Well, word is spreading at work to come see me for all your detail needs. I did this Pearl White Nissan Maxima today, and am supposed to be doing a Titan in the future. That one is going to hurt, I think. I haven't decided what to charge for it. I've gotten quick enough that I don't feel bad giving an estimate and charging by the hour, because I don't think that I will be going too slow and therefore overcharging. The exterior and interior of this took me about 7.5 hours, and mainly because the exterior needed so much care. Any tips on setting up a fee structure are welcome!
This is the car that the coworker's wife uses. She works out of her car, so it gets a lot of mileage and not a lot of cleaning. The interior actually wasn't that bad, which is good because I forgot to take pics of it, but the exterior needed some love. There were love bugs all over the front (or their guts, at least), rock chips, and general paint contamination. Lots of brake dust, and about a forest's worth of leaves, twigs and acorns in the cracks of the car.
The owner wanted me to use Zaino as the last step because he had bought the complete kit recently and was going to maintain the car with those. On to the story:
This is the car that the coworker's wife uses. She works out of her car, so it gets a lot of mileage and not a lot of cleaning. The interior actually wasn't that bad, which is good because I forgot to take pics of it, but the exterior needed some love. There were love bugs all over the front (or their guts, at least), rock chips, and general paint contamination. Lots of brake dust, and about a forest's worth of leaves, twigs and acorns in the cracks of the car.
The owner wanted me to use Zaino as the last step because he had bought the complete kit recently and was going to maintain the car with those. On to the story:
Exterior:
Wash with Surf City Wash and Wax
Love Bugs got Surf City Road Trip Grime Destroyer
Dry with Ultimate Guzzler (didn't have to wring it out once!!)
Clay with Z18
I started to polish with Zaino PC, but it wasn't strong enough so I moved to XMT 3/XMT 1
2 Coats Z5 Pro w/ZFX
Windows: Stoners IG
Tailpipe: Surf City Killer Chrome
Wash with Surf City Wash and Wax
Love Bugs got Surf City Road Trip Grime Destroyer
Dry with Ultimate Guzzler (didn't have to wring it out once!!)
Clay with Z18
I started to polish with Zaino PC, but it wasn't strong enough so I moved to XMT 3/XMT 1
2 Coats Z5 Pro w/ZFX
Windows: Stoners IG
Tailpipe: Surf City Killer Chrome
Wheels
Wash with DP Gel Wheel Cleaner
Dressed with DP Wheel Glaze
Tires got Surf City Beyond Black Tire Pro
Wash with DP Gel Wheel Cleaner
Dressed with DP Wheel Glaze
Tires got Surf City Beyond Black Tire Pro
This is what the car looked like when it arrived at 9:30 this morning, and after I shot some Grime Destroyer on the bug factory:
The wheels were nasty:
As I started washing, you could already tell a big difference:
It took a couple of times over the car with the sponge and some clay and then another wash to get to this point:
