Recent content by dsolds

Go on then. I give up. Where exactly did I admit anything ??? (BTW, that's a rhetorical question) Oh, wait a minute, I think I see now. So are you're an American in disguise then? You know, don't understand sarcasm, always got the biggest and when those 2 don't work you try and stay on top...

Trims, not the whole car. Stainless trims for the door edges etc which were acid etch painted and then sprayed satin black. Done for a subby, not DL themselves. Did loads of other stuff as well, compressors in that lovely shade of Compair Yellow. Bump repairs for a local van hire company. We...

OK, you're not bored or you wouldn't have posted back. But what is apparent is that you haven't read the thread in question. So, to summarise for you, that 60 hours included: 4 Wheel refurbs (Tyres off) 2 new tyres Full carpet shampoo (seats out) Leather seats re-connolised Full engine bay...

Well, it's not personal, it's just different opinions. The point at which personal insults enter the fray is the point where the argument is lost.

Oh, do I not? How would you know? You know nothing about me. You don't know how old I am, how educated I might be, the industry I work in, you know Jack Schitt about me in total. Did you seriously believe I thought there was some kind of liquid P38 in polishes...

Yeah, you did. Be as sick and tired as you like. It's a free world. Still don't understand your point though. You seem to be highlighting my point, that Detailers take care and do the job thoroughly whereas bodyshops rush everything through as "That'll do". Well because "adequate" is one...

Ahem, I do actually. :D:D

Now they're all out of stock when I try to order mine. That's you done that :D

:hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi That would be 3000 grade wet and dry I imagine, although it did look like a brillo jobbie. Unorthodox but less invasive than respraying the whole car. No lacquer involved, just flatting off what was there and re-polishing. And about 6 coats of his (f'in...

Yeah, sorry, my point is that you don't need to respray a lot of the time. Some peeps might have had the beemer sprayed which would have ruined it. All it needed was some (overpriced) TLC. As it goes that 6 grand included 4 wheel refurbs and 2 front tyres. Still a f'in bargain to be sure :(...

In the same way you don't bother servicing an engine, you just change the whole lump every 10,000 miles. :doh: EDIT. I should add, as I stated before, 6 grand is effin ridiculous. The owner clearly has more money than sense since he could have got the same result for about 500 quid. But...

Yes, I accept that there are crap detailers out there, although by the very nature of what they do they are extremely rare. The crap ones tend to be valeters who are trying to command a higher price based on a word. But the rest of your arguments don't stack up, the fact you feel it necessary...

Yeah, way overpriced for sure but there isn't a bodyshop in the world who could get that finish or quality in 8 hours. Burnt window rubbers, buffer trails, holograms and damaged plastics yes, but that finish, no. Bodyshops are the very reason such "Detailing" services exist. There is a market...

You're not wrong. Although 2 grand is sometimes cheap. ;) And No, I don't consider it good value. Talented bloke though. Miracle Detail present the £6000 Ultimate Wet Sand Detail on a BMW M5 E39 - 49 hours - - Detailing World -

Erm, no. Wax/sealant whatever is PROTECTION, not polish. Polish is abrasive and is used to refine a surface, be it painted, glass etc. In other words, the get the shine. Wax or sealant on the other hand is protection of a highly polished surface from the elements such as acid rain etc. New...