Car Polishing Fails: Car polishing fails and tricks you won't hear elsewhere.
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Car polishing fails is an area of auto detailing that is not generally discussed. Darren is on location once again as he talks about working on a car that has been polished by inexperienced car polishers, auto body shops, or other impatient, less-skilled guys that end up making a bigger problem when car buffing has been done.
Whether you are the car owner looking to polish your car, or a detailer that now must polish a car, these problems will become a problem for each side of the equation for different reasons.
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This guy a typical American like to hear himself talk. In English we like to do the work to our cars not hire guy we don't know to do the work on our pride and joy.
Watched this entire video & didnt catch the tips or tricks for polishing. Title Should be: Body Shops Suck & Don't Rush Your Work. Would have saved me 15 mins of my life
His videos are intended for audience that knows what they're doing already, if you want to become a weekend warrior, go to ammo nyc, but you may find out he's less experienced as a detailer, and more experienced as a sales man (was his primary career anyway).
If you're an enthusiast and enjoy perfection, you should check out White Details.
Darren is awesome for those who start their business and believe me, he surely saved alot of people (including me) a few hundred bucks with some shortcuts or "warnings" like you see in this video.
Keep it up darren =)!
TheDim3s im well aware, he has some great information. Just gets off topic and videos carry on. Just stating my opinion, guess that's frowned upon in 2k18
BAWWW MY OPINIONS ARE BEING CHALLENGED I HAVE A RIGHT TO MY OPINION AND YOU DON'T, I GET OFFENDED BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T AGREE WITH ME WAAA!!!
You can see a genuine snowflake when they sulk when they aren't being agreed witth
Happy Fox I am not a Democrat/liberal but i do enjoy trolling them 😂😂😂
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Ahh, so you're a conservative snowflake. There's quite a few of those too.
This video is a Pre Requisite prior to me performing any "Paint Correction" on your car. People think I am a magician. Uh.... that is dented. I work on many dated vehicles. I am on my FIFTH Decade Thank God! Thanks for the "SPOT ON" VIdeo! Rotary Polishing is a true skill, and a Gift. I have been watching so called Detailers for 55 Years.... they come and go. "Auto Paint Rejuvenation" is a Discipline. Like the Marines, a Discipline.... NO SHORT CUTS. If you use a Tunnel car wash after my job, you just WASTED your $$$$$ GREAT VIDEO DUDE!!! Now I can save my breath!!! Stay Safe! God Bless America!
I didn't learn anything except to be careful not to get polish on non paint surfaces.
I've been detailing for 30+ years. There's really no need to tape of stuff like that. just go slow, use a smaller orbit unit around those areas and pay attention. any minor scuffs of compound come off the seals with ease. dab of mineral oil on a MF Rag and a quick wipe off. Done.
Came here for detailing tips. Got a lesson on insurance.
This is "me" as a viewer of a video. Thank goodness, i had the smarts to stop watching after 4:25 seconds.
I got a lesson on nooks & crannys and heard the word swirl marks 12 times.
I think this video might have potential if you skip past the first 6 minutes of a waste of time. Sorry, i just can't stomach your personal problems
I'm happy I watched this video with a coffee before continuing my job, very good wisdom for improvement.
The little lady doing the filming was great! 👍🏽held it nice and steady.
Lots of folks here complaining about how long videos are and too much talking. They are short-span attention; missed the point. Mr. Darren taking up his valuable time to tell you something he learned through years of experience. These people completely missed the point of the video: patience, discipline, take your time do it right the first time. That is huge advice no matter your profession.
You are %100 correct about the body shops. I’ve been in auto body for almost 20 years doing body and paint and it’s so sad that the industry is completely controlled by the insurance companies. They dictate the rates, labor time and just about everything else that the shops get paid to do. Very few shops actually care a great deal about the quality of the final product. It’s more to appease the insurance company with volume and short cycle times so they can keep getting more work.
Good video. It's all about the details. The more talking the more detail is given. I understand the concept of your messages and it all makes sense. You just have to have the right mindset to appreciate.
THANK YOU for stating the philosophy: the longer it takes the quicker he'll get it done - patience and discipline DO pay off...in ALL aspects of work and life
It's a given that most body shops are as rough as guts, but most detailers are hopeless as well. Good video 👍
So spot on, to many try to cut corners, yet customers still scoff when you give them a quote to repair the damage
Keep on talking Darren, you are a master detailer and love the knowledge you share.
I definitely gave u a thumbs up cause u gave a professional's opinion on the situation at hand period
All these people complaining about the length of a free video are just like the impatient knuckle heads who messed up that car to begin with. They expect you to download all your years of experience into their brain now, not 16 minutes from now.
Actually one of your best videos. I do paint correction for a living at a dealership believe it or not. Most of my work is fixing what a body shop did or didn't do. I think I am getting them trained to just leave the damn thing alone and I'll take care of it. Let's face it, MOST NOT ALL body shops are in the fix it business not the make it look great business.
A tree fell on my truck..it got fixed and they painted the entire truck.. when I picked up the truck the sun had already gone down... The next day I saw it in the sun and it looks horrible from buffer marks everywhere... Do u think I should take it back and have him fix it or have a professional detailer look at it.. I've only had it back for a day
I know this video is 3 years old however, my guess what happened to the decal/emblem is that they didn’t tape it off while buffing so the compound flew into the Porsche part and then the S was probably damaged it then had to replace it. Probably only replaced the 4 and S......
The worst is when bodyshop guys think that detailers are below them, yet don’t even know what real detailing is aside from the half assed crap they’ve learned in the body shop over the years. Was interested in a car a few years back, and offered a guy some trade work in exchange to get his car a bit cheaper from him. His response was “I work in a body shop for a living”. So what, are you trying to tell me you don’t know what detailing is?
Damn, I feel like I should get a college credit for just watching this video! I fell asleep with all this lecturing. The info you gave could have been explained in 2 minutes.
Great tips Darren. I’ve only done 2 paint corrections (with a DA - taught myself from UA-cam) and I would say there isn’t too much of change next time with the end result because I followed these tips. Keep up the awesome work!
I just tried to buff my red truck and the polish left milky residue. When I try to clean it off it just smears more. any advice?
Most of us came to see actual detailing tips but I didn’t really see any!
First video i have watched of yours and its straight to the point with good information.
How many times can you wet sand clear thats been burned because of the bad polishing?
I respect your passion.
I fell asleep 2 minutes in. Nice leaf blower. I feel bad for the girl filming, must be torture.
Great insight, Darren. Happy New Year my friend.
Great Vlog & Tutorial Darrin,the world is always in a rush to finish the “four letter word” WORK,I enjoy work & try to perfect all that I do,a lot of times that means patience,that’s a lost trait,”PERFECTION IS A TRAIT OF PATIENCE”🤓
Very well said!!
Detailing is my side hussle and I do most of my own work. Those scratches should have been wet sanded and buffed with a DA.
That said, luckily the body shop I take my cars to also does detailing, and their detailer is talented. However, he isn't the one buffing every car and he's no employed by them, he rents out two separate garage bays in the building along with an independent paintless dent removal guy. 90% of their work comes from the body shop. There is an up-charge for the detail services, he mostly does straight detailing, custom paint work and higher end cars after paintwork by request. However, since he's been doing this for 20+ years, he teaches the labor help proper techniques. He's the one that got me started and sold me some equipment and tools. It's really a great shop! It's "win-win" situation. The body shop is able to have a talented PDR and detail guy right there, which helps with their business, but also the these two get steady work and don't have to market themselves as hard. Oh, they also have another guy that comes by twice a week that does custom paint protection film installation. He uses the detail bay and is close with the detail guy.
Oh, they're also NOT a direct repair facility, which is where you see most the garbage work you talk about.
Body shops vs insurance adjusters UGH! I used two body shops, the first one replaced a door, beat the paint off the jamb hammering on a pin, the paint was an awful match (not even close). First the trim flies off the window, had to take it back for repair. A month later, the body putty blistered up while the car was in the driveway (poor workmanship). The door was repainted and came back a different color. The paint was never finished down to match the car (must have used 800 sandpaper & heavy compound).. Some kid damaged the car again on the same side, a different body shop did the repair and there was more sloppy and incomplete work. Again the paint was a completely different color, not finished down smooth. The trim was never removed and repainted per the estimate. The body shop argues the insurance did not pay enough and refused part of the repairs, and tried to buff out damage. The fasteners are loose, the trim panels are wavy and it looks awful up close.. Other body shops look at the incomplete work and the estimate and refuse to finish the job because the insurance refuses to pay.. There is 3-4 different shades of paint on my vehicle, it was never polished to a mirror finish, collision damage is still apparent. Did I mention there was body shop dust all over the interior from both shops? So the trim is ruined, estimated repair 1700.00, insurance says 200.00 will fix it! The tire has cuts in the sidewall and the wheel is damaged, insurance refused to replace the tire stating all it needs is some armorall and some paint on the OEM wheel. I spoke to three different wheel companies, all of them said the new wheel will not match, a salvage dealer said all theirs are crusted up with brake dust.. Insurance is a joke and the body shops kiss their bottom to keep the work coming in their shop.
Some body shops here claim they can do detail , which is a joke.
7:00 no work done yet, just left the site - geez I can't stand these guys sitting on soap boxes like they're surgeons, do yourself a favor, leave, nothing to see hear folks.
Great video! Hope to see more this year!
Darren knows his Art.
There’s an Afrikaans saying; “goedkoop koop is duur koop” which basically means a cheap buy will cost you a lot.. this is all too true. Thanks for the video.
Dit is so waar
Hi. I had a guy polish my mustang. “A detailer” It’s black and was in great shape with only swirl marks I wanted fixed up. Now after the fact swirls are gone but all the tiny stone chips on my hood and road rash on my bumper seems to stick out like a sore thumb. It’s heart breaking. Any idea why or what happened or what can be done? Thanks
Good video thanks. I am going to try paint correction on my old car and you have some excellent points. My car was repaired many years ago and it looks like it was painted with a garden rake upon closer inspection. A good car to learn on for sure. I will check out some of your other videos .
Great Video. Learned a bunch.
Spare everyone your beliefs in life and don't rag on other people. Very big turn off. Teach us only the technical aspects / processes.
Hi Can i put Opti Gloss Coat over HD Polish or can I also put put it on over HD Speed. I have a black VW
Body shops are under a lot of pressure from insurance company specially when there paying for rental car, best thing you said was you get what you pay for.
Miss this guy!
Great work ethic and as you said, patience and wisdom is something you gain with experience and age ;)
is he actually going to do any work or just talk........there's a time to talk and a time to work!
Just got my vehicle back after getting some body work done, and upon return, they were cleaning my car with a dirty microfiber towel (it was yellow, but I'd say it was closer to a brown color with the amount of contaminants in it), in circular motions =/
Your daughter is a great filmer 👍
Good info
i would say body shops in the uk are crap and WAY over charge for even strait forward jobs all rip offs
great teacher.
great job with the camera angles
Dude go ahead and start da process
Where can I get people like you to work on my car?
Guess you were not having a great day :) and I agree on your shoddy bop assessment. Did you ever get one of those 79$ buffer$ ? And how did that work for you?.
Last month I painted my truck and now need to learn wetsanding and buffing so hence my ?
going to let your car fixed and get it back with some new fresh created burned out clearcoat is just...wauw...
love the vid, thumbs up
I'd come unglued. I'd make them respray it.
If I may ask, why not work inside the garage? How old is Daren? Huge fan from Canada 🇨🇦. I’m just a car guy who loves to keep his cars spotless.
Haha i just thought of cement right before you said it :) I know that problem, and now i always wipe of splatter before i take a break
IS there also a video where there is some polish residu cleanup? I'm trying for a while now and wonder if there is an easy way.. I hoped to see it in this video. But unfortunately i didn't... Some great examples of failures thoug...
I had my car done ... And is black also... The guy burned my window trim... I could tell he really was not that good... He didn't even tape anything... I know it takes longer to prep...... I see you preping the car .... It takes longer to do it right...
Your videos are definitely the best around. I enjoy all the details because there is always a lesson to be learned.
Darren if you asked the customer, would they let you pull the car into their garage? If you let them know that it would improve the process maybe. I'm just curious if asking them would be a bad thing.
Great video Darren, in detail, but you should see your face every time theres a noisy distraction, min. 1:50 and at 6:10 really gets you , lol, not all noises are created equal,
Funny! And so true like everything else; nothing is created equal...including noises.
Darren, I'm flying to Cali and going to hang with you a few days. Let's do some polishing together
Hi is it best to just charge panel by panel rather than price a whole car !!
Great video sir!
Another Great Video
Hi Darren love your videos just a noob question can the Bosch PEX 300 AE Random Orbit Sander really be used as a polisher/wax applicator
Very informative! Yea i definitely agree that body shops are the worse when it comes to buffing a car.
i work at a carwash and there is a bodyshop next door, and they wash around 10 to 15 cars a day. many times they mess up really bad, they work with geico, i hd ask some of their costumers, and that bodyshop charge a lot, but many of those costumers are rich people so they don't care, they just want their cars fix ,
Can't tell ya how many cars I've worked on after they came back from a bodyshop. It's frustrating.
Take a job big or small, do it right or not at all.
Darren I love you so much. This is a great video
hi, do you have any idea or advise, why im getting this milky finish after polishing?
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Sandpapered the piano black finish with wet 3000 grid.
I used maguire compund with heavy cut pad. Then used maguire finishing polish with softpad.
Shiny is nice and scratches are gone. But left with this milky hazy finish.
Darren. I work at a body shop.. well i did I recently quit. It was the worst experience ever and almost made me hate automotive work. It was such a fucking mess, you are right about how we are slave to insurance companies. There is a lottttttttt of dirty stuff they did while I was there that you would never think of. The place I was working at was so unorganized, nobody really knew anything about efficiency, but they were still making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. It is very lucrative and all about getting insurance work. There are so many ways to cheapen up jobs and a lot of stuff I was seeing was reckless and outright dangerous. I will never buy a salvage car now know what kinds of things can be hidden by some lazy workers, some of the stuff that was happening would severely compromise the integrity of a car if it was ever to be hit again.
Exactly! You are unique in that you got a disturbing peak behind the curtain of the world of body shops. Most people remain completely clueless to how bad the majority of them truly are. Thanks for sharing!
too much talking all I hear is taping.
Gooood tips. Greetings from Holland
Just get on with it.
So basically you don’t give estimates over the phone
If your that good why not show us instead of yap yap yap my goodness you put me into a coma!!!!!
Great video Darren, Very truth about them Mickey Mouse body shops..Love your videos very educational, Keep up the good work..
If this guy spends as much time on the car as he does his video then it will be a good job. haaha
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Very well said!
Someone said he's detailing in a dusty driveway. Um duhhhhhh! It's called mobile detailing. Would you rather him bring his crane and suspend it off the ground??? What do you expect??
Lol 😂
Would love to know how you tweak your compounds to work in the sun..if that’s a trick you’re willing to reveal!
Detailing has nothing to do with age.... "young bucks" I find that offensive. I'm 25 and run my own detailing business. Has sweet fa to do with age.
Awww he just wants too show off his other cars in the back ground
I wish I had a detailer like you closer to me. I’m in Santa Clarita CA.
Check out almaden collision in San Jose ca . I use rupes 21 . Griots boss 15 . And a number of compounds such as clear cut . Scholl concepts etc to stay a step ahead
I wear jordans.. Doesnt make me run fast or jump high tho 😐
Use Sonax water based compound and you don't have problem with that.
So darren so far you've established you hate body shops, Internet detailers and forums, anything else? lol
Dude your videos are too lengthy. Please make short videos
Redmi Two this is short, his videos are normally 30-45 min
You're right about that! I usually skip forward to the point of the video.
assuming there actually is "a point", right?!
Auto Fetish Detail am I the only one who watches all the videos all the way??
I guess they want a 5 second flick of "buy my stuff, I polish good, I'm for hire, watch this duel action go round WHEEE!!!" *video cuts out* short and to the point really
Awesome
another video in the books(I watched).. hey how do you find a great body shop when u need one ?
Black cars in the sun are sooooo depressing.
Great video I believe more detailed videos take longer short videos suck. Thanks ✌️🇨🇦
With the title, I was expecting more actual polishing tips. This video had zero actual tips on polishing... I like your videos, but this one didn't help me learn at all.
Knuckle-Heads ...you know who you are !!!