Am I alone?

[harrell51]

After I finish doing a car I find myself unipressed by my work but the owner is always blown away. Does anyone else feel this way and why do you think it is?

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[Dereksdtail]

I know how you feel, I want everything to be perfect but that's not reality

[main pft]

Yea I've had neighbors complement my car when I'm on the clay stage of a detail.

I'm thinking to myself, I still have like 4 hours to go....lol

[Vegas Transplant]

No sir. Not me.
Today I did a simple wash using OCWC. One can literally see the polymers tranform the finish product in a matter of time. Always amazes me.

[Paul A.]

I used to be like that but not anymore. I gave that customer exactly what they were paying for. However, that is a good way to continue to look at it. Always improving your work results should be what we all do.

[silverfox]

As a detailer, you should always stay hungry...and never be totally satisfied. If not, its probably time to do something else.

[Contact40]

While I was certainly impressed the first few times, I think it was because I wasn't sure how the final product was going to come out. Now that I feel I have a little more control (I'm still a bonafide noob) of the process, I don't think the results will be as jaw-dropping.

Also, I've noticed the change from one stage to the next is sometimes so small that you really don't notice the small changes. But if you looked at a before/after shots, it would be a big difference.

[nubaseal]

While I always stand back & admire my work but I have never been completely satisfied.

[kamakanani0]

Not alone my friend same here.


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[STPETEDALE]

I actually was admiring a BMW last week that looked almost flawless. I figured the owner or his detailer really knew what they were doing to achieve such a finish. It kinda motivated me to do a little extra on current customers car.I realized several hours later that I had just detailed that BMW a couple weeks earlier. While I was happy with final product I remember thinking it was just ok. It was pretty funny that I was impressed with someone else's work that turned out to be mine.

[Niblick]

secretly i think we're all a little OCD ;). not only are you not alone, you're actually in very good company :dblthumb2:

[dcjredline]

For the most part I am also not as impressed as the owners are. I figured its just the way it has to be. lol

[BillE]

I almost always have an ahh s**t moment when finished. It is something that 99.999% of the population would not see, but WE WOULD (and do).

Bill