Dedicatedperfection: Schwarz 2012 VW Passat

[lawrenceSA]

Awesome work as always.

Thanks for sharing Mike :dblthumb2:

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

IMO i think you can do betther in the wheels,

Hi, welcome to AutoGeekOnline.

Yes, I could have gone the extra mile in turning the wheels around but it is very important to remember what the allotted budget is. This was to be a one step AIO.

Now here you can break it down even further any way you like but remember the "budget" and what you include while doing your work. I went in for a second round with Sonax Full effect to remove even further contamination from an already filthy wheel and much to my surprise, some of the contamination remained.

Where, what, and how would you have proceeded with this issue keeping your stated budget in mind?

How often do you get word of mouth clients? I live in a small town, hell, our county only has 40,000 people, but I'm finding it difficult to rely solely on word of mouth around here. Any suggestions?

This was a first for me at this location. I believe there are roughly 6-7K people here.

Keep pushing your word of mouth, post your work here, publish on FB, etc.

Awesome work as always.

Thanks for sharing Mike :dblthumb2:

Thanks Lawrence!

No problem.

 

[Audios S6]

Nice work as always Mike.

 

[Tato]

Very nice work Mike, not only for the awesome results but also for the whole after-talk it's followed by, great questions, great answers - fulfilled the learning quota for lunchtime !

Thank you so very much for sharing your work, it enriches our detailing arsenal for sure.

Best Wishes.

 

[zmcgovern45]

Looks great, Mike.

I've got to wonder what the purpose of black light was since you had already (technically) polished & sealed in one step with the Menzerna 3-in-1.

I've seen repeated accounts of detailers topping an AIO product with another sealant, wax, glaze, whatever. To me it would seem that if the game plan was to apply a dedicated sealant or wax after polishing all along, it would be more beneficial to use a true polish like Menzerna PF2500 or M205 for the polishing step? Curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

-Zach

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Nice work as always Mike.

Thanks for stopping in and commenting. :xyxthumbs:

Very nice work Mike, not only for the awesome results but also for the whole after-talk it's followed by, great questions, great answers - fulfilled the learning quota for lunchtime !

Thank you so very much for sharing your work, it enriches our detailing arsenal for sure.

Best Wishes.

Thanks Raphael.

Its always more engaging when questions are asked about the process. The frequent visitors can learn a thing or two or pass on knowledge.

My pleasure.

Looks great, Mike.

I've got to wonder what the purpose of black light was since you had already (technically) polished & sealed in one step with the Menzerna 3-in-1.

I've seen repeated accounts of detailers topping an AIO product with another sealant, wax, glaze, whatever. To me it would seem that if the game plan was to apply a dedicated sealant or wax after polishing all along, it would be more beneficial to use a true polish like Menzerna PF2500 or M205 for the polishing step? Curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

-Zach

Thanks Zach.

I agree with what you said. When doing customer cars it's always important to stick to the budget and detailing process with the customer to meet expectations. Its important to lay out the plan of attack so the customer knows exactly what the outcome will be.

Normally yes you stick with just the one step AIO and finish the job. Although here I wanted to showcase myself a bit to stand out from the normal car sales lot detailer that will run through a vehicle in two hours maximum. I stuck with my one step AIO process to meet the stated process however I went out of my way to "stand out". My choice was BL as this just happen to bring back memories as when I first started years ago. Answered below on a response from the first page.

1. I haven't used it in such a long time, I wanted to bring it out as it brought back memories when I first started years ago. Can't comment here on durability.

2. I wouldn't think so. I feel that 3n1 should be topped any how as it leaves the surface pretty grabby. It's not slick like after an application of a dedicated LSP. If anything, the grabby surface promotes adhesion of another layer of LSP. IMO of course.