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Boom! Test spot got me the job from skeptical customer!
I had a guy contact me today with a 2004 Infinity SUV, black paint, bad shape. He asked me if I could "make it look better until I can afford to get it painted."
I said "I'm not a magician, but bring it by."
He was totally skeptical that I could do anything but he came by anyway. He asked how much to "see if I can make it better."
I agreed to do a test spot for free. Here's how it came out:
Optimum compound II + orange pad
Pinnacle Advanced Finishing polish + white pad
Boom! I got the big job and saved this guy $1500 in a paint job!
I will show progress of how it goes tomorrow when I do the job.
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Holy cow, very nice!!!
Is that water spotting or some sort of built up film on the paint?
Almost looks like clear coat failure, crazy!
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It's a mess. Extreme oxidation, water spots, etchings, everything. You should have seen his face when I whipped out the Cyclo 5. It looks like a hair dryer from the 1950's or something. I started with orange pad and Meguiar's cleaner wax (not much help) , went to Sonax Hybrid NPT ( a little better)T, then Wolfgang Uber AIO (starting to get somewhere) and then Optimum Compound II did the trick. Dude's jaw dropped after I polished it with Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish and a white pad. It ain't perfect, but he ain't spending $1500 on a paint job anymore though!
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Nice job! I get lots of people hooked by doing a test panel. Usually a front fender or in a recent case the hood of a mini cooper. Nothing screams "hire me" like doing a test panel while a customer enjoys a coffee or soda.
2019 Pearl White Accord 2.0T Touring (mine)
2023 Snowflake Pearl White CX-30 Turbo Premium Plus(wife)
2010 Urban Platinum Metallic CRV EX-L & 2014 Mica Black Metallic Toyota Corolla S (kids)
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Re: Boom! Test spot got me the job from skeptical customer!
Originally Posted by pdqgp
Nice job! I get lots of people hooked by doing a test panel. Usually a front fender or in a recent case the hood of a mini cooper. Nothing screams "hire me" like doing a test panel while a customer enjoys a coffee or soda.
It's funny you said "hooked." The guy looked at my wife and said, "he's like a drug dealer. he gave me a little bit, now I'm paying for the whole thing!"
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Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
~Joaquin de Setanti
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Congrats man! That's a great way to show your customers your true abilities. And your test spot improved the paint by a ton!
2011 SEMA Meguiar's Car Crazy Showcase Team
2016 Competition Ready Barn Find Porsche Team
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Nice work man, I've been looking for a portable polisher to get decent correction from for this reason.
$1500 for a paint job is cheap, I need to get a pint job where you are, just half of a Mazda CX-5 in socal is 4.5k
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Cool! Glad to hear you got the job and... made a believer out of your 'potential' customer. Way to go, looking forward to your full write-up and pics!
Scott Harle
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