full reconidtioning over a couple of days, or a simple wash and wax

with all money aspects being the same, what would you do day in and day out?

me personally, I love to do the reconidtioning detail work. There is just something about taking a trashed car back to beautiful again. I recently took a 73 Ford Fairlane that was completely trashed back to 98% reconditioned and looking amazing. The owner was going to sell it, but after I detailed it, he is keeping it!

 

I agree, I have had an A.C. Cobra in my shop for almost a month being worked on daily.


John

 

I honestly enjoy both. Of course I get more gratification when working on $100k+ car for 20hours because I can turn something that doesnt look as it should and make it beautiful again. But I like the wash and wax type jobs as well, especially on a car thats already been cared for by me.

 

Definitely a bigger fan of the multi-hour restoration. There is something about working really hard on a beautiful car until your arms feel like they will fall off that I really really love. It's a very good feeling finishing, and usually your hard work will produce incredible results, which is very nice as well.

 

Yeah corvettes I hear have stupid hard clear, harder than ceramics from Mercedes..

 

Their paint is generally hard, but the occasional car is a bit softer, not sure why. I worked on an Atomic Orange Z06 (gorgeous color, amazing car) and it seemed a bit softer than a few C5 Corvettes I have worked on in the past.

 

i haven't polished one out, only waxed one, I am just saying what I have heard

I don't get why some black C5 corvettes and some black C5's made in a different place will have different clear hardness (used car as just an example). There should be standards among all factories...oh well, that's what keeps us on our toes I guess

 

Quality control is something all manufacturers focus on (some more than others, obviously). I think there are just so much variability when it comes to painting (humidity, cure times, etc) that each factory may get different results. Soft paint is nice because you can correct it easily, but may also be so soft that it scratches too easily. Hard paint sucks to correct, but is nice when it's done, because it will probably won't scratch as easily.

 

^^^^ exactly!

but I want the best of both world...soft to correct, but hard to scratch...LOL only in dreams...

 

I don't detail for a living, but my preference is to do a multi hour/day detail of a trashed car. I think any jet black BMW should be called a trashed car from a detailing perspective!