Black Modded K20 Tahoe GT Detailed today

blue-sun · 09-24-06, 07:09

Detailed a K20 Black Tahoe GT today (along with his neighbor's Durango)

When it was done, I told him it reminded me of those Impala Ad's from the 90's.

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Process/Materials/Tools used:

Porter Cable 7424 Dual Action Polisher
Washed with Sonus shampoo
Buffed with Meguiars Dual Action Cleaner & Polish (x2 where needed)
Topped with Meguiars NXT Tech Wax
Tires dressed with Meguiars Hyper Dressing diluted to 3:1

Pics:

Black cars = swirls

Bye Bye swirls:

Door/Rear Quarter Panel Before:

After

All done:

I spy a daily driver

Cool hood shots:

Fat lip on teh duece duece's

Enjoy!

David

chpsk8 · 09-24-06, 07:19

Nice job on the detail!
Nice Tahoe too.... except those cheapie tailights.

blue-sun · 09-24-06, 07:22

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Originally Posted by chpsk8

Nice job on the detail!
Nice Tahoe too.... except those cheapie tailights.

LOL

The owner just bought this truck not too long ago, as is.

He's a good friend who's family owns a local body shop that has done some work on my car and he refers alot of people my way.

Gave him the "half price" discount.

mr.ikon · 09-24-06, 07:28

Real clean lookin tahoe you done. And nice 2 by the way. i still cant put mine on as my avitar.

tdekany · 09-24-06, 07:32

Very nice detail. I love lowered trucks like that.

RAG · 09-24-06, 08:06

Nice, but is that your wash mitt I see on the ground in the third picture?

How long did you spend and much of the swirls were you able to remove (didn't see any "after" pics in the sun...usually, anything that is at least 80% free of swirls will basically look perfect in photos).

martinager · 09-24-06, 08:08

Very nice work with the PC there. Mad props!

blue-sun · 09-25-06, 03:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAG

Nice, but is that your wash mitt I see on the ground in the third picture?

How long did you spend and much of the swirls were you able to remove (didn't see any "after" pics in the sun...usually, anything that is at least 80% free of swirls will basically look perfect in photos).

yah, it is my wash mitt. oops. I wash them after each wash. My gf was helping, and this was after a full interior/exterior on a Durango, so I wasn't "all there"

I spent about 3 hours on this Tahoe. The sun was going down by the time I was done, and I didn't have a chance to move it into the sun to see. I would say at least 75-80% of the swirls are gone now. The truck has clear coat degredation starting to happen on the hood (lots of little 7-9mm "cuts" or "scratches" in the paint) In the lighting that I had to use (basically the sun) I only saw very small imperfections in the paint after I was done. The lighting definately helps the after pictures look just a tad better.

Scottwax · 09-25-06, 07:11

Excellent work!

DACP is definitely a good swirl remover via PC and finishes well on GM's relatively hard paint.

blue-sun · 09-25-06, 07:29

thanks Scott!

the0ne · 09-26-06, 06:02

wow im going to buy me some of that Meguiars Dual Action Cleaner & Polish

blue-sun · 09-26-06, 07:01

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Originally Posted by the0ne

wow im going to buy me some of that Meguiars Dual Action Cleaner & Polish

I know alot of people here don't particularly like DACP, but since I've first started using it, I've gotten nothing but awesome results with a Meguiars burgandy cutting pad and the DACP. Not to mention that I can find it locally for pretty cheap in the gallon size, which I've gone thru maybe 1 1/2 gallons in about 3 years of frequent detailing.