What ya think I should charge?

Jesstzn

Jesstzn

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Local Chev dealer called me .. they took an 07 Ford Escape on trade and thier shop detailer cleaned it all up for them .. for the lot .. then I get the call ...



Here is a lesson about dealer detailers .. he washed it and hit it with the rotary and slobbered a glaze all over it to cover the Holograms .. then they washed it .. and guess what came back ..



Here is a couple before pix .. the last one shows it the best .. and the whole SUV is like this except the roof



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What ya think I should charge?
 
Skill level? Probably around $350 for the just exterior...I'd be surprised if they want to pay that but hopefully they will!
 
Jesstzn said:
Skill level?
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Yes, skill level. Do you consider yourself one of the best? Do you use the PC, Cyclo, Rotary? How long will it take you? How much will it cost you in supplies for the detail? I'm sorry I don't recognize you but obviously some details are much more skilled than others.
 
The pictures of your customers cars prove nothing. You have one before shot, and the after to that shot dosn't even have the sun in it. From that angle you could still have some swirls, but the angle would hide them. And since there are no before pictures (and frankly the afters are all from so far away, no minor imperfections such as swirls, hazing, holograms, etc. would even be visible) the afters again don't show a true representation of the paint condition.
 
$100,000,000!
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I'm sorry, it's getting late lol. Seriously, I think $50/hr plus an initial arrival/supply fee for however much you expect your supplies to cost.
 
If it was messed up with a rotary it is going to take the rotary or some hard work with the pc to fix it. Looking at buffing 2-3 times at least.



Hey salty, 30$ idiot fee. That great! Ha Ha
 
Jeremy1026 said:
The pictures of your customers cars prove nothing. You have one before shot, and the after to that shot dosn't even have the sun in it. From that angle you could still have some swirls, but the angle would hide them. And since there are no before pictures (and frankly the afters are all from so far away, no minor imperfections such as swirls, hazing, holograms, etc. would even be visible) the afters again don't show a true representation of the paint condition.
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Thanks for your support ..
 
I can't beleive a guy calls himself a detailer and leaves something in that condition. What the hell did he wheel it with??? Sandpaper?



Regardless a stupid buffing toy obviously won't help much on this. So come equiped with a good rotary a nice selection of pads I'd say minumum a mild cutting cream followed by a decent polish and a good nano wax. They are obviouly desperate for a good turn around so don't let them lowball you. In my area you're probably looking at least $125-$150 to get that all corrected. (no clue what the going rate is where you are) $50/hour is definatly not unreasonable.
 
Jeremy1026 said:
The pictures of your customers cars prove nothing. You have one before shot, and the after to that shot dosn't even have the sun in it. From that angle you could still have some swirls, but the angle would hide them. And since there are no before pictures (and frankly the afters are all from so far away, no minor imperfections such as swirls, hazing, holograms, etc. would even be visible) the afters again don't show a true representation of the paint condition.
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I agree. You shouldn't have full sun shots as befores and then shots with no sun in the afters (especially since the sun is definately out). What do you think you should charge for the job?
 
Jesstzn said:
Thanks for your support ..
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Sorry for being so blunt. I typically don't dress up what I say to protect feelings (just like I would hope people don't do to me.) My suggestion, take lots of pictures as you work on cars, plenty befores, plenty after washes, after each step, then lots of finals. I take about 100 pictures per car, even though I usually only use 20 or so.
 
It's hard to say with hologram jobs... most come out with 106FF on a dual action, but if they used a dirty wool cut pad pad it might take wool to come out. I'd charge by the hour on a job like that.
 
themightytimmah said:
It's hard to say with hologram jobs... most come out with 106FF on a dual action, but if they used a dirty wool cut pad pad it might take wool to come out. I'd charge by the hour on a job like that.
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I agree. It's one thing to charge for wear and tear, but when you are correcting

other folks mistakes, one needs to charge accordingly. And since it is almost a

good bet the person that compounded the truck was a hack, one must charge

higher to correct the mistake.
 
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