This was my second paid detail, a silver RX300. I don't have pictures of the first, a blue Suburban. The paint was ok on this lexus, there were some swirls, but not too bad.
Inside- Steam clean/APC everything, 303 protectant (except the dash, which got meg's interior QD). Carpets were extracted (10:1 apc and 303 carpet spotter), and leather was cleaned with 6:1 woolite and turtle wax leather conditioner. I have brushes for the PC for leather (grey ultra-soft) and carpet (green carpet brush)- they save me worlds of time.
Outside- QEW wash, EO tire shine (it's my new favorite). 50/50 OC/OP mix on the hood, the rest of the didn't have many swirls, so I didn't bother. The whole car got RMG, then meg's 26 (which I most likely won't be using again, I didn't like it nearly as much as natty's blue), and aquawax on top. Also polished the headlights by hand, they looked kinda hazy. The sun was so bright doing the paint- looking at the sun's reflection off of the silver was painful.
I charged $150, it took me a little over 6 hours, got a $15 tip. I've since gotten appointments for his excursion and one of his friend's minivans.
Befores:
No paint befores, it wasn't that bad. The car has more shine after, but other than that, didn't do much to the paint (no swirl nightmare pictures).
Clay during- this was the clay after just the roof. I thought I was in for it, but the rest of the wasn't nearly as bad.
Afters:
Inside- Steam clean/APC everything, 303 protectant (except the dash, which got meg's interior QD). Carpets were extracted (10:1 apc and 303 carpet spotter), and leather was cleaned with 6:1 woolite and turtle wax leather conditioner. I have brushes for the PC for leather (grey ultra-soft) and carpet (green carpet brush)- they save me worlds of time.
Outside- QEW wash, EO tire shine (it's my new favorite). 50/50 OC/OP mix on the hood, the rest of the didn't have many swirls, so I didn't bother. The whole car got RMG, then meg's 26 (which I most likely won't be using again, I didn't like it nearly as much as natty's blue), and aquawax on top. Also polished the headlights by hand, they looked kinda hazy. The sun was so bright doing the paint- looking at the sun's reflection off of the silver was painful.
I charged $150, it took me a little over 6 hours, got a $15 tip. I've since gotten appointments for his excursion and one of his friend's minivans.
Befores:
No paint befores, it wasn't that bad. The car has more shine after, but other than that, didn't do much to the paint (no swirl nightmare pictures).
Clay during- this was the clay after just the roof. I thought I was in for it, but the rest of the wasn't nearly as bad.
Afters: