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Originally Posted by P's Titan
^^ sometimes the truth hurts ^^
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im ok with that. i ran the shop for rahal mercedes in wexford
as for the wheel wells, wed normally use black spray paint or undercoating vs tire shine due to the fact that it would last longer.
mind you, those pics were not full details.. i only did buff and waxes on them, and sprayed down the engines. i wasnt too concerned with going all out on these cause the engine was just a courtesy.
my steps when i do a full detail on a car are, (exterior steps only)
1)black out the wheel wells. either paint, undercoating, or tire shine
2) degrease the engine, first, dress the engine, and THEN wash the car. (to remove any shine that got on the paint, window etc)
3)while washing the car, i use clay bar to remove any possible overspray from the wheel wells, bugs, road tar, fall out etc. re wash to get the film off the car.
4) wheels get cleaned with a long stem brush to get the back part of the wheel and remove all break dust, and perform any other wet work ie.
the door jams get degreased and sprayed down, spare wheel/tire (if in a car, and if used) gets cleaned
5) rinse and dry, take an airline to the vehicle (or if youre doing it yourself and dont have one, a leaf blower will work as well) to remove all the water from the cracks.
6) if the vehicle has plastic parts, ill tape them up, cause if you ever got wax or compound on those plastic pieces, theyre a ***** to get clean
7) run a yellow wool pad with my cutting glaze
8) after the car has been buffed with a wool pad, its folowed up with a blue foam pad with a filler and low RPM speed.
9) re wash again to remove all splatter off of the car, ex. windshield wipers, the louvered cowl, etc
10) wax
11)pop the hood, open all doors, (gas door as well) and wipe out any wax, remaing compound etc.
12) wipe down engine bay, re spray areas needed
13) remove wax with a micro fiber towel
14) clean windows and wipe wheels down
now these are just steps i use to do the outside of a full detail, the interior gets a complete overhaul as well, which is a whole another story
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Sorry Man...I thought you were doing OK till I saw Pic# 16.... See I owned a Detail shop also for quite some time. You missed the underside of the Air In-take hose....you only wiped down the top of it. The key to a "great" detail job is getting all sides.
Here's the deal... You always do the Motor first so you can spray a water based protectant everywhere and not have to worry about getting it on the paint.
I reality though.....Protectants are not as good as you might think because they are dirt magnets. They hold dirt to the hoses and when the hose vibrates, the dirt acts as sandpaper causing wear on the hoses....
The best way to protect the hoses is by wiping down the excess to get a clean, "dry look".
Nice effort though you were 95% there.
Also BMW pic # 14.....Wheel wells are dirty and Tire protectant should cover the first row of treads.
BMW pic # 18....Door pillars have fingerprints on them
Pic 19 has Swirl on door.
Last but not least....clean camera lense
Sorry for bustin on ya....but stuff like that used to always get me when I saw other detailers cars.....they always forgot the little things....and always charged a premium price.
I was the best in my area and charged the most and when I was done..... only Jesus could make it look better.
Remember: Foam pad at leat twice! ;]-
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i understand some of the critique and i thank you for it, but you also dont know what happend.
as for the bmw "swirl"
i only used a foam pad on the car since the paint wasnt really that bad. and since you owned a shop, you should know that theres no way possible to swirl a car with a foam pad
as for the tires, and wheel wells, as i stated before, neither of these were full detail cars, just buff and waxes. the tires were slightly dirty cause i had it outside wiping the car down, and going over things and it started to rain, and had to bring it back inside.
as for the finger prints, youre right, you got me on them
as for the engine dressing, i posted on club titan about the same thing, and stated the same as well that tire shine looks the best but will attract dust. hence why when you spray your tires down, and dont wipe the wheels clean with some sort of cleaner (you can use anything, including glass cleaner to remove the silcone) the shine will attract the dust both from the road and the brakes.
finally.... i did have the lense clean hahahaha, i took a look at the pics whne i took them and saw the spots, re wiped the lense a couple times and they kept showing up. thats only set of pics that those spots were on. i havent touched the lense since, and my other pics have been clear... i dont know