It all depends on where you are in life. At first, I detailed on my own for a while then detailed for a Porsche dealer. I was in detail mode for a long time. I would compare it to Forest Gump when he ran and ran and and ran until one day he stopped running and got on with life. So one day I stopped buffing and started driving. I keep the car covered now so I don't have to buff so much 😉   Of the things I did some people thought buffing the windshield was weird.  You want the car to slip thru the air with least resistance so make the windows slick too.  ... View more

Learn to get organized and document everything no matter what you do. Just basic documentation like tagging and bagging will go a long way to help make any project successful. Tag all parts, nuts, bolts and screws. Draw a diagram showing where each nut was so you can put it back together the same way.  ... View more