How to Get More Efficient Doing Paint Corrections/Coatings

[Billy Baldone]

Any pics? I’m Very excited for you!!

 

[davidk72008]

I'll post some pics up here later today. I am on my work computer and IT has imgur blocked. I'll try to get a link posted soon

 

[davidk72008]

Midas's Tahoe - Album on Imgur

I need to do a better job of getting a good 50/50 tape line during my corrections for pictures. Either way, these show the results fairly well. It was already dark by the time I finished the detail so I couldn't get sun pics.

 

[Billy Baldone]

Very nice work. If I could offer an opinion, You should either add a rotary for faster cutting, or get some good wool pads for the 3401 to take some time off of the cutting step. That might help you out.

 

[davidk72008]

I agree, I've been thinking of adding a Flex rotary to my arsenal.

 

[Cruzscarwash]

So this car was 4 hours start to finish for me to give it a 1 step Paint correction and then a 2 year ceramic coating.

I used a prep wash to get it ready before polishing and then coated.

The only before and afters I have are video stills from my recordings

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[Every_detail]

So this car was 4 hours start to finish for me to give it a 1 step Paint correction and then a 2 year ceramic coating.

I used a prep wash to get it ready before polishing and then coated.

The only before and afters I have are video stills from my recordings

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4 hours including coating install? That's a good pay day right there!

 

[razz2o4]

What coating did you use? And what did you polish it with? That's a quick turn!

So this car was 4 hours start to finish for me to give it a 1 step Paint correction and then a 2 year ceramic coating.

I used a prep wash to get it ready before polishing and then coated.

The only before and afters I have are video stills from my recordings

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[Cruzscarwash]

Meg's d300 and igl quartz

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[Mikem3574]

That Chevelle came out GREAT! We really had some cool cars there to train on. And I'm happy to say, there's no other class like my 3-day class here at Autogeek in Stuart, Florida where absolute strangers to the car owners get to work on so many cool cars.

Yesterday I confirmed a 1964 Impala with a 409 BIG BLOCK for my February class.





I'm sorry to say I never had the time to get all the great action pictures showing your class working on all the cars. Right after the September class, I had to prep for a roadshow and after that SEMA.




I'm a little sensitive to how my classes are positioned BECAUSE I've seen a few people state that in a large class you don't get enough ONE-ON-ONE time with the Instructor but the person saying this has also NEVER been to one of my classes. I make sure EVERYONE gets TONS of one-on-one with me as I walk around the entire time, for 3 days and walk right up to each person and check with them on how they're doing and if they have any questions.

I also stop and share tips and techniques that apply to the person and the tool and the procedure being performed in real-time and PRO-ACTIVELY.

No harm, no foul, I just like to make sure all the hundreds, if not thousands of people that will read this thread into the future have an accurate impression for any class I teach.

And as you witnessed first-hand - we start early, worked late and everyone was on their feet working on cars each day. The ONLY time anyone sat in a chair was to eat lunch and that was kept to about 15 to 20 minutes. That's how I run my classes. I cover so many tools, products and techniques there's simply no way we could get through them all by sitting in chairs looking at a wall. (looking at a slide in a power point presentation).

If a person learns best by sitting in a chair by all means, take any of the other classes on the market.




Thank you. And you know what? I really enjoyed it to. I love all my classes and that's because as I've been typing for years, I love to do two things,

1: I love detailing cool cars. It's my passion.

2: I love teaching others to detail - I have empathy - I've been in their shoes when first starting out.



You're doing good. Speed comes with practice and practice makes perfect.

Selling yourself at a higher price point is your next challenge.

Do you ever teach classes in Las Vegas?

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[WillSports3]

I would definitely suggest adding a rotary for the faster two-step jobs. Rotary and good polish, plenty of pads.