Detailing
09-03-17, 11:05 AM
#16
I would never ever let any dealership or any other personnel detail my cars. Opt can just spend less then $300 for all products he needs to detail his car for many years to come. Dealership will probably not even fix it, then again fix it right since most of the detailers at the dealership are not experience to perform any type of paint correction.
Last edited by mjn88; 09-03-17 at 11:08 AM.
09-03-17, 11:54 AM
#17
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I've always enjoyed washing and detailing my cars. I've done it ever since high school. Personally, I don't trust anyone else to do it. I even tell the dealership not to wash my car if I ever have to drop it off.
09-03-17, 02:27 PM
#18
Have your car coated, then spend your weekends enjoying washing it. Unless you genuinely enjoy doing paint corrections every 6 months to a year, then stick with a wax or a sealant.
For the interior you can use products like cquarts fabric or cquarts leather and vinyl coating. Plenty of videos on youtube to show how well it works.
Last edited by Blkexcoupe; 09-03-17 at 02:38 PM.
09-03-17, 04:19 PM
#19
Lol you do NOT need all those buffers. Anyone with that many machines is a hobbyist or a collector....
That's like a professional painter having 15 different spray guns. Find one or two tools that work. Learn how to use them properly. That is all you need. I wonder how many times the guy even turned those machines on haha. They look brand new. My buffers sure as hell don't look that clean because we actually use them on a daily.
That's like a professional painter having 15 different spray guns. Find one or two tools that work. Learn how to use them properly. That is all you need. I wonder how many times the guy even turned those machines on haha. They look brand new. My buffers sure as hell don't look that clean because we actually use them on a daily.
09-04-17, 04:58 PM
#21
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How do you define detailing your car? Enjoying washing a car and wiping some dust off the interior is different from spending 4-10 hours to do a paint correction.
Have your car coated, then spend your weekends enjoying washing it. Unless you genuinely enjoy doing paint corrections every 6 months to a year, then stick with a wax or a sealant.
For the interior you can use products like cquarts fabric or cquarts leather and vinyl coating. Plenty of videos on youtube to show how well it works.
What I consider detailing (within my modest skill set) involves clay barring the car as needed, buffing out minor scratches and door dings with an orbital buffer, restoring headlights with the orbital buffer, using a light polish on the paint, sealing the paint, cleaning and conditioning the leather, shampooing the floor mats and carpet, and applying 303 aerospace to plastic interior pieces and seals.
I do that twice a year. In between, I wash it and wipe a little dust off the interior.
09-04-17, 05:42 PM
#22
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Just let the dealership take care of the detailing.... they fk it up, they replace it.
Unless you actually enjoy scrubbing your pride and joy for hours on end, I would not waste a weekend to do a proper maintenance routine. Easy way to spend thousands of dollars in nice supplies and next thing you know you're spending three hours a week detailing each one of your cars.
Unless you actually enjoy scrubbing your pride and joy for hours on end, I would not waste a weekend to do a proper maintenance routine. Easy way to spend thousands of dollars in nice supplies and next thing you know you're spending three hours a week detailing each one of your cars.
09-04-17, 09:29 PM
#23
I'm not a professional detailer, which is why I'm asking for input. But I do a bit more than washing my car and wiping off dust.
What I consider detailing (within my modest skill set) involves clay barring the car as needed, buffing out minor scratches and door dings with an orbital buffer, restoring headlights with the orbital buffer, using a light polish on the paint, sealing the paint, cleaning and conditioning the leather, shampooing the floor mats and carpet, and applying 303 aerospace to plastic interior pieces and seals.
I do that twice a year. In between, I wash it and wipe a little dust off the interior.
What I consider detailing (within my modest skill set) involves clay barring the car as needed, buffing out minor scratches and door dings with an orbital buffer, restoring headlights with the orbital buffer, using a light polish on the paint, sealing the paint, cleaning and conditioning the leather, shampooing the floor mats and carpet, and applying 303 aerospace to plastic interior pieces and seals.
I do that twice a year. In between, I wash it and wipe a little dust off the interior.
My suggestion is still the same. Coat the car and enjoy how much easier it is to maintain. You can do your complete routine once a year (if it's even necessary) instead of twice a year.
09-05-17, 07:06 AM
#24
Sick hobby. A group of us combined our "stuff" and use a garage we have to "play" Friends family drop by and a great place to hang out. 97-SC300 is right, each of us have our favs, but it's fun trying different ones.
09-05-17, 09:44 AM
#25
Those are some nice collections you guys have there, but way overboard. Whatever happened to the KIS (Keep It Simple) theory, there's probably a lot of products there that are redundant and any good detailer can replicate the same if not better results with much less products.
It'll probably take a decade to go through all that compound/polish for a weekend warrior.
It'll probably take a decade to go through all that compound/polish for a weekend warrior.
09-05-17, 08:21 PM
#26
Personally, I always go to the carwash for the fact that they leave my car spotless inside and out. Every other month I get my car detailed by the professional detail cars service. I'm a car nut, I love it clean
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