lawrenceSA
06-08-2016, 01:14 PM
I'm the wrong guy to ask this question (I recently spent around 30-40 hours over a 5-day period detailing my truck and it wasn't very bad to begin with) but I'm going to chime in anyways.
I've seen this and similar questions asked a million times about a variety of tasks and here's my take... The better a job you do the more time it takes. Period! Attention-to-Detail takes time.
Although absolute perfection is impossible, many strive for it. I know I do. Every time I do something I try to do it better than the time before and that usually means it takes longer. While there are some time savings that can be realized by working efficiently and developing/improving your processes, quality costs.
I think the key here is "what are your expectations" for the finished product? Assuming "perfect" to be 100%, are you looking for 75%, 80%, 90%, or 99.9%? The time it takes to meet expectations goes up exponentially the higher your expectations are. Getting from 80% to 90% might take longer than the initial 0% to 80%. And then from 90% to 99.9% will take even more time and effort. Only you (and/or your customer) can determine what the expectation level is going to be and how much time/money is reasonable to achieve it.
In a nutshell, whether the answer to the original question is 4 hours or 4 days, they are both correct. It just depends on your own level of attention-to-detail, your own definition of perfection, your own expectations, and your own definition of what constitutes a "full detail" as those can vary quite a bit from person to person.
Well said!!!
I've seen this and similar questions asked a million times about a variety of tasks and here's my take... The better a job you do the more time it takes. Period! Attention-to-Detail takes time.
Although absolute perfection is impossible, many strive for it. I know I do. Every time I do something I try to do it better than the time before and that usually means it takes longer. While there are some time savings that can be realized by working efficiently and developing/improving your processes, quality costs.
I think the key here is "what are your expectations" for the finished product? Assuming "perfect" to be 100%, are you looking for 75%, 80%, 90%, or 99.9%? The time it takes to meet expectations goes up exponentially the higher your expectations are. Getting from 80% to 90% might take longer than the initial 0% to 80%. And then from 90% to 99.9% will take even more time and effort. Only you (and/or your customer) can determine what the expectation level is going to be and how much time/money is reasonable to achieve it.
In a nutshell, whether the answer to the original question is 4 hours or 4 days, they are both correct. It just depends on your own level of attention-to-detail, your own definition of perfection, your own expectations, and your own definition of what constitutes a "full detail" as those can vary quite a bit from person to person.
Well said!!!