My first click and brag. '99 Cevy P/U

[ruining]

So, this was my cousin's rig. He owns a log funiture business. I'm just about to start to doing customer's rigs that I don't know, and haven't tried to recover black paint before. I asked him if I could do it for free. He gave me $50 and I'm going to do the interior tomorrow.



So here's my first Click and Brag. Feel free to give any constructive crits, as this was my first time in black.



The Process:

Wash with DuraGloss using 2 buckets

Clay Bar with Megs clay system

Hood, roof and tailgate were polished with PC and Orange CCS Tech pad and Menz IP then hit again with White CCS Tech pad and Menz FPII

The rest of the truck were done with Orange CCS and Menz FPII

Wheels with DG APC

Tires with DG White Wall TC

Bumper/Vinyl with Mother's Back to Black



I couldn't get the sun in the after pics, but swirls were reduced by about 80-90% and there were only a few things I was wishing I had the rotary for. The big bay door where they sand all of their logs was open, so once I finished a section, I'd have sawdust all over it. Overall, he was really happy with the progress. I'll be doing interior tomorrow morning.



Also a plus is that I got another job out of the deal. It's a red '04 Lexus that belongs to one of his log furniture customers. It will be my first "customer" car. I'll be seeing the car and quoting next Monday.



Before: (All pics are after wash!)

After:

Any pointers? Thanks!:bounce





And a shot of my mobile detailing work rig: (just for today. my wife forgot to leave me the Jeep)

 

[Immaculate1]

looks good. As far as quoting and a business I can give a a few pointers. Im not sure what you charged that guys, but around 40 dollars an hours is right for basic detail work. I charge up to 65 for paint correction.



You are best off doing a full detail for like 160ish and not doing any paint correction, because odds are it is going to do right back though the automatic wash next week.





You missed the wheel wells, shoot some dressing up in them after you scrub and pressure wash them out. DRESS THE TIRES.



Also, learn to use a rotary on job like this, it will save you hours.



nice z btw.

 

[ruining]

looks good. As far as quoting and a business I can give a a few pointers. Im not sure what you charged that guys, but around 40 dollars an hours is right for basic detail work. I charge up to 65 for paint correction.



You are best off doing a full detail for like 160ish and not doing any paint correction, because odds are it is going to do right back though the automatic wash next week.





You missed the wheel wells, shoot some dressing up in them after you scrub and pressure wash them out. DRESS THE TIRES.



Also, learn to use a rotary on job like this, it will save you hours.



nice z btw.

Thanks for the tips. I didn't charge at all for it because I didn't know how well it was going to turn out since it was my first time doing black, and it was pretty bad. I'll be keeping those prices in mind when I start quoting for customer vehicles. Once I get an idea of their goals for the car, I'll decide if paint correction is necessary. You're right, I'm in a community of only about 70,000 and it's a logger's town. I doubt many people will be willing to pay the $200-300 range for paint correction.



I was just about to post a thread about wheel wells. I didn't do them on the truck because I was only trying to learn the paint correction side of things. I washed the wheels and tires, but didn't have anything to dress them since I wasn't planning on doing a full detail. I'm going to do interior and I'll probably bring stuff to do the wheel wells and engine as well just in case I can sell him the work.



I'll also probably bring the rotary to get some more practice with that, but it still scares me a little.



Thanks again.