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Re: Professional detailing job or DIY??? Posted by MisplacedYankee [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Professional detailing job or DIY???, Gabe Polk, Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:34:24 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Wet Sanding is not something I would ever tackle myself. I asked a shop about it once and they talked me out of it. Sure it will look like a show car, but if your car is a daily driver its not the best idea since your removing a layer or clearcoat. That plus you don't need to go this extreme for a good look.
If the car is in pretty bad shape I would take it to a professional the first time as bret suggested. Let them mess with compounding out the scratches, claying and machine polishing and waxing the car.
I have done all this stuff myself and when I first got the Viggen the PO certainly wasn't as nuts as I am and the first clean, compound/scratch fixing, clay, polish, and wax took me about 20 hours. It was pretty brutal and I had a decent idea what I was doing. I have certainly prefected it since then and my most recent deep clean for spring took about 7-8 hours in all. I would have galdly paid a professional $200 to $250 to do the 20 hour job (wouldn't take him that long).
Thats my lesson learned anyway...I think bret's advice is best.
If you really do want to learn though see the link below for plenty of instructions. I also read many of bret's posts on this board as well as others.
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