october 7th...saturday RV detail

toyotaguy · 10-04-06, 12:35

here is my situation....

i have a 37' RV to do a one step polish on, going to use megs #66, and then also use a sealant wax, megs #20 on the whole thing....then the windows, the tires, wheels and the chrome needs to be polished....

my offer: 13 bucks an hour or 150, which ever is more, plus lunch, water, etc...I know most detailers pay 10 bucks an hour or less, but i am in a crunch as the guy who I was going to have help me cant use a polisher and I dont feel like polishing the whole thing by myself....

I supply the products, you bring your pads and polisher....I will be using a PC and excel erasure orange and/or megs yellow pads.....the RV is lightly oxidized and minor water spotting here and there. i will be the one on the roof only!

anyone interested in helping, let me know by thursday....the RV is located in garden grove in orange county!!!

[TRD]RoLLa · 10-07-06, 12:23

damn lots of work..too bad im in nor cal...good luck!

toyotaguy · 10-07-06, 09:11

well we (friend of mine) washed it in one hour, and i polished the whole thing in 9 hours....the roof was extremely oxidized! went through 10 pads of the lake country orange and yellow and the megs yellow....still have to polish the wheels, put on a sealant wax, and hit the windows and tires....ill get some pics tomorrow....i am exhausted...

surfsidedetail · 10-08-06, 09:58

did you detail the inside too? How much did you charge? I just did a 28ft RV on Fri got $15 per ft for just wash on outside and complete interior cleaning

took 5 hours

SpoiledMan · 10-08-06, 10:44

When I saw this post before I thought it was something different. Too bad I just decided to read it today.

toyotaguy · 10-09-06, 06:46

I only polished the outside with 66 and then went back with megs 21 sealant....took about 17-18 hours total by myself...10 hours on saturday, 5 on sunday by myself to wax and shine the chrome and dress tires, and clean the windows....without my help on saturday, I think that it would have taken about another 3 hours because he was working by hand, not PC....slow

only the outside, will have some pics up later tonight...when I get home from school!

tips I learned....
-use a cutting pad with 66 to remove oxidation super fast on fiberglass, no marring visible on white!!!
-speed 6 on the pc applying sealants on whole panels is really good and fast!
-66 on rubber trim removes water spots!!!
-66 on chrome with cutting pad shines really well!
-hiring help who is a friend and he doesnt show up when he said he will really screws up timing for the day!!! had to call into my other job and tell them I could not make it...lost out on more money!!!
-37 feet takes a long time working by PC....best bet to finish in one day is either use a rotary, or have someone else to help you polish....
-$15 per foot is not enought for one step polish and one step sealant....more like 17-18 per hour, then 23-25 for compounding too, and I wouldnt even think about claying one....
-I really like doing things by foot!!! - makes more profits in the end....so long as you get it done in a reasonable amount of time...

kpagel · 10-09-06, 09:24

Glad it turned out so well, Eric. Sorry I couldn't help out this weekend, I was just too busy.

Superior Fine · 10-17-06, 06:22

17-18 hours!?!?!?!?!!?!? You need to work on that. Two of my guys can knock out a two step in about 5 -6 hours.

If the rig is fiberglass, next time skip the #66 and go to Meguiars marine line and use #49 topped with #20. Stay away from the rotary if at all possible. You will create more problems than you will solve.

If it is painted use DACP followed buy #20 or #21.

kpagel · 10-17-06, 06:27

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Originally Posted by Superior Fine

17-18 hours!?!?!?!?!!?!? You need to work on that. Two of my guys can knock out a two step in about 5 -6 hours.

Thats about 12 man hours and I'm sure your guys are trained well so they're very quick and efficient. 17 hours doesn't sound like a completely unreasonable amount for the first time.

Superior Fine · 10-17-06, 06:54

I am not beating the guy up. If he wants to make really good money on these things he is going to have to step it up.

toyotaguy · 10-18-06, 07:10

i dont know how much faster I could have gone...one guy working on the whole thing....gets tiring...up and down the ladder takes a toll on me...I started with a megs yellow pad, but I wasnt getting great results, so I later switched to a more cutting pad, a LC orange, and it went a lot faster and looked a lot better....next time I should be able to cut it down to about 13-14 hours by myself, or 10 with someone else polishing too...

Djmigs · 10-18-06, 09:34

get some help and use megs cutting pad with Joe's Plan Of Attack!!!!!