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Originally Posted by jamala00
Just curious... So what else are you having done. I have 3 black vehicles. '09 Harley, '15 Impala, '18 Tahoe. The 2 autos see the soft touch car wash all winter long. (Not hand washing a vehicle in the middle of winter). Every spring they both have paint swirls and what not from the soft touch car wash. Every spring I take them in to get professionally detailed. They come back to me in about 4 hours and the black paint looks like glass. No swirls, looks like it came off the showroom floor. What are you doing that you have 10 hours into it and have another 10-15 hours to go? Honestly just curious.
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Detailing is quite a process if you do most of the steps and do them thorougly.
-wash
-strip paint of waxes, etc. (dish soap works)
-detail spray (or soap) w/ claybar
-I usually wash here
-rubbing compound (different levels of abrasiveness if needed; there could be more than one step here)
-polishing compound
-I usually wash again here to remove residual flakes from previous steps
-glaze
-wax/sealant
This does not include taping of plastics, sharp body lines, trim pieces. Wheel & exhaust cleaning, polishing.
This is probably about half of a full detail. The hours stack up faster than you would think.
