Phew. First hired job. I really need to work on my speed. Unfortunately, since I was still sorting out some techniques and pressed for time, I wasn't able to take a good collection of WIP pictures.
This detail took 23 hours. Much faster than my very first 33 hour detail. Just did a Lincoln navigator today, one pass with polish, in 12 hours. So I'm doing better...but could still use some improvement. I think they only way I'm going to get significantly faster is if I can graduate to a rotary buffer.
Wash
Griot's Car Wash
Gilmour Foam Gun
Shmitt Mitt
P21S AP Cleaner
Griot's Wheel Cleaner (Using it up till I can switch to P21S...)
Swissvax Detail Brush
Griot's Tire Brush
Griot's Sheepskin wheel mitt
Clay
Swissvax Rubber Clay
Griot's Speed Shine
Polish
Porter Cable 7424XP
Uber Orange, Green, and Blue Pads
Menzerna Power Gloss, SIP, SF
Uber Yellow MF
LSP
Optimum Optiseal
Swissvax Samurai
Griot's Wax Pad
Black Wow
Uber Foam Block
Griot's Tire Shine
Interior
House vac
Einszett Cockpit
Swissvax Detail Brush
Griot's Speed Shine
Griot's QD Plush MF
RainX Glass Cleaner
Uber Green Glass MF
It was fun to get my friend's car looking beautiful. It always had so many swirls, it hurt.
Mixture of my shots and said friend's shots. I officially suck at taking before and after spots into the light. Any tips pros? All of my shots came out focused on the wrong damn stuff, even though they looked fine through the viewfinder.
I love foam. Foamy foamy foam.
Half of the car - Passenger side.
Driver's side door. The hell?
My fat *** at work.
Final Results
Cars :: samurai-bead.flv video by vecdran - Photobucket
I can has Swissvax? I can! I can't wait till I have enough money to upgrade to Concourso or Mystery.
C&C welcome, though be kind, I'm fluffy. Yes, I know I'm using a lot of Griot's stuff. I'm phasing almost all of it out.
PS.
What the hell do you guys use for tree sap...all over a car. That Lincoln Navigator had sap so bad it was causing my clay to smear all over the paint. Luckily my polish cut right through it with no fouling...
This detail took 23 hours. Much faster than my very first 33 hour detail. Just did a Lincoln navigator today, one pass with polish, in 12 hours. So I'm doing better...but could still use some improvement. I think they only way I'm going to get significantly faster is if I can graduate to a rotary buffer.
Wash
Griot's Car Wash
Gilmour Foam Gun
Shmitt Mitt
P21S AP Cleaner
Griot's Wheel Cleaner (Using it up till I can switch to P21S...)
Swissvax Detail Brush
Griot's Tire Brush
Griot's Sheepskin wheel mitt
Clay
Swissvax Rubber Clay
Griot's Speed Shine
Polish
Porter Cable 7424XP
Uber Orange, Green, and Blue Pads
Menzerna Power Gloss, SIP, SF
Uber Yellow MF
LSP
Optimum Optiseal
Swissvax Samurai
Griot's Wax Pad
Black Wow
Uber Foam Block
Griot's Tire Shine
Interior
House vac
Einszett Cockpit
Swissvax Detail Brush
Griot's Speed Shine
Griot's QD Plush MF
RainX Glass Cleaner
Uber Green Glass MF
It was fun to get my friend's car looking beautiful. It always had so many swirls, it hurt.
Mixture of my shots and said friend's shots. I officially suck at taking before and after spots into the light. Any tips pros? All of my shots came out focused on the wrong damn stuff, even though they looked fine through the viewfinder.
I love foam. Foamy foamy foam.
Half of the car - Passenger side.
Driver's side door. The hell?
My fat *** at work.
Final Results
Cars :: samurai-bead.flv video by vecdran - Photobucket
I can has Swissvax? I can! I can't wait till I have enough money to upgrade to Concourso or Mystery.
C&C welcome, though be kind, I'm fluffy. Yes, I know I'm using a lot of Griot's stuff. I'm phasing almost all of it out.
PS.
What the hell do you guys use for tree sap...all over a car. That Lincoln Navigator had sap so bad it was causing my clay to smear all over the paint. Luckily my polish cut right through it with no fouling...