I can easily understand the time investment. I look at people who say that they completed an entire detail, interior and exterior including paint correction in 8 hours and I am absolutely blown away. I don't know how you could get through that much that quickly. Maybe I work slow, who knows, but for the intensity of the work that was finished, and the degree of detail that was attended to, I can totally believe it. I just love the clarity, and yet the softness of all the images. I wish that I could display my details with that level of elegance.
awesome Job and Vid :thumb: Clark has always been one of the best detailers all around my respect:worship2::worship2: to him
I just don't get why it took 112 man hours to get done. Did that include the camera man filming too? You got guys that could paint a car and get it wt sanded and polished in that amount of time. LOL
But 112 hours?! That's almost 3 weeks of 8 hours days if it was like a regular 9-5 job. LOL It doesn't make sense.
Sure it does. Try to perfect the finish. Plain and simple. There are a lot of areas that require a lot of attention. But I also take a long time, and am a perfectionist. I really undercharge when I do vehicles around here. But I like doing it, so I don't really mind. I can't believe people actually pay me to do it.
It doesn't matter how much of a perfectionist you are. It shouldn't take 112 hours to make a car perfect. LOL Heck you could of gotten the entire car repainted in that amount of time. What did you charge for the Ferrari? You'd think you'd have to get like $6000+ to even make it worth while.
True, but after repainting, then you'd need to go through the same steps to perfect the finish again.
Im the same way. I love what I do and tend to spend way more time than I am being paid for but thats ok. When a client shows up and is speechless, thats the biggest tip I could get. Funny thing is, people are actually paying you to hone your skills so that you can charge them more next time because you are now better at what you do. It doesnt get much better than that.
Thank you mate Yeah but Detailing isnt always a regular 9-5 job is it? Certainly if you take any pride in your work at least. From memory I averaged 16 hour days on this Ferrari. I laugh when people refuse to see how it can take so long to get certain details just right, I'm certainly not going to waste time justifying it either as I dont need to. As it's already mentioned though, if the car had been painted instead - do you really think it would come out the bodyshop in the same condition it left our studio once the detail was complete? No chance! So it would still have needed paint correction of some sort Price wise: We charge approx £300 a day, I'm sure you can do the maths.
I had a brand new, 0 miles VW GTi in my shop last year that I spent the equivalent about 18 hours on and it still wasn't perfect. I didn't touch the engine, jambs, wheels or interior. Hell, we didn't even get all the dealership installed scratches out. To detail a car for the "average consumer" will not take 112 hours but for the clients at Polished Bliss, they are paying for perfect. That means 0 flaws. These are concours winning type results. These guys play at a whole different level than most detailers. I used to think the same as you until I started following guys like Clark, Paul Dalton and Todd Helme and realized the that there is detailing and then there is detailing. What they do doesn't make what most of us accomplish any less amazing, it just shows us what is possible. And as Clarke said, sure you could have gotten a car painted in less time, not properly mind you, but you'd still have to work on the paint after the fact.
Actually, it was me that first pointed out that you'd still need it detailed after repainting. : I completely agree with everything here. Perfect takes time. And if you do not have time restrictions, and the customer wants perfect, I can totally see that amount of time being devoted to the vehicle. That's a freaking dream job. "Here, take my Ferrari. Make it perfect. I don't care how long it takes."
