ZaneO
02-12-2006, 09:53 PM
This was posted on a car forum I frequent (I highlighted the parts I found most interesting):
"I work at a detail shop right now in Norman, Ok we do personals and dearlerships, we do cars/trucks from 2006 Z06`s to new mustangs to old beaters heres what we do and it takes about 2 hours at the most
before detail
#1 pre vac car and trunk
#2 buff if it needs it, sleek, polish or stiff
#3 spray the car down with degreaser, door moldings engine bay, truck carpet plastic moldings
#4 acid the wheels and fender wells
#5 shimmy off
buff before wash so you can get the compound out of cracks
outside
#1 blow out cracks with a air hose
#2 spray paint fender wells, frame, axle with black spray paint
#3 spray paint the exhuast with an engine paint type silver, make it look new, if you have chrome take steel wool to it
#4 take g-solve to get tar, and overspray from when you were painting
#5 dress the tires and all the plastic moldings, and egnine bay
#6 put some wax on
inside
#1 take a cleaner and a towel and brush
spray down the door and have the brush and scup of dirt if dirty or wipe down
#2 do it in sections, like the door than the dash then the center console. and use an air hose to get stuff out of cracks
#3 use your brush and scup the carpets til they look clean, blow underenth the seats and get crap out.
#4 spray the seats down and scup them, whipe them down,
#5 after cleaning dress the insides, glove box, the seat rails, EVERYthing.
#6 vac one last time and dress the rubbers around the doors.
#7 have 2 mirco fiber towls and do the windows, both inside and outside,
#8 take the wax off"
:nixweiss
"I work at a detail shop right now in Norman, Ok we do personals and dearlerships, we do cars/trucks from 2006 Z06`s to new mustangs to old beaters heres what we do and it takes about 2 hours at the most
before detail
#1 pre vac car and trunk
#2 buff if it needs it, sleek, polish or stiff
#3 spray the car down with degreaser, door moldings engine bay, truck carpet plastic moldings
#4 acid the wheels and fender wells
#5 shimmy off
buff before wash so you can get the compound out of cracks
outside
#1 blow out cracks with a air hose
#2 spray paint fender wells, frame, axle with black spray paint
#3 spray paint the exhuast with an engine paint type silver, make it look new, if you have chrome take steel wool to it
#4 take g-solve to get tar, and overspray from when you were painting
#5 dress the tires and all the plastic moldings, and egnine bay
#6 put some wax on
inside
#1 take a cleaner and a towel and brush
spray down the door and have the brush and scup of dirt if dirty or wipe down
#2 do it in sections, like the door than the dash then the center console. and use an air hose to get stuff out of cracks
#3 use your brush and scup the carpets til they look clean, blow underenth the seats and get crap out.
#4 spray the seats down and scup them, whipe them down,
#5 after cleaning dress the insides, glove box, the seat rails, EVERYthing.
#6 vac one last time and dress the rubbers around the doors.
#7 have 2 mirco fiber towls and do the windows, both inside and outside,
#8 take the wax off"
:nixweiss