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Old 05-13-2008, 12:38 AM
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In my experience 2.5 and 2 aren't much different. If you were trying to remove haze you would probably move down to 1, at least with a random orbital.

Your detailer friend is wrong. A random orbital does a great job of removing haze when moving to a finer polish. 2 can haze which 1 will remove. Normally you would also move to a softer pad. A rotary does the same thing....just much faster and with more risk of damage.
Ah I further researched the topic on Autopia; seems like most people do tend to do your method; so I will skip out on 2.0 since DG is quite light.

Thanks for the clarifying!
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 06:50 AM
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Ah I further researched the topic on Autopia; seems like most people do tend to do your method; so I will skip out on 2.0 since DG is quite light.

Thanks for the clarifying!
Yeah, just use 1.0 with a white pad and you'll be all set.
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 06:51 AM
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Ah I further researched the topic on Autopia; seems like most people do tend to do your method; so I will skip out on 2.0 since DG is quite light.

Thanks for the clarifying!
You're welcome. G/L
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 08:59 AM
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Wow!!!

Amazing job!

What do you charge to do that amount of work?

If I bought a car with paint like that, I would have assumed the only fix would be a complete re-spray.
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:02 AM
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Wow!!!

Amazing job!

What do you charge to do that amount of work?

If I bought a car with paint like that, I would have assumed the only fix would be a complete re-spray.
I charged $250.
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:05 AM
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I charged $250.
she got a bargain!!!!!!!
It's best $250 she's ever spent on her car
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:07 AM
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I charged $250.
Glad to see you are charging at least in the same postal code of what the job is worth. Still a bargain, indeed.
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:18 AM
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I charged $250.
I honestly think you're under-charging for that caliber of work.
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:57 AM
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Yeah, it's definitely a lot of work for $250. I am not anywhere in the same league as Kevin's work so I didn't think I could command the higher prices starting out.
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 12:03 PM
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really impressive.... and its amazing how you can refresh the car despite its condition
 
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Old 05-13-2008, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
Yeah, it's definitely a lot of work for $250. I am not anywhere in the same league as Kevin's work so I didn't think I could command the higher prices starting out.
I haven't seen either of yours in person but judging from pics your results looks pretty impressive.
 
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I haven't seen either of yours in person but judging from pics your results looks pretty impressive.
+1... me too
 
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Old 05-14-2008, 10:45 AM
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+1... me too
Me three. Also keep in mind the you and Kevin are in different markets and so not in competition. In the end I know you'll charge what you feel comfortable with, but you could charge whatever it's worth to the customer. From their POV, is a $399 detail way cheaper than a new paint job? Hell yeah! You also don't want to underprice your work since that will give the perception of sub-standard quality.
 
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Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
The owner of the Alty is a female in her 40s and she hasn't had any paint protection on it since she bought it new in 2003. The only wash it has had since 2003 has been via automatic car washes. Needless to say, the car was in BRUTAL shape when she brought it to me today. I'll post some final pics tomorrow once it's all done, and hopefully it turns out ok. Something tells me that I will definitely be earning my money with this job.
Wow, nicely done - those results are impressive. You didn't happen to have one of those meters that tell you how much clear coat was left, do you? I'd be afraid to know how much you had to take off to fix that marring...
 
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Old 05-24-2008, 05:19 PM
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Wow, nicely done - those results are impressive. You didn't happen to have one of those meters that tell you how much clear coat was left, do you? I'd be afraid to know how much you had to take off to fix that marring...
I don't have a paint thickness gauge, however I doubt that I removed anything more than .5 microns of clear coat. AFAIK, the average vehicle has about 160 microns of paint (with about 50 microns of that being clear coat). You could literally compound your car for 20-25 years before you ever removed the clear coat and got into the pigmented paint.
 
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