Hello!
Let me introduce myself. I am A Yasir, 29, and I'm here to promote my 2nd most favourite pastime : detailing cars and bikes.
A few years back, I really don't know much about detailing. Heck, I didn't even know how to wash my car properly and safely too! After saving money for one whole year and selling off all my bikes ( I had a few! ), I bought myself a JDM Honda Civic EG3, which was already converted to EG6 specifications.
At 1st, I simply let the car wash boys wash my car. Yeah, it does look nice and clean afterwards, but I still can physically feels bumps and pits on the bodywork. I ask myself, why is this happening? So, one day, I went over to Ace Hardware Taman Melawati, and as I was browsing around the car detailing racks, I saw the a lot of brands, like Turtle Wax, Soft 99, Featherlite, Meguiar's et cetera. I simply picked up a wash solution and polish ( and no, I don't want to print the brand name ) and went home.
After a few months of washing the car myself and using the polish I bought at Ace Hardware Taman Melawati, I still find my car's finish lacking. And a few days later, one Mat Salleh guy who's a regular customer at my old man's petrol station, saw me polishing up my car. He chatted up with me, asking what stuffs I was using on the car et cetera. So I told him that I was not satisfied with the results that I get, and he told me to try Meguiar's instead. He also pointed out what products to buy also. So, with a new shopping list in hand, I went back to Ace Hardware Taman Melawati and spend about almost RM 200 that evening.
Armed with my new Meguiar's stuffs, I went ahead and did my car. Well, the car looks a little bit better now, but the results is still not up to what I want to achieve. Then I take a look at the label and saw the brand's website. Lo and behold, after a few months learning from the brand's forum and also having the chance the learn from a few persons whom I would rate as "sifu" in the field of car detailing, I have now managed to improve my work.
And this is where I am now....
It all started when a fellow club member that I joined was complaining about the quality of paintwork on her brand new car. I suggested her some steps that can be done to improve the look of her car, and she asked me whether I can do that for her car, and I said : Yes!
So a couple of weeks later, she arrived with her car at my place. She was right : the car looks horrendous! She told me how these holograms and defects was " installed " onto the car's bodywork : done by those so - called " professionals " at a particular service centre. I took some time what I can do, and what to expect, and she agreed.
After spending hours on her car, the end result was up to what I had promised, and she very happy with the result as well. And I have also told her to hang on, as I am currently slowly upgrading my stuffs, and later, I will try to reduce or completely remove those holograms at a later date. From here on, she spread the words of my work to other club members, and they pestered me to do their cars as well. A part -time car detailer I am now!
If you are interested, please do e - mail me at ace9977 at gmaildotcom. Please do explain the type of car ( so I can work out the size of the car ), colour, how long is the AGE of the paintwork, current paintwork quality ( cobwebs, scratches, bird droppings et cetera ) as well. Please understand that at the moment, I am only able to detail cars on Sundays, and that it will take a minimum of 4 - 5 hours ( hatchback cars ) up to 8 hours, or even more than that! I also prefer my customers to keep to a monthly regime with me as well, so that the work I have done on the car is maintained properly by me.
I do this, because I enjoy the work, I love transforming sad - looking cars to almost super - nice looking cars, no more, no less.
...depicting the adventures [ and misadventures ] of me and my detailing sessions. Also as a space for me to show the cars I've done and to promote my personal detailing services as well.
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