The fact that you explain to your customers that you could not reach the wheel in all the areas blocked by hardware, shows that you are an honest salesman. Funny enough, customers won't notice 99% of the things you explain to them, at least that's what I have found with auto detailing - but we clean 110% of the vehicle/boat regardless! Awesome videos, got me subbed.
as a guy that has done his own work for years i truly appreciate your videos and the details you put into every job. When friends ask me for advice i use your videos as a tutorial. Keep up the great work !
Always learning. You mentioned a quick clean and wheel bright for the trailer. How obvious is that now that you said it. I'm adding that step going forward :)
Bravo bro. Great job! Can you help me with what to use on my Polaris Slingshot? I need exterior cleaning and polish/protection and interior plastics and rubber seats... Bravo! Boat turned out fantastic. Lots of work, but wow
Great job. A little word of advise, those swim platforms come off by pulling two pins most of the time. That way you don’t have to reach over it to sand/polish.
@@DrakesDetailing Hey Drake, I've been thinking about starting my own business and I saw you were no longer with marine boat supply well u know but the knowledge/content is on there. Are you releasing your own course soon or should I get it on there? I just wanna be able to support you because you have such fire content! Thanks
Oh god. Que the I could do that with heavy cut. After 30 years of boats and as a professional detailer for a bit, absolutely the Correct call all day. The raised post sticker removal problem is real and needs a real sanding to pull the ghosting. @9:00 proves your final result all day! I could post pics of my personal boat to prove it. Great final product all day.
Hey Drake, amazing job as always! Excited for you and your new start and praying for you. Question though, regarding sandpaper. Is Abralon sand paper out with you? Have you replaced it with the Abranet completely? If so, with the Abranet backing pad, do the grits between the two act the same? Do they last any longer? Thank you for a lot. Tim
Hi Drake, im from Singapore. I’m really enjoy your video and learned your technique and tips. Any idea, what compound should I use to polish awlgrip hull????
Hey bro, unfortunately, I do not have a definitive answer regarding what to use an all grip. I would contact all Garay or look on their website to see what certain compound/policies/sealants they recommend for their products.
@@DrakesDetailing Thanks for your reply Drakes. For your info, in our country we can’t get much of the product that you recommend in your video. The brand of the product that is available in our country is 3m, starbrite, Meguiar, Autosol and Shuhold. Anyway thanks. I shall wait for your reply about the awlgrip compound. Cheers 🥂
Im looking into starting a detailing buisiness myself. My big question is working in the az sun. Im used to it but i know its a huge pain washing anything it instantly dries with water spots. Any tips? Seems like either shade or no dice from experience with my own boat
How about multi year costings in marine? I get some coatings from the US. (For cars) and the company I get stuff from DPC has multi year coatings for marine. I know might not be good for repeat polishing/compounding as far as business. Glad you brought up the coating being about the same as a sealant. In the automotive field lots of the spray costings are now getting a year +. Reasonable price and same time as sealants to apply.
Wow!!!! Amaaaazing job man!!! Really Impressed. Just curious . . . . about how much would you charge a customer for a job like this? Whatever you feel comfortable sharing would be greatly appreciated.
Did you do any alcohol prep or polish prep before the ceramic coating? Or does the new product allow you to just dawn, dry and apply the ceramic coating?
What a great teaching tool! When you did your interior detail, I didn’t notice you flipping up the seats to get in between the seat and the upright. This is where I have the most issue as there is almost always a build up of organic (I assume) that stains the contact points. I’ve tried almost everything I know but it doesn’t come out. Any suggestions?
Watched a lot of your videos and they are great. What do you use when the gelcoat has small cracks from being left in the sun. Sanding takes off the oxidation but is there something that rehydrates the remaining gelcoat?
Hey there! Check out my soaps and cleaners page on my website and you’ll find a few great soaps and products by shine supply for maintenance on your gelcoat! www.detailusupply.com/collections/soaps-cleaners 😎
Could you make a video explaining how/when to change your pads. I’ve felt like I wait to long or use to much product leading to throw away my wool pads away. Would love to see this
I just felt like it was an unnecessary extra step, especially because it looked so good after that last step. You need to be careful sometimes that you don’t “over-step” or overthink your detail
Great job! How much ceramic (ml or oz) did this boat take? I’m just asking because if I order a 30ml bottle, I don’t want to be short. On interior details, how do you deal with a brown/green mold/fungus rimming. It’s where the movable seats touch (seat back and seat pad). For the life of me, I can’t get that stain out.
What’s up man loooks 🔥🔥🔥.. with that beadlock pro how easy or difficult do you think it would be to use in swfl outside in the sun?? I know there’s barely any humidity in cali but you use to live here in Florida so could you coat boats outside with beadlock? Is it comparable to any other coating you’ve used?
Awesome video like always!! Super knowledgeable and entertaining! I have a question about a boat I bought. It has very old barnacles on it and when I scraped them off it leaves the husk on the hull? I tried some chemicals to get them off but to no avail? Do I have to wet sand ? Heavy cut? What advice do you have or a way I can DM pictures for more info would be great! Keep it up
Hey man! Really appreciate your videos and info. Wanting your advice ~ my dad dry sanded the lower portion of our family ski boat with 150 grit (big time ouch / mistake) on the lower portion of port and starboard only. My plan was to use 1000 grit wet sand to smooth this out , then 600 and 400 compounds….do you think the gap between 150 and 1000 for the wet sand is too big? I.e I should use say 500 wet sand in between? I don’t want to take much off but I need to get rid of those 150 grit sandpaper marks….thank you!!
Do the 1000 in a spot and then compound with something heavy after and see how it looks. If that doesn’t cut it then you can try 500 in between, but just be careful. It is very agressive
Man I have been learning a bunch from your videos also I am here on the emerald coast here in Crestview I noticed you have the same area code as I. Trying to get into boats so I been watching a lot of your videos
Hey drake great video! Question about the compounding pad you said you use a 1.25 height pad is shorter pile pad better for cutting or higher pile I have a lake country twisted wool 1.5 height pad that should be pretty similar right? I think that’s the most aggressive pad lake county makes
I have both the 1.25 and 1.5 double sided twisted wool cutting pads from buff and shine, the 1.25 definitely cuts faster than the 1.5, but the 1.5 does the job if you like more of a cushioned feel. Lake country and buff and shine both make excellent pads, can’t go wrong with either.
Man awesome job I watch all you videos just trying to get up the courage to do my own boat. Do you generally wet sand with your machine or by hand. And what sand paper would you recommend?Keep up the great videos.
Hi Drake. I came to you tube desperately trying to find out for a tutorial since most of the chrome in my boat went off. I went by a friend recommendation and I used muriatic acid to clean the yellow stain on the outside and inside. I regret it 1000 times. Do you carry any product that can help me to save the chrome ?. Any comments will be very helpful…
The acid will stain the metal. you'll need to re polish your chrome to bring it back. use a heavy cut compound on a grey force lake country foam pad to polish it. I would recommend a rotary machine as well for the polishing
I usually tape off all stainless when cutting to avoid tarnishing it and getting it black and dirty, have you ever had this problem? Thank you for all the information and help btw, highly valuable channel 🙏🏻
What does something like this coast because I’m a young motivated man and I been detailing cars for a couple years and I live where there is a lot of boats and I wanna get into this just wondering how I should price something like this
@@DrakesDetailing awesome. Qill it go to Canada? Also curious could there have been a way to do a two stage correction instead of 3? With boats is 3 needed for some reason?
It can be dusty, but not nearly as bad as some of the other compounds I’ve tried. If your not covered in compound dust at the end of the day, you haven’t detailed a boat! 😎🔥
Broooo invest in some durablocks. For that rear (next time) hit it with p400 cross hatch blocking, 600 dry, 800 wet (on blacks) run it to 1500 wet sand
The fact that you explain to your customers that you could not reach the wheel in all the areas blocked by hardware, shows that you are an honest salesman. Funny enough, customers won't notice 99% of the things you explain to them, at least that's what I have found with auto detailing - but we clean 110% of the vehicle/boat regardless! Awesome videos, got me subbed.
Thanks for the sub!
as a guy that has done his own work for years i truly appreciate your videos and the details you put into every job. When friends ask me for advice i use your videos as a tutorial. Keep up the great work !
Thank you brother!
Dude is a great teacher, awesome communication and results. You bang bro!💯🤙🏿💪🏾
Thank you! 💯💯
Always learning. You mentioned a quick clean and wheel bright for the trailer. How obvious is that now that you said it. I'm adding that step going forward :)
Very! It makes a huge difference in the finial product. Only takes 5 mins if that
These little things make all the difference in repeat business and customer satisfaction.
That’s a great finish another happy customer I’m sure!
Absolutely 😎🔥
Super nice job!
Thanks!
Bravo bro. Great job! Can you help me with what to use on my Polaris Slingshot? I need exterior cleaning and polish/protection and interior plastics and rubber seats... Bravo! Boat turned out fantastic. Lots of work, but wow
I love’em like that, they make great ads
👍🏻😎😎
Very nice work. I'm sure you had a very satisfied customer.
👍🏻🔥💯
Great job. A little word of advise, those swim platforms come off by pulling two pins most of the time. That way you don’t have to reach over it to sand/polish.
His were stuck, I tried trust me!
@@DrakesDetailing Hey Drake, I've been thinking about starting my own business and I saw you were no longer with marine boat supply well u know but the knowledge/content is on there. Are you releasing your own course soon or should I get it on there? I just wanna be able to support you because you have such fire content! Thanks
Really appreciate the video. My Black Ski Nautique looks just like the back and working to fix it!
Awesome! Thanks for giving it a shot!
Another great and Inspiring job with fenomenal result. Keep up the great work. Fan from Norway 👍👍
Thank you!
Will the Choptop paried with an orange pad remove all the haze from the black gelcoat?
It can! However I typically use it on a yellow wool pad on a rotary
Fantastic informative video.... great job
Thanks 🔥🔥
Always so informative with the products & methods 💪💪
Thanks bro!!
Oh god. Que the I could do that with heavy cut. After 30 years of boats and as a professional detailer for a bit, absolutely the Correct call all day. The raised post sticker removal problem is real and needs a real sanding to pull the ghosting. @9:00 proves your final result all day! I could post pics of my personal boat to prove it. Great final product all day.
Thanks!!
Hey Drake, amazing job as always! Excited for you and your new start and praying for you. Question though, regarding sandpaper. Is Abralon sand paper out with you? Have you replaced it with the Abranet completely? If so, with the Abranet backing pad, do the grits between the two act the same? Do they last any longer? Thank you for a lot. Tim
that is amazing brother my boat looks just like it before you start it I have to mind now you are amazing brother thank you for the video brother
Thanks so much for watching! 😎😊👍🏻
Hi Drake, im from Singapore. I’m really enjoy your video and learned your technique and tips. Any idea, what compound should I use to polish awlgrip hull????
Hey bro, unfortunately, I do not have a definitive answer regarding what to use an all grip. I would contact all Garay or look on their website to see what certain compound/policies/sealants they recommend for their products.
@@DrakesDetailing Thanks for your reply Drakes. For your info, in our country we can’t get much of the product that you recommend in your video. The brand of the product that is available in our country is 3m, starbrite, Meguiar, Autosol and Shuhold. Anyway thanks. I shall wait for your reply about the awlgrip compound. Cheers 🥂
Have you ever tried Aqua-Buff 1000 & 2000 compound? I've tried it and had great results.
Not a big fan personally
How much do you charge for that work perfect work shine like diamiond
Hey bro! I’m right around $15 per foot per step
Awesome work bro!
Thanks for watching!!
Im looking into starting a detailing buisiness myself. My big question is working in the az sun. Im used to it but i know its a huge pain washing anything it instantly dries with water spots. Any tips? Seems like either shade or no dice from experience with my own boat
@Lester Smith from what I've seen in his videos he said to try to always pick an overcast day.
Hey bro, try to wash in the early morning before it gets too hot or on an overcast day.
How about multi year costings in marine? I get some coatings from the US. (For cars) and the company I get stuff from DPC has multi year coatings for marine. I know might not be good for repeat polishing/compounding as far as business.
Glad you brought up the coating being about the same as a sealant. In the automotive field lots of the spray costings are now getting a year +. Reasonable price and same time as sealants to apply.
Hey bro! Shine supply has some coatings that are awesome!! They’ll be out on my new products website soon!! Stay tuned 😎
@@DrakesDetailing sadly getting stuff from the US up in Canada gets really costly. Thanks to the current leader of the Canadian prison. LOL
Wow!!!! Amaaaazing job man!!! Really Impressed. Just curious . . . . about how much would you charge a customer for a job like this? Whatever you feel comfortable sharing would be greatly appreciated.
Anywhere from $15-$20 per foot per step
@@DrakesDetailing ohhh wow that seems pretty reasonable for a job like that.
i wish you lived near me! amazing
Thanks! Haha
What size pad do you have on your mili could you use a rupes bigfoot 21mm if i dont have the rupes mili
Yes that will work, I actually don’t use any forced rotation polishers anymore, just strictly DA’s.
Did you do any alcohol prep or polish prep before the ceramic coating? Or does the new product allow you to just dawn, dry and apply the ceramic coating?
What a great teaching tool! When you did your interior detail, I didn’t notice you flipping up the seats to get in between the seat and the upright. This is where I have the most issue as there is almost always a build up of organic (I assume) that stains the contact points. I’ve tried almost everything I know but it doesn’t come out. Any suggestions?
Try a mild degreaser with Magic eraser to get the stubborn stains out and then follow up with protective cleaner and see how that works! 😎
Watched a lot of your videos and they are great.
What do you use when the gelcoat has small cracks from being left in the sun. Sanding takes off the oxidation but is there something that rehydrates the remaining gelcoat?
Hey bro! The wax/ sealant will take care of that part 😎
I got a gray Parker I was going to do 600 800 1000 abranet then 1000 Abrolon and possibly 2000 what do you think
That statement is hard to answer if I don’t know what it looks like. Feel free to shoot me a pic at @drakes.detailing on instagram, or on FB
Awesome work brother! What are your recommended products now for washing/maintaining?
Hey there! Check out my soaps and cleaners page on my website and you’ll find a few great soaps and products by shine supply for maintenance on your gelcoat! www.detailusupply.com/collections/soaps-cleaners
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Good stuff bro.
😎🔥👍🏻
Hey drake ! Good work !!
What inflatable boats ?
Thanks!
Could you make a video explaining how/when to change your pads. I’ve felt like I wait to long or use to much product leading to throw away my wool pads away. Would love to see this
Hey bro! Use my wool pads for a while, here’s a video on how to clean them! m.ruclips.net/video/PJx2PXG8VU4/видео.html
just a question to pick your brain... if it left almost perfect finish after chop top why not go over it with burn out or slick back ?
I just felt like it was an unnecessary extra step, especially because it looked so good after that last step. You need to be careful sometimes that you don’t “over-step” or overthink your detail
Great job! How much ceramic (ml or oz) did this boat take? I’m just asking because if I order a 30ml bottle, I don’t want to be short. On interior details, how do you deal with a brown/green mold/fungus rimming. It’s where the movable seats touch (seat back and seat pad). For the life of me, I can’t get that stain out.
I used about 25 ml on just the exterior
What’s up man loooks 🔥🔥🔥.. with that beadlock pro how easy or difficult do you think it would be to use in swfl outside in the sun?? I know there’s barely any humidity in cali but you use to live here in Florida so could you coat boats outside with beadlock? Is it comparable to any other coating you’ve used?
Yes it’s actually one of the best ones I’ve used!
@@DrakesDetailing ohh woow thanks man
Awesome video like always!! Super knowledgeable and entertaining! I have a question about a boat I bought. It has very old barnacles on it and when I scraped them off it leaves the husk on the hull? I tried some chemicals to get them off but to no avail? Do I have to wet sand ? Heavy cut? What advice do you have or a way I can DM pictures for more info would be great! Keep it up
Hey bro! Try some on-off acid on the bottom. You can buy it on Amazon 😎
Hey man! Really appreciate your videos and info. Wanting your advice ~ my dad dry sanded the lower portion of our family ski boat with 150 grit (big time ouch / mistake) on the lower portion of port and starboard only. My plan was to use 1000 grit wet sand to smooth this out , then 600 and 400 compounds….do you think the gap between 150 and 1000 for the wet sand is too big? I.e I should use say 500 wet sand in between? I don’t want to take much off but I need to get rid of those 150 grit sandpaper marks….thank you!!
Do the 1000 in a spot and then compound with something heavy after and see how it looks. If that doesn’t cut it then you can try 500 in between, but just be careful. It is very agressive
Man I have been learning a bunch from your videos also I am here on the emerald coast here in Crestview I noticed you have the same area code as I. Trying to get into boats so I been watching a lot of your videos
Small world haha! Thanks so much for your support!
Hey drake great video! Question about the compounding pad you said you use a 1.25 height pad is shorter pile pad better for cutting or higher pile I have a lake country twisted wool 1.5 height pad that should be pretty similar right? I think that’s the most aggressive pad lake county makes
Shorter the pile hight the more the cut, but the type of wool pad also make a difference.
It has to be a twisted wool
I’ll be selling them in about 2 weeks on detailusupply.com
I have both the 1.25 and 1.5 double sided twisted wool cutting pads from buff and shine, the 1.25 definitely cuts faster than the 1.5, but the 1.5 does the job if you like more of a cushioned feel. Lake country and buff and shine both make excellent pads, can’t go wrong with either.
Man awesome job I watch all you videos just trying to get up the courage to do my own boat. Do you generally wet sand with your machine or by hand. And what sand paper would you recommend?Keep up the great videos.
Hey bro! I always use my DA to wet sand never by hand. I love Mirka Abralon and Mirka and Abranet sanding discs for my DA 😎
Hi Drake. I came to you tube desperately trying to find out for a tutorial since most of the chrome in my boat went off. I went by a friend recommendation and I used muriatic acid to clean the yellow stain on the outside and inside. I regret it 1000 times.
Do you carry any product that can help me to save the chrome ?.
Any comments will be very helpful…
The acid will stain the metal. you'll need to re polish your chrome to bring it back. use a heavy cut compound on a grey force lake country foam pad to polish it. I would recommend a rotary machine as well for the polishing
When is the next podcast coming up?
Stay tuned 😎
So in this case, you used Chop Top as the polish step. Am I understanding that correctly?
Yes
Do you stay busy year-round or does it slow down during winter for you?
It pretty consistent year round 😎
I usually tape off all stainless when cutting to avoid tarnishing it and getting it black and dirty, have you ever had this problem?
Thank you for all the information and help btw, highly valuable channel 🙏🏻
Thanks for watching, I just wipe the metal off and shine it up when I’m done 😎🔥
How long should a job like this take you?
If I remember correctly, this was around two days
What does something like this coast because I’m a young motivated man and I been detailing cars for a couple years and I live where there is a lot of boats and I wanna get into this just wondering how I should price something like this
I typically charge around $15-$20 per foot per step. Go kill it bro! 😎 here a video I did on how to quote m.ruclips.net/video/0WN0CQkEljo/видео.html
i rememeber u used to use STARKE products , what happened? did you find something that was not working properly
We had to part ways, starke is still a great product.
@@DrakesDetailing got u , thanks bro , and amazing job in that mastercraft i love the mirror shine
we use boat magic for the outside scale with a soft brush.
Nice
Whats the website for the pad and heavy cut polish you use thanks :)
Don’t have one right this second! But we will be selling them here About 3 weeks
@@DrakesDetailing awesome. Qill it go to Canada? Also curious could there have been a way to do a two stage correction instead of 3? With boats is 3 needed for some reason?
@@DrakesDetailing Hoping these products will ship to Canada?
Please do a boat on a lift lol I have the hardest time getting to the front and backs of boats I clean and polish
That can be a real pain! If I’m doing a hull detail I usually require the boat to be up on blocks at a marina 😎
How is the dust level with the heavy cut?
It can be dusty, but not nearly as bad as some of the other compounds I’ve tried. If your not covered in compound dust at the end of the day, you haven’t detailed a boat! 😎🔥
The Amazon link for the white wool pad dose not work.
Hey bro! Check buff and shine.com
Very nice, greetings from Berlin, Germany
Thanks! That’s awesome 😎🔥
That was my boat I was the kid that said hi
Awesome! Hope you enjoy the nice boat!
Hey Drake, what did you end up charging for this? $150-$200 a foot?
$2500
Broooo invest in some durablocks. For that rear (next time) hit it with p400 cross hatch blocking, 600 dry, 800 wet (on blacks) run it to 1500 wet sand
Thanks for the tip 😉
2nd!
Nice! 😎
1st
As always 😎