killrwheels@autogeek said:
I disagree. You can do a detail on the exterior. You can do a detail on the interior. You can do a detail in the engine bay. You can detail different parts of the car. A detail doesn't always mean every mm of the car. People bring cars to detailers to detaile certin parts of the car. It isn't always the whole thing.TOGWT said:
I started when I was 16. I had to completely restore a '83 F-150 if I wanted something nice to drive. I sanded it down to the metal and worked my way back up. It started with body work. I cut and welded rust spots and put filler in bad areas. I blocked it and the primered it. I then did a SS paint job. I had guidance from my dad, but the work was done by me. If you saw it today, you would never guess that a rookie painted it. I spent lots of time watching my uncle work his magic to learn techniques. I took my time and it turned out awesome. My detailing work started with the other areas. I cleaned up the undercarriage and the engine bay. I couldn't afford new stuff for the interior, but I had to make it look just as nice as the exterior. So, I got to work. I really enjoyed it and new I could make some money while having fun. But I wasn't going to go out and work on people's cars after doing one thing. So, I practiced on my dad's mail car. You couldn't make that thing look any worse.lol Next was my moms beater car. Then I worked on their nicer cars. I started doing work for my family members. I worked on the crapiest things I could find and worked my way on up to nicer stuff. I did everything by hand. I didn't wory about perfecting the paint or anything. You could make that look decent enough with glazes. I mainly worried about getting the interior clean and paying attention to little things. I was making chump money though, so I knew I needed to step my game up. I then bought another car to work on a couple of years later. I bought a cheap rotary and started practicing with it. The rest is history.97Avenger said:Ok coupe and 67customs, when did you start detailing? And when you worked on your first detail, was it on a car? I'm starting out like most other people on a car. I did detailing up north at a semi dealership. Now I didn't use as good of products as everybody else uses but what I used worked. I know how to detail but I never put 2 kind of waxes on right after another. It was just a question, I didn't know it was going to be a put down.
97Avenger said:Ok coupe and 67customs, when did you start detailing? And when you worked on your first detail, was it on a car? I'm starting out like most other people on a car. I did detailing up north at a semi dealership. Now I didn't use as good of products as everybody else uses but what I used worked. I know how to detail but I never put 2 kind of waxes on right after another. It was just a question, I didn't know it was going to be a put down.
