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My detailing exp:
I started working in a shop when I was in 11th grade, we were split into 3 parts, #1 exterior wash (included engine and underbody), rough vacume, jams, wheels, etc. #2 was inside detail (included basic interior repairs) #3 was exterior detail (obviously wax, repairs, some painting, underbody painting, pinstriping (and calling in others if we couldn't fix it, or messed it up)
The majority of our work was for area car dealers (actually our main purpose) but this was mixed in with personal customers that found us by some means, no advertising...
I went to church with the guy who owned this and he finally had an openning, started out with exterior wash, then finally to inside detail after a year or so. A couple of us were in highschool so we showed up after school and would get stuff ready for the full time guys then next day...
When I started college (community for two years) I stayed there and ended up doing a good part of the wax jobs... It's funny after reading the forums here about rotarys... I remember using some beast, I'm sure it was a commercial sander (was silver with black handles) for most of the jobs, we had others, but that was the main one... It had some nasty torque... I'm sure somebody showed me how to use it, can't remember, I do remember ripping off some pinstripes and buring some trunk edges tough, lol, but also remember fixing some really rough looking paint...
We also had a auto polisher, looked like a car wash (the old ones that had the round cylinders that would spin on the sides and top of your car) but had a wax that we would spray and then it would buff it out (was a different service) Funny story, some of the most fun I ever had was with that, if we were slow we would bear hug the side spinners, someone would hold them so they wouldn't touch, turn the maching on and see how long you could hold on, lol, dizzy city...
Anyway I recently got a car thats in need of some repair, first tought was to just pay to have it done but then realized I could get the tools I need for the same price and do it myself, I'll post some before and afters when the time comes. For now just reading up to see how things have changed since I was in the business (over 15 years ago, wow I'm getting old) before I dive back in.
My detailing exp:
I started working in a shop when I was in 11th grade, we were split into 3 parts, #1 exterior wash (included engine and underbody), rough vacume, jams, wheels, etc. #2 was inside detail (included basic interior repairs) #3 was exterior detail (obviously wax, repairs, some painting, underbody painting, pinstriping (and calling in others if we couldn't fix it, or messed it up)
The majority of our work was for area car dealers (actually our main purpose) but this was mixed in with personal customers that found us by some means, no advertising...
I went to church with the guy who owned this and he finally had an openning, started out with exterior wash, then finally to inside detail after a year or so. A couple of us were in highschool so we showed up after school and would get stuff ready for the full time guys then next day...
When I started college (community for two years) I stayed there and ended up doing a good part of the wax jobs... It's funny after reading the forums here about rotarys... I remember using some beast, I'm sure it was a commercial sander (was silver with black handles) for most of the jobs, we had others, but that was the main one... It had some nasty torque... I'm sure somebody showed me how to use it, can't remember, I do remember ripping off some pinstripes and buring some trunk edges tough, lol, but also remember fixing some really rough looking paint...
We also had a auto polisher, looked like a car wash (the old ones that had the round cylinders that would spin on the sides and top of your car) but had a wax that we would spray and then it would buff it out (was a different service) Funny story, some of the most fun I ever had was with that, if we were slow we would bear hug the side spinners, someone would hold them so they wouldn't touch, turn the maching on and see how long you could hold on, lol, dizzy city...
Anyway I recently got a car thats in need of some repair, first tought was to just pay to have it done but then realized I could get the tools I need for the same price and do it myself, I'll post some before and afters when the time comes. For now just reading up to see how things have changed since I was in the business (over 15 years ago, wow I'm getting old) before I dive back in.
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