What is toughest parts of derailing?

Interior anything on a small/sports car. I'm too big to contort in the necessary positions to clean them like I can a truck/van/SUV.

Trutech74 said:
Interiors for sure. People who could care less about their car in general also tend to get real picky especially when they are paying for a full steam cleaned higher end interior package. The time it takes to do it right is way up there and on top of that I don't find the finish product to be as rewarding as a good paint correction.
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I've seen some pretty radical saves posted here on AG on interiors, much more dramatic than swirled or oxidized paint.
 
For me it's interior windows and TIME! I'm speaking from the point of view of detailing as a business. I often have 15-20+ hours into detailing a car just because I have to get every inch of the door jambs clean or every hair/piece of lint on a carpet. My attention to detail and lack of experience on how to do a FULL detail in a reasonable (8 hours or less) amount of time is killing me. Not only am I typically only making $5-$7 a hour per a detail after materials are subtracted, but it's also extremely hard to find people willing to leave their vehicle with me for more then 1 day.
 
brondondolon said:
Interior gets my vote. Its hot, typically filthy, theres always that one "mystery" stain, among other things.
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I agree with you. When I do a full interior I am usually sore the next day. Doing all sorts of contortions to get to every spot Inside the car it the hardest part of detailling for me.
 
98LowRanger said:
For me it's interior windows and TIME! I'm speaking from the point of view of detailing as a business. I often have 15-20+ hours into detailing a car just because I have to get every inch of the door jambs clean or every hair/piece of lint on a carpet. My attention to detail and lack of experience on how to do a FULL detail in a reasonable (8 hours or less) amount of time is killing me. Not only am I typically only making $5-$7 a hour per a detail after materials are subtracted, but it's also extremely hard to find people willing to leave their vehicle with me for more then 1 day.
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You're going to burn your self out before you know it. I mean with using your numbers provided you said you will do 15-20 hours and only make about 7 bucks an hour. That means you are making around 150 for a ton of work.

Here's some things to help you out
Tools: the right tools will get jobs done quicker think of hand polishing vs using a flex or other DA polisher. Right there you are saving a substantial amount of time.

Organization: not only will being well organized make you look more professional but immediately knowing where something is will save time. 5 seconds off the clock may not seem like much but when you do it all day long it really adds up.

Giving your customer what they want: If I get a basic wash on a lambo I'm not going to polish it just because it's nice. Not because I don't care but because the customer didn't request it, isn't paying for it, and wouldn't appreciate it. You may do amazing work for these ppl but time is also valuable to them. "Yeah the car turned out good but Jesus the guy took 20 hours to do what the 100% car wash does up the street in 30 min" so who knows if they will ever come back. 99% of people can't tell the difference between what the $20 dollar 100% hand wax car wash does and what their car looks like after a multi step paint correction. So keep that in mind.

I'm not saying start half a$$ing things by no means. What I'm saying is they key to detailing IMO is find the middle ground between quality and quick. Hope that helps. :)

Also some things I've stopped doing that has saved a bunch of time is I've replaced my pressure washer with a quality nozzle for my hose and I only use the foam cannon for RV's.

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interior windows, cloth seats, pet hair, mazda/vw carpet, interiors, dirty never washed wheels, large suvs and truck, waterspots,
 
sito said:
What is the toughest parts of derailing?

I find that tar, bug, waxing to be most difficult.

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And I missing something ? R we talking about a train going off the tracks? LOL
 
When working on my own vehicles and telling 'her' she can't have her car till tomorrow.

Other than that...doing the tops of tall trucks/SUVs.

One other thing, realizing you're outa adult beverage(s) when ya finish!

Bill
 
Kengo123 said:
interior windows, cloth seats, pet hair, mazda/vw carpet, interiors, dirty never washed wheels, large suvs and truck, waterspots,
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yes but thats what ppl want,, not many want a one step. just clean it and shine it. but I want the inside really clean!
 
brondondolon said:
Here's some things to help you out
Tools: the right tools will get jobs done quicker think of hand polishing vs using a flex or other DA polisher. Right there you are saving a substantial amount of time.



Also some things I've stopped doing that has saved a bunch of time is I've replaced my pressure washer with a quality nozzle for my hose and I only use the foam cannon for RV's.

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ON the top,, are you saying you think hand waxing is faster than applying it with the DA and a red pad? or that he needs to buy a flex or at least a good wax spreader?

and on #2 using the pressure washer saves me time and water. soak it down, wash it off then 2Bucket. To each their own but I like that pressure washer. if it is all set up and ready to go, its a good thing (IMO)
using the quick disconnect fittings is a great tool also, one hose for 3 attachments and its al click click boom.
 
Safely performing maintenance washes on a black, fully corrected vehicle with scratch sensitive clear coat. :detailer:
 
trekkeruss said:
Getting the train back on track! If it's only a wheel or two, train crews use a re-railing frog:

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I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RTexasF said:
For me it was pushing this back on the track by myself.....I hurt my back.


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Bet that one took the "Super Frog"! :laughing:

I'm thinking though that the hardest thing about "detailing" isn't any more the interior than the exterior. It's (as was stated earlier) learning that most people don't know/don't care about how YOU/WE want it done, just what they think THEY want done. ;)

Once you have that figured out you're good to go. :dblthumb2:
 
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