BrightonRT
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- Mar 29, 2012
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The Inspiration
My wife occasionally views a few photography forums, and they do "assignments" where they take a photo a day and post it, or take a photo of a specific topic each week, and then post on the forum for everyone to share creative ideas and give suggestions on what might be done to improve the photograph. The idea being the focused exchange of information makes everyone better and it's fun!
The Project
I will be taking 3 different vehicles that have 3 very different lives and do 1-2 steps of the detailing process each evening and posting them here on AG, capturing the details (hah!) as best as I can with my trusty camera and posting them for all to review, and offer feedback. Each step will be in it's own thread to keep the discussion focused on each step. I plan on doing both interior and exterior work on all 3. While many of these things are covered in Mike's videos and live broadcasts, hopefully this provides some additional reading material for those looking to focus more on each point and to read in pieces
The Goals
1.) Improve my own skills through the solicitation of constructive criticism
2.) Improve others skills through detailed analysis by the professors (experienced AG community)
3.) Provide my impressions of the products I used
4.) Fun!
Feeback please!!!
This project will fall far short without feedback, so please offer anything you feel comfortable. I am not an experienced detailer by any stretch of the imagination and very hard to offend. I am looking for feedback on anything that may help me our others. Examples might be:
"I think you used a little too much product there"
"Slow your arm speed down"
"Maybe make the section your working on a little smaller (or a little bigger)"
"What your doing works, but try doing this next time for better, faster or easier results"
"That looks about right"
The Patients
#1: The Black Pearl - 2010 Dodge Challenger, garaged and only driven on nice days, this car can stay in the garage as long as needed to do the job right. The goal here is as close to a show car finish as possible.
#2: Big Blue - 2008 Dodge Ram 1500, garaged at night, outside during the day, this truck is mostly a daily driver but is afforded a few off days when I take the Pearl out. It can be sidelined for a couple days if the weather is going to be nice. Want to do a good job here, but time will be a factor
#3: The Workhorse - 2001 Dodge Neon, 128,000 miles. This car gets driven everyday and sits outside in the Michigan weather the whole time, the goal here is as dramatic an improvement as possible in a day with protection being the biggest factor
The Doctor
I didn't know how to do anything other than wash a car (with 1 bucket!) and slap on some tire dressing until 2.5 years ago. I only do my personal cars. I've never had any hands on instruction and the only education I've gotten is at MOL and here at Autogeek.
Let's see if this is going to work...
What say you AGers? Feed back please
Coming tomorrow...
I'll post some pictures and a summary of patient #1 as well as a proposed process and order of operations to kick start the discussion. Wash mitt enters bucket of soapy solution starting Sunday evening!
My wife occasionally views a few photography forums, and they do "assignments" where they take a photo a day and post it, or take a photo of a specific topic each week, and then post on the forum for everyone to share creative ideas and give suggestions on what might be done to improve the photograph. The idea being the focused exchange of information makes everyone better and it's fun!
The Project
I will be taking 3 different vehicles that have 3 very different lives and do 1-2 steps of the detailing process each evening and posting them here on AG, capturing the details (hah!) as best as I can with my trusty camera and posting them for all to review, and offer feedback. Each step will be in it's own thread to keep the discussion focused on each step. I plan on doing both interior and exterior work on all 3. While many of these things are covered in Mike's videos and live broadcasts, hopefully this provides some additional reading material for those looking to focus more on each point and to read in pieces
The Goals
1.) Improve my own skills through the solicitation of constructive criticism
2.) Improve others skills through detailed analysis by the professors (experienced AG community)
3.) Provide my impressions of the products I used
4.) Fun!
Feeback please!!!
This project will fall far short without feedback, so please offer anything you feel comfortable. I am not an experienced detailer by any stretch of the imagination and very hard to offend. I am looking for feedback on anything that may help me our others. Examples might be:
"I think you used a little too much product there"
"Slow your arm speed down"
"Maybe make the section your working on a little smaller (or a little bigger)"
"What your doing works, but try doing this next time for better, faster or easier results"
"That looks about right"
The Patients
#1: The Black Pearl - 2010 Dodge Challenger, garaged and only driven on nice days, this car can stay in the garage as long as needed to do the job right. The goal here is as close to a show car finish as possible.
#2: Big Blue - 2008 Dodge Ram 1500, garaged at night, outside during the day, this truck is mostly a daily driver but is afforded a few off days when I take the Pearl out. It can be sidelined for a couple days if the weather is going to be nice. Want to do a good job here, but time will be a factor
#3: The Workhorse - 2001 Dodge Neon, 128,000 miles. This car gets driven everyday and sits outside in the Michigan weather the whole time, the goal here is as dramatic an improvement as possible in a day with protection being the biggest factor
The Doctor
I didn't know how to do anything other than wash a car (with 1 bucket!) and slap on some tire dressing until 2.5 years ago. I only do my personal cars. I've never had any hands on instruction and the only education I've gotten is at MOL and here at Autogeek.
Let's see if this is going to work...
What say you AGers? Feed back please
Coming tomorrow...
I'll post some pictures and a summary of patient #1 as well as a proposed process and order of operations to kick start the discussion. Wash mitt enters bucket of soapy solution starting Sunday evening!
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