What was your first detailing mistake/error?

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Here is mine.

When I was in high school I was waxing my Camaro Z28 with Meguairs Gold Class Wax. It was pretty hot that day and I let the wax haze for about 20mins. When it was time to remove, it was all baked on. Had to rewash the whole car to remove the wax. At the end I was pissed off and didnt wax the car. (this was way before autogeek and before i really got into detailing)

whats yours?
 
I've had quite a few LOL

Mine was taking a new leather chamois, straight from the pack to the paint.
 
My first was claying the car while washing it without enough soap (nearly straight water) I was really claying it roughly. Put quite a few scratches. This was long before I got into detailing and someone had shown me the clay bar. Plus I know I dropped that clay at least twice and continued using it. I thought the floor was clean enough so it should be fine. That car is long gone now. Sold it last year.
 
Mine was when I got paste wax on black plastic trim..it never came off. Never made the same mistake again.
 
Washing with one bucket,dish washing soap, and an old sponge that was also used on wheels. This was before I knew any better.
 
buying too much stuff I would spend years to use...... oh wait..... I'm still doing that 2 years later.... :awesome:
 
How about not chalking the button on the car door and accidentally running the battery down on the car you're detailing?

That was today's mistake anyway.. lol
 
Quoting an interior job before seeing the interior lost my ass on the job.
 
I have many but the one that sticks out is using 1/3 jar of Pinnacle Souveran to put one coat of wax on my Ford Fusion. I don't mind wasting product but that's a little much!
 
hoyt66 said:
I have many but the one that sticks out is using 1/3 jar of Pinnacle Souveran to put one coat of wax on my Ford Fusion. I don't mind wasting product but that's a little much!
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OUCH ! Did it take a chisel to remove it all :props:
 
hoyt66 said:
I have many but the one that sticks out is using 1/3 jar of Pinnacle Souveran to put one coat of wax on my Ford Fusion. I don't mind wasting product but that's a little much!
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That was by far the best until now.... :dblthumb2:
 
Pureshine said:
Quoting an interior job before seeing the interior lost my ass on the job.
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Did the same mistake when I started detailing for extra cash. Gave a quote for $90 for almost 9hrs of work


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killrwheels@autogeek said:
OUCH ! Did it take a chisel to remove it all :props:
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HaHa no but I went thru ALOT of micro fibers. It was one of my first post here and

everyone was like " You're using way to much" The rest of the jar lasted forever once I

learned that lesson.
 
Interior job for sure. The guy told me that his wife spilt a "few drops" of milk on the back seat and it needed cleaned.

Sounds easy, right? WRONG!! She spilt almost a whole GALLON of milk on the back seat which seeped into the padding and puddled on the frame. It had been sitting there, in the Florida heat, for 3 weeks (which he didn't tell me at first).

Stupid me, I offered a guarantee that the smell would be gone and said to call me with any problems. Well, six (6) (yes, you read that right, 6) trips back, steaming, extracting, and then finally hitting it with some ozone, the smell was gone.

And I was only paid $100. Stupid me for not smelling it first!!:nomore:
 
SuperiorAutoLLC said:
Interior job for sure. The guy told me that his wife spilt a "few drops" of milk on the back seat and it needed cleaned.

Sounds easy, right? WRONG!! She spilt almost a whole GALLON of milk on the back seat which seeped into the padding and puddled on the frame. It had been sitting there, in the Florida heat, for 3 weeks (which he didn't tell me at first).

Stupid me, I offered a guarantee that the smell would be gone and said to call me with any problems. Well, six (6) (yes, you read that right, 6) trips back, steaming, extracting, and then finally hitting it with some ozone, the smell was gone.

And I was only paid $100. Stupid me for not smelling it first!!:nomore:
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yeah... When a potential costumer tells you it's a easy job, no big issue, most of the time they are trying to hide a disaster from you to get it done for cheap....
 
I remember back in 2007/08 before I knew anything about auto detailing, I bought a little tube of NuFinish scratch remover. I had no idea how to use it. I squirted it directly onto the paint and sort of smeared it around the scratch. I let to dry and then wiped it off. And whataya know, the scratch was still there! Was so confused I never touched it again till I discovered autogeek.

I then tried it again sometime in 2010 and used it successfuly to remove a scratch on my fender.
 
Buying a car with black paint! Using a California duster and boars hair brush on the black paint ranks right up there.
 
First attempt to get a bad scratch out. (go big or go home) Started with a rotary, wool pad and some heavy duty compound. Didnt like the results, went straight for the wet sand with 2000 grit. Scratch was gone, was happy, now its time to get out the wet sanding marks. End result, not enough clear coat. Glad it was my car, found AG after that and smacked myself a bunch.
 
JSou said:
Washing with one bucket,dish washing soap, and an old sponge that was also used on wheels. This was before I knew any better.
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This one sounds like me. The way I was taught at first.
 
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