.
Finally my question is: what to do when the painting is really good, almost none to non-existent swirls?
Do I clay, seal and wax? Do I seal and wax only? Or should I polish before with Menzerna SF 4000?
All the best! And, like the ex-governor of California said once "I'll be back!" Ron :xyxthumbs: