[todd@bsaw]

This could just be the difference between the weekend detailers and a full-time professional detailer but 6 hours just to compound/polish seems like an extremely long time. Please don't think I'm being insulting or even boasting. A typical full detail takes me between 3 and 4 hours including interior... up to 6 if I need to pull out the rotary (and they get charged accordingly).

I hardly ever clay the entire car (usually just hood, a-pillar, front fenders, lead edge of the roof and trunk), compound only the really tough spots with a rotary, polish with the cyclo and then apply wax. The longest I have ever spent on just the exterior of a vehicle was a Land Rover last week with horrible tree sap all over. It took me almost 3 hours just to remove the sap, total time spend was about 8 hours.

Take your time at first but you do get faster eventually.