My first "official" detail

Whitethunder46

Whitethunder46

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Can't put it in the show and shine, no pics. Yea, I know, but I was limited on time. Also the car was a completeeeeee mess. Tons of scratches from their 3 large dogs and some paint spider web cracking from damge, not to mention the wheels were just gonnnnnnnnnneee from all the curb rash.

The car was owned by the mother of a good friend I work with.

2001? Honda Accord Green metallic paint

Deluxe package:
Exterior:
Wash with NXT 2 bucket
Wheels Megs Wheel Brightner 4:1, tires and fenderwells Purple Power 1:1, tires dressed with AA Gel and fenderwells dressed with Stoners More shine
Bug/Tar w/ Stoners Tarminator (really like this stuff)
all glass cleaned with DP Krystal Vision
Clayed with "Ebay" clay and DP 4n1 mixed for clay lube (I didn't dry the car after washing it. I had my filter hooked up so wasn't too worried with water spots. After claying, I used the middle sized Guzzler to dry and this worked very well for any spots that might have formed)

Interior:
Vacuumed a LOT of dog hair. I used the Megs detailing tool "extractor", worked very very well.
Carpets and seats cleaned with APC+ 10:1 and Folex on spot stains
All vinyl/plastic cleaned with APC+ 10:1
Vinyl protected with Optimum Prot Plus
Oder Eliminate DG Oder
Chrome cleaned with Mother's Chrome polish

Usually with this package I just use a spray wax (either AW or Pinnacle Souveran spray) and that's it. However, I wanted to step it up a notch. I went ahead and spot polished 3 sections on the car from scratching from the dogs. I use yellow pad and XMT4, followed with Orange wave pad and OP. This combo works great for me.

Topped the entire car with DP's MaxWax to bring out the flake.

Payment: $100

Sorry again for no pics.
 
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Congrats on the payday Greg. You've prepared a time for it. Good going.
 
awesome to hear you got your first true client...hopefully now begins the endless referrals that will come flooding your way..
 
Congrats with your client! That person must have been very very happy :D.
 
Whitethunder46 said:
Can't put it in the show and shine, no pics. Yea, I know, but I was limited on time. Also the car was a completeeeeee mess. Tons of scratches from their 3 large dogs and some paint spider web cracking from damge, not to mention the wheels were just gonnnnnnnnnneee from all the curb rash.

The car was owned by the mother of a good friend I work with.

2001? Honda Accord Green metallic paint

Deluxe package:
Exterior:
Wash with NXT 2 bucket
Wheels Megs Wheel Brightner 4:1, tires and fenderwells Purple Power 1:1, tires dressed with AA Gel and fenderwells dressed with Stoners More shine
Bug/Tar w/ Stoners Tarminator (really like this stuff)
all glass cleaned with DP Krystal Vision
Clayed with "Ebay" clay and DP 4n1 mixed for clay lube (I didn't dry the car after washing it. I had my filter hooked up so wasn't too worried with water spots. After claying, I used the middle sized Guzzler to dry and this worked very well for any spots that might have formed)

Interior:
Vacuumed a LOT of dog hair. I used the Megs detailing tool "extractor", worked very very well.
Carpets and seats cleaned with APC+ 10:1 and Folex on spot stains
All vinyl/plastic cleaned with APC+ 10:1
Vinyl protected with Optimum Prot Plus
Oder Eliminate DG Oder
Chrome cleaned with Mother's Chrome polish

Usually with this package I just use a spray wax (either AW or Pinnacle Souveran spray) and that's it. However, I wanted to step it up a notch. I went ahead and spot polished 3 sections on the car from scratching from the dogs. I use yellow pad and XMT4, followed with Orange wave pad and OP. This combo works great for me.

Topped the entire car with DP's MaxWax to bring out the flake.

Payment: $100

Sorry again for no pics.
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Will forgive you this time, but next time you gotta post some pics...;)
 
wow, seems like she got a bargain. Dont underprice the work you do. How long did it take BTW?
 
01SVTvert said:
wow, seems like she got a bargain. Dont underprice the work you do. How long did it take BTW?
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4 hours, but I was messing around with a few products, etc.

this package is identical to my full package except without complete paint polishing of the car. My full details are $150-$200 depending on size.
 
Let me tell you i do this full time and when you need to pay bills you take what comes for the first 2 yrs. So just charge what you think is right fir your business because each knows his own business like no other.Keep up the great work nice to see you evolve your business into something you enjoy and look forward to your future posts.
 
supercharged said:
Will forgive you this time, but next time you gotta post some pics...;)
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Congrats Whitethunder46!
And
I'm with supercharged on this!:D
We want :Picture:
 
Congratulations! That is terrific to hear!! I wish we could see it too - (I know, i am greedy!!)
Hey, may I ask, what do you mean by eBay clay?
Lauren
 
Congrats on not taking pics :( LOL j/K man glad you finally got it going. Man $100 is cheap for what you did.
 
I spent 6 hours on a buick today and 1-stepped it with 360 and lsp'd liquid souveran and handed them the $200 bill. I think I undercharged and boy did it look amazing!!

I hope there are many more to come whitethunder!! Keep up the good work !!
 
Well done, must have felt really good to get paid for something you enjoy doing. Well done.

Thanks for sharing and don't worry about the pictures, it's prefered but it's not a must.
 
Lauren, the Ebay clay is just that, clay I bought off EBay, lol. 5, 200gram bars for $45 shipped. Not the best stuff, but I got it for vehicles that have been just abused where I don't want to ruin my good stuff.

In the process of doing it, I realized this is something I really want to do. It was fun and very rewarding, especially when seeing the customer's face. It took 4 hours with the paint polishing spots and coat of wax, however, it really felt like only an hour.
 
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