Average time to polish a car (2wice) with 3401?

[ASPHALT ROCKET]

Wow, unless you have very nice paint to start off with that easily cleans up I would be hard pressed to finish a 2 step polishing job in under 10 hrs. 4-5 hours is flying! how do you guys break down your polish that fast and yet still remove the swirls.

I agree, but then again it shows you who knows how to actually detail a vehicle correctly.

[ss-truck]

WOW 4-5 hours , but then that is on a cured paint job . Last time I did my show car (black ) spent nearly a week . But as one person mentioned that he is slow , so am I and I would have to take breaks to calm down and diagnose what step to do next .

[Old Pirate]

This is a hard one to say, without knowing the condition of the paint. I would say 6-9 hrs and that's if everything is working out fine, and if the customer wants a perfect finish then i say see you in a couple of days.........

[conan777]

I agree, but then again it shows you who knows how to actually detail a vehicle correctly.

I may not have the experience of many on this forum but I've certainly detailed enough cars to say I know what I am doing. I have tried speeding up my process many times and tried different polishes,pads, and amounts of polish all in different combos and always found that when I tried going too fast the end result was less than stellar correction. Now if a customer just wants a quick turn around and isn't looking for a perfect finish then fine but in that case why bother with a 2 step? you could get away with just doing something like SIP and go LSP???

This is a hard one to say, without knowing the condition of the paint. I would say 6-9 hrs and that's if everything is working out fine, and if the customer wants a perfect finish then i say see you in a couple of days.........

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[ASPHALT ROCKET]

I may not have the experience of many on this forum but I've certainly detailed enough cars to say I know what I am doing. I have tried speeding up my process many times and tried different polishes,pads, and amounts of polish all in different combos and always found that when I tried going too fast the end result was less than stellar correction. Now if a customer just wants a quick turn around and isn't looking for a perfect finish then fine but in that case why bother with a 2 step? you could get away with just doing something like SIP and go LSP???


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I think you took my post wrong, I was agreeing with you as far as needing more than 4-5 hours for a two step polishing. Was commenting on others, once again I agree with this post also.

[BoredBuffer]

2 stage takes so long for me to do. how much do you guys charge for a two stage polish that goes over 10 hours?

[Pitch Black]

haha...i'm right there with you on the slow part. Actually I think I'm too particular. Hey if your gonna do it do it right.

Hell, I'd block off a whole Saturday and Sunday...you never know what you'll run into. Of course, I'm frikkin slow so take that with a grain of salt.

[conan777]

2 stage takes so long for me to do. how much do you guys charge for a two stage polish that goes over 10 hours?

Typically $400-$500 (give or take). Depending on how much over the 10 hours I go.

[m4gician]

2 stage takes so long for me to do. how much do you guys charge for a two stage polish that goes over 10 hours?

I can't charge over 10 hours if I'm doing it with the 3401, just because it's not a TRUE rotary. I can imagine with a rotary it would take what, 25% less time with a rotary? Or am I wrong to say that?

[nitro78]

i would agree that you could allow for a whole weekend. i just spent 3 hours on the hood and fenders of a small passenger car!