jstephen

Will definitely have to stop by again. I'm sure I will have to pick something up from the Adams booth. And yeah. This is a fantastic show. One of the best in the Mid West..

You are right about that. I am hoping everything is in good condition on the car when i pick it up tomorrow.

So returned this afternoon from another body shop after collecting some more estimates to get my rear fender fixed. ..... Don't ask, about the falling golf club bag.... So the car is always spotless and shiny and three guys had not seen a 45th Anniversary Camaro up Close. they check it out, and then.. One asks. "How do I get this shine to look this good?" I replied, "Adam's Polishes." The other said. "See!! I told you about this stuff. It's not just a bunch of crap!"

So since I had been using the Adams products, I had restored my families cars a few friends cars and also did my parents older cars. I had taken one to another friends barbecue a few weeks back. We got to tailing about the detail job on one of them just because of how bad It was. That conversation led to them asking about detailing a coule of the cars they have. So.. What would you charge for detailing a custom dodge truck, another car and a 41 Willys hot rod? Non of these cars are in terrible condition. The truck would require the most work just because of the size, and there are a lot of swirls on it from washing it. Would you charge by the hour or the job? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.

So I had a chance to take my mothers car this weekend and give it a good Paint Correction, using the older three step process with a DA Polisher. First the car was washed and quickly clayed only the the top surfaces. The top was very rough and there was a huge amount of debris on the clay. The paint has seen years of neglect sitting under a sap dripping tree, being run through hundreds of car washes, and years of sitting through the elements. As you can see in the picts, there are thousands of scratches on the surfaces of this car. To be honest, i really thought that the hood would have to be repainted because of all the damage. Before: Hood - Notice the hundreds of thousands of scratches in the hood and the extensive damage to the creases in the hood. Even found a lot of areas with stains in the paint. Very odd that none of this washed out Door Handle -Again, hundreds of scratches all over the car. Door Panel Taped up all the trim and off i went on a 4 hours polishing adventure. After: Hood - Could not belive that is could turn out this nice. Door Handle - Almost perfect. Door Panel - Almost Perfect. Overall - very very pleased with the results. To be honest, there are parts that could have used another few passes, but time was short and still had to wax this thing. Parents very very pleased. Next time I visit i need to do the engine and interior. Engine is very dirty, but at least the interior is in really good shape. Then time to move on to Dad's 2008 Cadillac.