Detailing General

>>15463001
>buy truck
>give zero fucks about exterior
>keep interior spotless
I use to own a detail shop. Loved it about 90% of the time.

Are we greentexting? cool

>do research and load up amazon cart with $200 of polishing supplies
>delete cart because I don't actually give a fuck about polishing my car

I washed it recently and it looks good enough.

>Why is looking after a car when you have no garage so much fucking work?
It gets easier if you stop giving a shit. Nobody else does, given your paint is in decent shape and your car isn't coated in bird shit.

>>15463016
Did your shop do well? make any money?

>>15463038
>Did your shop do well? make any money?
Did well enough to pay the bills. Was mostly fun and shenanigans. I ran into some medical issues though and had to shut it down. Super sucked.

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>>15463038
>he doesn't get that sense of pride and fulfilment walking out to a car covered in beaded up rain
Your loss pal.

>>15463073
You can wash and wax and get 95% of the results without spending hours and hundreds of dollars on clay and polish.

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>>15463091
Who said it needs to be expensive?

My entire 'setup' of soap, waxes, polishes, plastic/window/tyre dressing etc, clay, glazes and so on cost me less than filling the tank in my car. Hardly a massive investment for stuff that will last years.

Your point about time is fair enough.

>>15463225
Do you hand polish? I don't think dual action orbitals sell for less than $100...

>>15463854
My idea of 'polish' is putting a (((polish))) on which I understand is 99% fillers that only hide the scratches.

Just got a car I give a shit about enough to wash the shit out of. Any guides or tips on washing it? I have clay bar already.
Also I live in an apartment complex but around the corner there's an outdoor car wash thing rub by some sketchy Mexicans that's probably a front for something. Do you think they'll give a shit if I take forever to detail my car there? Pretty sure it's a front because there's nobody there 99% of the time I pass it to got to the bottle shop. The other 1% looks like drug deals.

>>15465277
Just clay bar it once and then wax it. Find somewhere new to live that has a neighbourhood without mexican fronts

>>15465277
Don't wash your car until you know what you're doing, seriously. You can cause yourself dozens of hours of corrective work on a dark car just from fucking up one wash. Lighter coloured cars are more forgiving.

>>15465737
Thanks! It's a dark gunmetal Grey. Probably saved me some headache.
>>15465530
Not a bad area it's just next to a bad area. Also I'm 20 so idk about buying a home right now.

Mobile Detailing Business Owner here.
Tools you'll need for a successful swirl/scratch free wash.

Three buckets
Three grit guards
Three chenelle wash mitts (lambs wool work as well just more expensive)
Water hose
Soap of your choice

Optional
Pressure Washer
Foam Cannon
Foam Gun

Always wash in a shaded area
Wash the wheels first
Always rinse your mitt after washing one panel
Divide the vehicle in two halves one mitt for the top one for the bottom

Bonus
Use the soapy water after washing the car to clay bar.
Having a pressure washer pretty much eliminates the needs for two mitts because the car is 99% clean after the initial pressure wash

>>15466167
These are just the basics, I forgot to mention that you use bucket number three strictly for the wheels. And if you've got painted wheels you should be using a mitt for the tire itself and a mitt for the wheels because tire paint is the same paint that's on your car.

>>15464983
Uh, depending on the actual polish depends on if it includes fillers or not. M205 is strictly a polish and doesn't have any filling agents in it.

I recently went crazy and polished and waxed it the second time, atfer some fucking asshole bird nigger fucking sat on it with it's nigger claw feet and scratched it that fucking cunt bitch bird

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>>15466184

>>15466184
Look into applying a coating instead of wax. Like cQuartz. It's way more scratch resistant than wax.

>>15463073
My car beads up but then the water literally never runs off and just leaves water marks every time even after driving around.
Does this mean I put too much wax?

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I'm going to be waxing my car every 3 months. When I rewax my car, should I be using a different kind of soap to pre-wash in order to strip the old layer of wax, or should I just apply over the old layer?

Thanks.

>>15466204

you mean like calcium watermarks? does you neighbor have a sprinkler or something?>>15466209
strip the old layer with dish soap and apply 2 new coats, then next time 3 coats AND THEN 4 AND THEN 5

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>>15466228
Not my photo but it's like this just slightly less severe. It's pretty obvious because the paint is a dark blue

>>15466243

huh, thats weird. Rain normally doesn't do that, because the water is free of minerals and shit.
Either it's really just dirt from the aerosols, or you didn't clay your car and the stains are embedded in the paint already.
Do you park in a parking garage often?

>>15466268
It's a new car to me so it may just be because I haven't clayed it yet. I'll do it next time and see how it goes

>>15466332

If it doesn'z go away with claying you should try a water spot remover and if that doesn't work you have to polish it.
Wax it or seal it after any of these, to prevent any more spots, they suck dick

>>15463038
I think for a lot of /o/tists it's a hobby thing. Like some to relax with and enjoy doing, can't fault that. I don't give a fuck about mine though lol

>>15466650
>relax
>hand washing, claying, polishing and waxing for 6 hours in 25c heat
Go fuck yourself this is torture.

>>15466853

>25C
>heat

Nigga thats cold weather where I live. Grow a pair.

>>15466857
Motherfucker in the north of England anything above freezing is considered t-shirt weather, 25c is utterly ridiculous.

>>15466853

Nigger i do that shit to my car in heat thats about 38c in your fag units

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>>15466853
Mate...

Rather this than sitting inside.

>>15467352
>buffing tool
Lightweight.

>>15469764
What's that? I apply wax by hand if you were commenting on that.

What's a reasonable profit from exterior detailing? How much from a full wash/clay/wax and how much with paint correction as well?