Deatiling Price

[PeaveyBassist]

I went to a local detailing place today and asked them how much it would be to wash the car, clay bar it, wash it, then wax it. They said around $125. Does that sound reasonable to you guys or is it a little high? I figured that isnt that bad when you figure washing the car twice, clay bar-ing it, and waxing it. What ya guys think?

Will

[Jordan]

thats pretty reasonable.

[Schniddy]

do it yourself and save the money....

[e304lyfe]

price is about right

[PeaveyBassist]

What if I dont wanna do it myself? :) I'm glad the price is about right. Thanks guys.

Will

[Jand3rson]

do it yourself and save the money....

Some people just don't like to do in-depth detailing on their own. Detailing is something that can really be fucked if if you: A. Don't know what you're doing, and B. Don't have the proper equipment.

I'm fairly proficient when it comes to doing mechanical work on my cars, but when it comes to in-depth detailing, I feel much more confident leaving it to an experienced person.

[Schniddy]

do it yourself and save the money....

Some people just don't like to do in-depth detailing on their own. Detailing is something that can really be fucked if if you: A. Don't know what you're doing, and B. Don't have the proper equipment.

I'm fairly proficient when it comes to doing mechanical work on my cars, but when it comes to in-depth detailing, I feel much more confident leaving it to an experienced person.

I doubt you were born with mechanical skills. you learned them thoughout your life. Same thing can be said about dailing. You've proably have done some reading too? You can check out http://www.autopia-carcare.com/index.html and read some great articles to get you started. After that you can join there fourm and start researching what you want to acomplish. There data base is huge.

I invested about 300 dollors in detailing supplies last summer and im very happy with it. Of corse I'll have to buy things like new pads and polish over the years but I'll never have to replace my PorterCable (good investment).

You can just as easily fuck up your cars machenical stuff as you can with your paint job. Just takes time and practice. If you are really worried about messing up your paint I would suggest heading down to a junkyard and bring home and old oxidezed body panel. Wet sand it and then polish it. You'll be amazed at the results.

just my 2cents on detailing.

Jon

edit: I dont mean to direct this towards you eurospeed, this is for everyone who likes to go to the detaliers for work. ;)

[///M42 sport]

unless your using orbitals, its pretty hard to mess up your paint. Just takes time and hardwork.

[Schniddy]

unless your using orbitals, its pretty hard to mess up your paint. Just takes time and hardwork.

Its VERY hard to burn threw you paint with an Orbital buffer. You would have to be using an agressive pad with an agressive polish. Other than that, those things are fool proof.

The rotary ones are more dangerouse to work with though, but if you have enough experience with the orbital you should be fine with the rotary, just take your time and go slow.

[zandi]

Hey, can you do it by hand instead of using the orbital buffer? Seems reasonable to do it by hand and save the money

[Court M3]

if you are going to go the hand route, I suggest using Klasse All-in-One polish and Sealant Glaze. Both are easy to apply and produce excellent results.

[BS87]

Klasse does nothing by hand. It pretty much requires a buffer unless you're a body builder who can whip your arm around 800 times a minute.