How much would you expect to pay for a machine polish and waxing ?

[edd30]

How much would you expect to pay someone for a machine polish and sealant ?
I'm based in Surrey. Have two cars that'll benefit, too lazy to do it myself and too scared of burning through the paint!

[stealthwolf]

If you have a DA, it'll be near impossible to burn through and even with a rotary, it'll take a fair bit of effort.

Cost depends on how much work needs doing and what they do. Could easily be £200-300 per car.

[dansmith180]

'Machine polishing' is a very general statement. If you just want a basic machining (what I call and enhancement detail) and a wax it would normally cost between £200 - £400 depending on condition and size of the car, an intense polishing (what I call correction detail) and a wax would be between £450 - £700 again depending on condition and size of the car.

What cars are they? What age? What general condition? I've been doing this every day at work for about a year now but haven't really done much private work. I am looking to branch out and start doing it though. It would be a fair bit cheaper than what I posted above and i'm not too far away from you. I've got plenty of pictures of my work of you're intrested?

[edd30]

Right - looks like quite an outlay. My Mk5 Golf needs the most attention, 110k miles on the road hasn't done the front end any favours and I reckon the previous owners have been using the supermarket and Albanian car washes.

Need to decide if I have a go at learning it myself or employ the services of Dan. The most I've done in the past is use a clay bar and clay mitt, then Autoglym SRP to fill in the swirls and a little Collinite to make it last longer, but I haven't had the time to do that these days.

[Phil_H]

For reference my mate does it on the side...

Wash, Clay, prep, machine polish (not full correction but gets rid of swirls and light marks etc...) for about £120. Take's him about 6/7hrs ish for an average sized car.

So not always the big prices if you can find someone who does it part time.

[Phil_H]

Also know a guy who works with my mates that does it along with his day job.

Search "Mirror image bespoke detailing" (Kings Lynn) on google for prices etc..

[NICK_CARTER_]

For reference my mate does it on the side...

Wash, Clay, prep, machine polish (not full correction but gets rid of swirls and light marks etc...) for about £120. Take's him about 6/7hrs ish for an average sized car.

So not always the big prices if you can find someone who does it part time. Phil - where is your mate based?

Sounds like the 'job on the side' is a good shout for this if you're on a budget.

[Matthewsimone]

Yep friend of a friend did minor correction detail on my Gti last year to remove light swirls and finished off with a layer of race glaze wax for me
Took him about 4 hours and charged me £70
All depends how much work is needed, mine was preety good to start with!

[AMV]

I've seen people charging a base of £350 in london, bit sleep for me.

[Deako]

I do a hatch for £150 in Redditch, in my unit. Check out ReddiWraps on FB. Did my Edition 30 yesterday.

[Leonpettit]

What do you do for that @deako?


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