What's your Process/Efficiency Tips?

I like what is listed above, I have always done the interiors before doing any paint correction because I fear the apc or dressing getting on the freshly cleaned paint. Some interior sprays can float and get on the exterior. How do you all keep your exterior void of hand marks and smudges while cleaning the interior?



I always have liked polishing, sealing, windows and tires to be the last thing I do before the car leaves the shop.
 
Lots of great info here... these are the few things that have helped me go faster... some I started recently, others I learned to do long ago...



1. claying after washing

2. going along with #1, I simply wipe down the clay lube with 1-2 swipes leaving some on the finish but getting rid of the majority, which gets picked up by polishing.. this means no drying, other than some areas that will be taped

3. after doing a test spot and being sure a polish/pad combo will work over the whole car just fine, I only lightly wipe off the polish residue and move on, since I will later be wiping it down with qd and alcohol/water solution

4. interior done right after applying sealant, which will sit for a while

5. sometimes I work panel by panel instead of by polish aggressiveness... so I do the roof with SIP/orange, then 106ff/white, then move on... something like that... if however I'm using more aggressive polishes I usually go 1 polish at a time around the whole car
 
My biggest efficiency tip would be not to offer cheap car washes by themselves but instead include them bundled with your details. So when the customer wants their car washed 3 weeks after the detail all the dirt slides off the freshly clayed/waxed surface from your previous detail.



This saves you time and money. The customers love it :)



You no longer have a customer turning up for a $50 wash and it takes an hour to just wash it.



Meguiars #66.



Its turned my two step exterior into me now using single AIO product.



The finish is 90% as good as doing the polishing/waxing steps seperately, but with the time saved i can do other little things that make the overall car look 20% better. So overall the car is better.



No point getting the paint swirl free if the windows still have streaks or u still have a bit of break dust remaining on the front wheels.
 
TTWAGN said:
The finish is 90% as good as doing the polishing/waxing steps seperately, but with the time saved i can do other little things that make the overall car look 20% better. So overall the car is better.



No point getting the paint swirl free if the windows still have streaks or u still have a bit of break dust remaining on the front wheels.
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I guess this is a subjective topic... 95% of my clients come for paint correction, and while I obviously do a "perfect" job every time, I'm more likely to leave a streak on a window than a swirl in the paint... I hope that makes sense... basically what I'm saying is that most of my clients could care less if their windows are even cleaned, because their main concern is the paint looking as perfect as possible.
 
Full strength APC in a pump style vegetable sprayer to degrease fender wells and tires. It certaintly saves me a chunk of time compared to using a trigger spray bottle, and it is a lot easier on the fingers.
 
one thing i find helpful is no matter how or where i start each car is i visualize in my head a time figure that particular task on the car SHOULD take. . . then i set a wind up egg timer to go off just a litty shy of full time length if the bell rings and I'm still performing that task i know i'll have to hustle on the next task of risk making M'cDonalds money. . . . . also if somebody comes by to distract you it's a good excuse to get rid of them because you've got work to do. . . with detailing being a labor intensive profession time management is key
 
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