ACDetailing: 2005 Escalade

d00t · 07-17-08, 09:50

Customer came to me with this beast! 2005 Black Escalade on 22's.

Exterior:
Megs Gold Class Car Wash
DP Car wash in bucket for brushes on wheels
Megs APC
Megs Hyper Dressing
Mothers Chrome Polish
Production Heavy Duty Red Clay
Mothers QD Clay Lube

Interior:
Lexol Leather Cleaner/Conditioner
Megs APC
DP ISP
Stoners Invisible Glass Cleaner

Paint Correction:
Menzerna SIP with Edge Yellow Pad
Menzerna PO85rd with Edge Orange Pad

LSP:
Lusso Oro

Tools:

Megs Wheel Brush
Random OTC brushes for wheel wells
Campbell 1750psi PW with foam attachment
Schmitt
PC 7424 with Edge Pads
Uber Microfiber reds
Uber Microfiber glass towels
Uber waffle weave red

Write up:
Good god I had no idea what I was getting myself in to.. It was a HUGE undertaking for one person, but it was an experience none the less. As the pictures can tell, it's not 100% perfect and I think it has to do with the abilities of the PC not matching up to the abilities of the Polish. My next purchase after some more carnuba and some synthetic will be a metabo. As far as products go.. OH MY did I love the Uber Glass towels by detailers domain they are by far the BEST glass towels I have laid my hands on, and will buy more, along with all my products! I am super pleased with everything that DD has provided me! Anyways.. it could've been better but after 10 hours I was spent!

Started at 9:00am
Finished at 7:05pm

Pics:

Befor:

After SIP on hood:

Before/After with SIP on door:

After 85rd and Lusso Oro:

C/C Welcome!

-Aaron

03k20a2 · 07-18-08, 08:21

the paint looks very nice, but the tires look very dirty

Jscort98 · 07-18-08, 08:47

Great job, that car was beat up.

VroomVroom · 07-18-08, 09:20

Nice work! I still remember my first black GM truck detail....my own.

It is hard work making those Grabber sidewalls look good...any idea what the owner did to scratch up his fender liner so badly?

ajnavo61490 · 07-18-08, 10:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03k20a2

the paint looks very nice, but the tires look very dirty

thats just the flash i think, look at the other pic when its of the side of the car you can see the tires are properly dressed

nice job bro!

d00t · 07-18-08, 02:55

Thanks for the kind words! It's just the flash making the tires look dirty.

As far as the fender wells go, that's actually dried gum or a sticky of some sort. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but it was a pain in the *** to get it off! As you can see, there's still some traces, but the entire 4 wells were COVERED in that stuff.

Aaron