Mike I thought I saw somewhere that your "victim car" was a rental...a 2003? Rent-a-Wreck? Do you tell them that you are going to polish it up for them? Do they "rent" it to you for free in exchange?
The car we used was in fact a 2003 Ford Taurus from a local car rental agency, this is small business car rental company that was a part of Rent a Wreck, they are no longer with the Rent a Wreck organization but Google still shows them list as associated with the Rent a Wreck company.
I forgot to mention to the owners that we were going to use the car for a demo car at the time of renting it but when I returned it, the owners and the employees noticed we spruced it up a little and were astonished at how clean and shiny the car turned out.
The let me know they have a few more medium to dark colored passenger cars should I need one in the future and I told them I would be in contact with them when I schedule the next set of classes.
I taught my first detailing class in 1988 and in all these years I've had a lot of classes do phenomenal work transforming a car in horrible condition to like-new but this class raised the bar to the highest level.
The car came in with swirls, scratches, water spots and etchings and I don't think it's ever been clayed as the paint felt rough like 40 grit sandpaper. Most of the time the students will focus on the easy to work on horizontal panels, like the hood and trunk lid, this class went above and beyond the call of duty and clayed and then polished-out the entire car!
It truly looks like the paint is dripping wet it's so glossy... I took a short video using my iphone this morning before returning the car and after I get it uploaded I'll insert the video into this thread...
This is truly a great example of what I'm talking about in this article,
"Taking your car's paint to it's maximum potential"
It's a challenge trying to show and then teach how to use 6 different electric polishers but it's a lot of fun at the same time and what makes the task easy is the fact that everyone that attended was their eager to learn.
Hang tight...
