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do it yourself or pro advice
Posted by Chad Cunningham
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Re: do it yourself or pro advice April 20, 2006 06:03PM |
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Yes, I know there is professional training for detailing, but as you say:
"Yes, you can obtain all this knowledge, but after having the knowledge you have to put it to use."
That was my point, Even with professional training, at some point a detailer has to put the buffer to the car and do it. You can learn a lot about detailing in a classroom, but you get the skill to do a good job by practice. Certainly someone who has an instructor standing next to him showing him the technique will pick things up faster, but that doesn't mean a guy experimenting on his own couldn't become just as competent, albiet with more mistakes and more time.
Anyway, again, I'd love to find someone to do it for me. But as I'm sure you all know, there are plenty of people out there who will tell you whatever it takes to get your money, and do a half assed job on a car.
If someone is going to screw up my car, I'd rather it be me
As for the doctor, I found my doctor by asking people who they saw and how they liked him. It's the same technique as I would like to use to find a detailer , except for the fact that while almost everyone sees a doctor, very few people have paint restoration done...</HTML>
Yes, I know there is professional training for detailing, but as you say:
"Yes, you can obtain all this knowledge, but after having the knowledge you have to put it to use."
That was my point, Even with professional training, at some point a detailer has to put the buffer to the car and do it. You can learn a lot about detailing in a classroom, but you get the skill to do a good job by practice. Certainly someone who has an instructor standing next to him showing him the technique will pick things up faster, but that doesn't mean a guy experimenting on his own couldn't become just as competent, albiet with more mistakes and more time.
Anyway, again, I'd love to find someone to do it for me. But as I'm sure you all know, there are plenty of people out there who will tell you whatever it takes to get your money, and do a half assed job on a car.
If someone is going to screw up my car, I'd rather it be me
As for the doctor, I found my doctor by asking people who they saw and how they liked him. It's the same technique as I would like to use to find a detailer , except for the fact that while almost everyone sees a doctor, very few people have paint restoration done...</HTML>
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Re: do it yourself or pro advice April 21, 2006 12:58PM |
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Very true
All this talk about clients who are a pain and second guess everything a detailer does... I don't know if that's being aimed at me or not, if so I'm not sure how I gave that impression...
I do web design and development for a living. I deal with the same type of people, who seem to know better than I do what makes a good website and who want me to do their bidding NOW. I get people who want an application designed but don't really know what it should do, and then can't understand why when they add on last minute requirements, things don't work very well... Luckily the joy of being a small business is that I can pick and choose my clients and not deal with those who look like they're more trouble than they're worth...
Anyway, my work has a lot of parallels with detailing, both are a skill that is learned through experience and something that many people thing they can do on their own. I've seen plenty of work at home mom types that pick up a copy of dreamweaver, read a few basic html tutorials, and call themselves web designers. The results of their work, to my eyes, is laughable.
But, on the other hand, I've seen people who no real experience who take the time to read up on proper web design techniques, research issues such as modern styling, cross browser compatability, search engine optimization, brand marketing, etc. These people who take the time to really learn about what they are trying to do can often produce a decent result. No, it's not as good as what I can do, but to the average untrained eye it's pretty good.
I look at detailing in a similar way. If someone goes out and buys an orbital buffer, uses the mildest products they can find, does the research and works carefully, I believe they can probably get a decent result. Is it going to be as good as what a pro with years of experience could do? No, of course not. Are they likely to ruin their car? Probably not. Is their car likely to look a fair bit better than before? Pretty good chance. Is it worth it to even bother? Depends on the person and their reasons for wanting to try it...
Now if that person goes out and buys a rotary buffer, a strong abrasive product, and just dives right in, well, that would probably end badly...</HTML>
Very true
All this talk about clients who are a pain and second guess everything a detailer does... I don't know if that's being aimed at me or not, if so I'm not sure how I gave that impression...
I do web design and development for a living. I deal with the same type of people, who seem to know better than I do what makes a good website and who want me to do their bidding NOW. I get people who want an application designed but don't really know what it should do, and then can't understand why when they add on last minute requirements, things don't work very well... Luckily the joy of being a small business is that I can pick and choose my clients and not deal with those who look like they're more trouble than they're worth...
Anyway, my work has a lot of parallels with detailing, both are a skill that is learned through experience and something that many people thing they can do on their own. I've seen plenty of work at home mom types that pick up a copy of dreamweaver, read a few basic html tutorials, and call themselves web designers. The results of their work, to my eyes, is laughable.
But, on the other hand, I've seen people who no real experience who take the time to read up on proper web design techniques, research issues such as modern styling, cross browser compatability, search engine optimization, brand marketing, etc. These people who take the time to really learn about what they are trying to do can often produce a decent result. No, it's not as good as what I can do, but to the average untrained eye it's pretty good.
I look at detailing in a similar way. If someone goes out and buys an orbital buffer, uses the mildest products they can find, does the research and works carefully, I believe they can probably get a decent result. Is it going to be as good as what a pro with years of experience could do? No, of course not. Are they likely to ruin their car? Probably not. Is their car likely to look a fair bit better than before? Pretty good chance. Is it worth it to even bother? Depends on the person and their reasons for wanting to try it...
Now if that person goes out and buys a rotary buffer, a strong abrasive product, and just dives right in, well, that would probably end badly...</HTML>
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