Ben. Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 WATCHA KNOW BOUT DAT WOODGRAINZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I know that mine's real Zebrano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 No it's not. Sorry couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 i have a vector calculus final at 2 p.m. tomorrow... AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbith Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 ^That sucks. Im hungry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C92hatchX Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Depends on your skill level. Offering defect removal (i.e. oxidation, swirls, scratches, etc...) is going to get you more business and more money per detail. However, if you don't know what you are doing, you'll just run in circles trying to do stuff you can't. To put it in prespective. A full detail that I might do will include wash, clay, 1-3 steps worth of compounding polishing, sealant and interior and I'd charge between 200-250 for a midsize car. It would be about an 8 hour detail and engine bay is extra. Then I might offer a package for 125-150 for midsize that is the same as above with only a single polshing step.....removes all of the fine swirls but leaves the heavier ones. Still cleans it up nice, but not perfect....this is suitable for a lot of people. This detail would take me about 3-4 hours. Then you might offer nothing more than a wash and wax + interior which some people want. I'd charge about 75 for that on a midsize car and it would take me about 2 hours. Engine bay is extra. Those are just my rough prices. If I come across a car that is going to take 2 hours on clay alone, I'd throw another 50 bucks on the price and explain to the customer why. I might even do a test spot so they can feel the difference with their own (back) of their hand. For you, offering wash and wax services may be all you want to do. If you get into full details you'd have to expect to drop about 400-500 in supplies before ever starting and you'd want to do a good 3-4 cars (family or friends) to learn before charging. whoa, yea wash and wax for now lol imma pratice on my car cause itll take some good work cleaning it up haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastigir Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 whoa, yea wash and wax for now lol imma pratice on my car cause itll take some good work cleaning it up haha No amount of washing and waxing, is going to clean up that rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C92hatchX Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 No amount of washing and waxing, is going to clean up that rust. i remember talking about detailing not fixing rust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Yes but who wants to detail a rustbucket? That's like polishing a turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex37211 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 rust.....is "in".... >_< dang it! now I gotta sand all the paint off of my car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastigir Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 i remember talking about detailing not fixing rust No point wasting time detailing when you have bad paint and rust. Fix the rust...*then* detail. Nate...back me up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck the wood that a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood. But a woodchuck can't chuck wood so a woodchuck could chuck none. Say that fast. Once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 ^I agree too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 ^I agree too... Nice to see someone else knows that woodchucks can't chuck wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 No point wasting time detailing when you have bad paint and rust. Fix the rust...*then* detail. Nate...back me up here. Yes and no. If there is "savable" paint on the car (which unless it's peeling, it's probably saveable) then it would be worth removing that dead paint and protecting it before the paint fails and peels. If you are going to fix the rust and re-spray the whole car then no point in detailing it. If you plan to only repaint the panels with rust repair then it would be worth it to detail the car now before any more sunfade kills the clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastigir Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Yes and no. If there is "savable" paint on the car (which unless it's peeling, it's probably saveable) then it would be worth removing that dead paint and protecting it before the paint fails and peels. If you are going to fix the rust and re-spray the whole car then no point in detailing it. If you plan to only repaint the panels with rust repair then it would be worth it to detail the car now before any more sunfade kills the clear. If it's never been resprayed before, then most likely paint fade is past the point of no return. I'm sure even with the fade, it's matchable, but why would anyone do it. Were it my car, I would fix the rust, then respray the whole thing. Has any one ever tried polishing a turd? Have you guys seen the new trend/look in modifying cars? Rust is in. It's called the Rat look. crap crap crap...my Civic was already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 If it's never been resprayed before, then most likely paint fade is past the point of no return. I'm sure even with the fade, it's matchable, but why would anyone do it. Were it my car, I would fix the rust, then respray the whole thing. Same here. THough if it were my car, I'd buy the gun and attempt to spray, wetsand, buff the thing myself. If he took it to a body shop, it would be cheaper to have the rust on the rear quarters fixed, paint blended on that panel and re-clear only the rear quarters. If I was paying to have it done, that's probably what I'd do unless the rest of the paint is already crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C92hatchX Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 after christmas itll all be gone, and resprayed, but i can always do my bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 piiiiicccssss! hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Pretty sure that's probably real wood and yeah, that plastic above the wood trim kills the look. They should have done all wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 All that nice fancy looking leather and (probably fake) wood. Then BAM Some idiot decides to put absolutely horrible looking cheap nasty crap black plastic in there. GM isn't known for it's interiors, though by leaps and bounds I'd say any Caddy interior is nicer than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 more importantly...a cassette deck? It's not 1995!!Yeah they should have done it all wood, or wood/aluminium And in case you didn't notice..the CD player..and more likely than not, it has a multiple disc cd changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Yea well..some old people are stuck in the past, and what do a majority of old americans drive? Bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Yea well..some old people are stuck in the past, and what do a majority of old americans drive? Bingo. Lincoln Town Cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I was actually going to say a Cadillac of some sort..but the Town Car is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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