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I've had good luck with glass cleaner. It does a very good job. When I had the stripes put on, the guy used glass cleaner to take off any wax that was on the surface. He says he does that all the time.
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25 hours?! Holy crap! Although I don't think I'll be doing the wheels/calipers this time around. When I get new wheels, I'll coat them before I put them on. But still, that's a really good chunk of time!
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And dang! That's a lot of experience! May I ask what some mistakes were or changes that you may have made early on compared to the last few vehicles you did after you were way more familiar with the process?
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yes that is a good plan.
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Immaculate etc. If you remove the wheel/caliper coating and interior detailing steps.....you can shave several hours off total time. Just getting a 6g up in the air, and removing wheels takes some time. |
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I definitely think 25 hours is what it takes when you are being meticulous as ninetres said above. If you don't want to be that expansive, I have done a car in about 8, spread over a weekend. A couple hours to polish /wash the car, and an hour to apply the coating, and the Hydro2 (see my sig) for the wheels in 20 minutes… If you use the true coating on the wheels It can certainly add hours, esp if you remove to do barrels.....
My back will not take me doing a full master detail anymore with the coating, I'd rather just polish it once when it's new, then keep checking it with a baggie for Clay, when then do something like "McKees 37 10 minute" or RELOAD every six months and go do other projects. The car is still a mirror look. |
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The one piece of advice I would add is make sure you have excellent lighting. I ended up with a few high spots afterwards and the only way I was able to get them out was by applying a few coats of wax.
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Ok, that's good to know. I am going to do this in my garage. I'll get the lighting situation squared away before I start.
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