Either I'm loosing it or....

D.Acker

D.Acker

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I take way to long. I saw this response on another site under the topic:

Is it really hard to shine your car?

One response was:

well it depends what is very long in your terminology. to a professional detailer they can typically average 3 cars in 8 hours. give or take . How much do you love your car? if you truley love your car then time spent shining her up is time well wasted in all respects. i would count on at least a half hour to wash depending on size of vehicle. prolly an hour or so to wax or polish. give yourself about a half hour on wheels 45 minute to an hour if their chrome and complex. and about an hour or so on interior door jambs and what not. and last but not least be carefull doing this but you gotta clean the engine bay. this time varies greatly depending on age and condition of vehicle.
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The part in bold really threw me. This person can't be talking about full details, can they? It usually takes me at least 8 to wash\clay\cut\polish\wax\glass\wheels\tires\interior etc etc..

None of these times seemed correct to me for a proper detail. Of course vehicle condition can play a huge part in time.
 
There ain't NO WAY I could do 1 car in 8 hours, to include paint correction. It took me 8 hours to wash and clean the interior on a Toyota Sienna. So I guess it just takes me way too long.

On my car, it usually takes me about a total of 3-4 hours on just the outside alone. :-/ I like to take alot of time on my car.
 
alko said:
On my car, it usually takes me about a total of 3-4 hours on just the outside alone. :-/ I like to take alot of time on my car.
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Same here, if not longer!
 
Oh...and thats just wheels and tires, wash, and blow dry. LMAO!
 
alko said:
Oh...and thats just wheels and tires, wash, and blow dry. LMAO!
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I told you, get a leaf blower, the canned air just isn't powerful enough.:laughing:
 
Seriously? It takes me 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours to do a maintenance wash. That's:

Vacuum interior
Wipe down plastics
Clean interior glass
Degrease, scrub, and rinse tires, wheel covers, and wheel wells
Rinse car
Wash and rinse top half of car
Wash and rinse bottom half of car
Dry car
spray wax or quick detailer
dress tires
clean exterior glass
 
Wait... You mean your not supposed to blow it with your mouth....


Crap........
 
I switched to a church fan two weeks ago. Bicycle pump broke
 
alko said:
I switched to a church fan two weeks ago. Bicycle pump broke
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I got this lovely set of dual-usage abanicos on sale.
Perfect for drying the vehicle; or, a night out "on-the-town" at the Flamenco Cantina.




:D

Bob
 
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