What was it like in the old days??

[jetset4me]

I wonder what the Flintstones used on those rock hard cars?

 

[jimmie jam]

heck, an old timer "body man" told me about IW 845 in 1974. some things never change, i've been using it ever since. today's finishes are a piece of cake compaired to the abuse that one stage paint took back in the day. loved the paste nuba "classic" in the 70's.

 

[Accumulator]

.. loved the paste nuba "classic" in the 70's...

Ah, the kinda grainy, mauve-colored stuff in the black can, right? I tried that after Consumer's Reports raved about it (hey, I was a kid) and didn't like it compared with the #7/#16 combo I was used to using. Sure was quicker and easier though.

 

[Scottwax]

I think he was simply stating that you can not just read a forum, and be as skilled as a pro. I agree with this 100%. It has taken me 11 years of practice and education to get where I am as a detailing professional. Reading a forum and buying a PC and some polish is not going to make up for that experience. You are right though, a clean car is a clean car, buy there is a lot more to it than that.

Agreed. Now if both are starting with a pretty new and clean car, the differences won't be big, but if the car needs serious polishing, and deep interior cleaning, a good pro can do so much more than the average enthusiast.



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Back to the topic at hand, I didn't start professionally until the early 90s so other than my experience as an enthusiast in the late 70s until going pro, I really don't know what it was like in the olden days. FWIW, I thought Rain Dance was great stuff...and actually, for an OTC product it was pretty good for its day.

 

[alkemyst]

I remember when I was 16-17 around 1989 and was detailing my own car, people would stop and ask 'who' I used. I lived in a pretty high end neighborhood at the time and many would offer to pay me to do their cars too. I'd make a day of it, charge probably a steal (my 8 hours as a teenager were cheap ), and get a lot of repeat customers. I even had a couple people with old 50's/60's cars they'd get from deceased relatives that were poorly taken care of that I would transform.



Since then I have pushed my skills in to more difficult jobs and still have a ton to learn. I hadn't touched a wax for about 5 years until a few weekends ago when I went back into this full throttle.

 

[jetset4me]

My next door neighbor was using Liquid Ebony on his wife's 2003 Taurus. Hadn't seen that stuff in years.:har:

 

[SVR]

You can suck in all the info on here and use the same or other products but that doesn't mean you'll be a master detailer

If you ain't got the talent, you won't be as good. period.