heckhole
10-11-2015, 10:12 PM
Several roads have been paved in my area recently and I am running into cars with excessive amounts of tar. Next year there is going to be even more road improvements and this needs to be addressed as I won't be getting a break from this any time soon. Today I lost an hour and a half doing removal on a full correction on a hard paint Hyundai. I could only polish for a few minutes at a time before stopping to remove more tar.
I am losing precious time doing tar removal with a combination of a clay bar and tarminator.
I don't have have an hour, sometimes 3, to remove every last bit of tar. It's just not feasible at this point for me.
My options are:
1) Build it into the price of my detail if a correction is requested.
2) Bill it separately, by the hour as it comes off easy, or is a total nightmare.
3) Build it into the price with an acceptable by me tolerance for how much is removed. IE - 1hr spent removing tar, what comes off in that hour comes off. The rest will be 'worked' around as safely as possible.
4) Find a better technique.
I can't afford to continue using tar removal product, as it's not going very far or effective and its not okay not billing it out 100% for materials and additional labor. I have not expirimented with many products, so I'd like to know what others are using to speed up the process and overall success of removal.
I don't like leaving any behind. I have built my reputation from the ground, up. I can't be delivering cars back to Dealers or clients with tar you'll see upon closer inspection.
I am losing precious time doing tar removal with a combination of a clay bar and tarminator.
I don't have have an hour, sometimes 3, to remove every last bit of tar. It's just not feasible at this point for me.
My options are:
1) Build it into the price of my detail if a correction is requested.
2) Bill it separately, by the hour as it comes off easy, or is a total nightmare.
3) Build it into the price with an acceptable by me tolerance for how much is removed. IE - 1hr spent removing tar, what comes off in that hour comes off. The rest will be 'worked' around as safely as possible.
4) Find a better technique.
I can't afford to continue using tar removal product, as it's not going very far or effective and its not okay not billing it out 100% for materials and additional labor. I have not expirimented with many products, so I'd like to know what others are using to speed up the process and overall success of removal.
I don't like leaving any behind. I have built my reputation from the ground, up. I can't be delivering cars back to Dealers or clients with tar you'll see upon closer inspection.