You have to check this out.

I still get a kick out of the part where he pulls out his paint thickness gauge to measure the paint on the wing and then uses a foam pad to polish it. Like he think's the paint might be too thin on a $500K car??
 
Well, I guess he has to make the customer think that he/she is getting something unique with his pricing. So why not pull out the brain probe to give the appearance that he's something truely special. I like the whole massaging the paint thing. Wax applicators I guess are a thing of the past.
 
Keep in mind that zymols estate glazes conatian a very high percentage of brazillian white carnauba.



they require warmth from your hands to be spread on the car.



http://www.zymol.com/vintage2.htm



1. Put a very small amount of the glaze to the palm of your hand. Use the warmth of your hands to melt the Carnauba. With your hand, gently apply the glaze in a light, even pattern over no more than two or three square feet of painted surface.

2. Let Vintage stand for up to five minutes

3. Using moderate to heavy pressure, wipe very slowly with a Micro-Wipeâ„¢ (folded once) to a brilliant luster before wax is totally dry.

4. Wait three to four hours, then lightly buff the paint again to

perfect the shine.
 
well that's the vintage, the stuff he was using was the 7800 dollar version of their estate wax with the same life time refill.



They say it cures as hard as concrete. I kinda chuckle at that. As concrete can be cured in some pretty low psi standards and some rediculously high ones. Makes you wonder what they are refering to.



there are a few guys on autopia who use it. Local guy here in seattle has been asked to carry it. the 1800 version that is.





if your that intrested buy their tester kit that contains 3 of their estate waxes including vintage.
 
I found some posts talking about it and some have said that they like it but they have the tester kits and that they weren't really interested in making the purchase, they also said that you only have 1 refill per year, which means it better be real good wax to make up for itself.
 
Who Cares!? I bet I could use a can of $2.99 Turtle Wax to make any of that guy's customer's cars look great, but a can of $10,000 wax is never going to make a turd shine like any of the 2-3 year-old cars he works on.



You could probably also pay $10,000 for a steak somewhere in this world, but I assure you, the meat still comes from an animal that eats its own puke!
 
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beachy said:
Who Cares!? I bet I could use a can of $2.99 Turtle Wax to make any of that guy's customer's cars look great, but a can of $10,000 wax is never going to make a turd shine like any of the 2-3 year-old cars he works on.



:hifive: You could probably also pay $10,000 for a steak somewhere in this world, but I assure you, the meat still comes from an animal that eats its own puke!
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One of the true arts of detailing is getting your hands on ordinary detailing supplies and applying it to make something of a master piece. Especially when someone says I want that! The truth behind it is that you took your time and pride in what you did, and it shows. Whether you used 1 or 4 products on the paint (or anything else). It's the skill involved, yes the product matters too, but I can give someone the same exact products that I use and when they use them they could end up making a sloppy mess of it.



"Art it's in the hands and eyes of the visionaire"--John Pfahl
 
beachy said:
You could probably also pay $10,000 for a steak somewhere in this world, but I assure you, the meat still comes from an animal that eats its own puke!
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That's the funniest thing I ever heard. :funnypost :2thumbs: :think2
 
Grouse said:
Keep in mind that zymols estate glazes conatian a very high percentage of brazillian white carnauba.



they require warmth from your hands to be spread on the car.



http://www.zymol.com/vintage2.htm



1. Put a very small amount of the glaze to the palm of your hand. Use the warmth of your hands to melt the Carnauba. With your hand, gently apply the glaze in a light, even pattern over no more than two or three square feet of painted surface.

2. Let Vintage stand for up to five minutes

3. Using moderate to heavy pressure, wipe very slowly with a Micro-Wipeâ„¢ (folded once) to a brilliant luster before wax is totally dry.

4. Wait three to four hours, then lightly buff the paint again to

perfect the shine.
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Victoria wax, which I use, sugests the same application. The only problem is using your hand to apply wax on perfectly polished paint will mar the paint. I use to apply by hand but now use a very soft sponge, seems to work as well.
 
David Fermani said:
I still get a kick out of the part where he pulls out his paint thickness gauge to measure the paint on the wing and then uses a foam pad to polish it. Like he think's the paint might be too thin on a $500K car??
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If he's getting paid the big bucks for this, is he going to take that chance? Who knows who else might have polished the paint before him and removed too much.
 
gregh said:
If he's getting paid the big bucks for this, is he going to take that chance? Who knows who else might have polished the paint before him and removed too much.
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My point is that there's NO chances being taken. You can buff any panel on any one of those cars 100's, if not 1000's of times with a wool pad without worry, let alone a foam pad. That guys wayyyyyyyy too dramatic. Personally. if I was paying that much for a detail, I'd expect the car to be put up on a hoist and have the undercarriage cleaned as well. I bet this guy doesn't even remove the wheels to clean the backside of them or detail the suspension.
 
David Fermani said:
, I'd expect the car to be put up on a hoist and have the undercarriage cleaned as well. I bet this guy doesn't even remove the wheels to clean the backside of them or detail the suspension.
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I did that to my truck yesterday, and it was free. I bet one of us could go over there and charge $2000 and do just as good of a job and we would be set for a year.
 
How many rich morons does England have, anyway? How many of those people will win the Darwin Award?



I thought England had somewhat fewer wealthy people than USA...



Maybe I'll take a "vacation" to England next summer in that guy's area, with all of my detailing equipment. Let's see... I could offer to do identical (or better) services for the "low" price of about $8,000, and do about one or two cars per month, spend the rest of my time touring Europe with my wife, in a rented S-class (I know from personal experience that you can rent those from Hertz in Germany, anyway)



Aw hell, what am I saying? I can't even afford to fly by myself over there right now!
 
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