Presidential Detailed: 2004 Chevy Avalanche

PresdntialDtail · 12-20-08, 08:03

After detailing Tim's RX-8, he brought me his mothers Chevy Avalanche. Not only was it in for a full exterior detail, I also had to remove the nearly disintegrated pin striping from the truck. Overall, the truck wasnt in that bad of shape, it was just BIG and dirty! Everything went well until my buffer broke in the middle of the detail! I wanted to get a new one anyways, and heres a good excuse right??

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Wool
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna 106ff/white
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

BEFORE:

The old pinstriping has to go..

A little specialty tool..

And you get this..

PresdntialDtail · 12-20-08, 08:04

After the initial wash..

Some 50/50's on the hood..

There were some scratches by the driver handle..

Now Removed..

After 1 pass with SIP/Wool..

PresdntialDtail · 12-20-08, 08:05

The one after shot in the sun I was able to get before it went down..

And in the halogens..

PresdntialDtail · 12-20-08, 08:06

A couple overall vehicle shots..

And now..a ton of reflections!

jordanrossbell · 12-20-08, 08:43

Wow, nice work..it is for sure big!

bufferbarry · 12-20-08, 02:26

great work man

zoomzoom mazda5 · 12-20-08, 02:56

Another fine detail by Pasco's finest, where did you get the makita from? I have a F150 Supercab today, I'm beat........

PresdntialDtail · 12-20-08, 08:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoomzoom mazda5

Another fine detail by Pasco's finest, where did you get the makita from? I have a F150 Supercab today, I'm beat........

I ended up buying one from slim and jims, they seem to be the only ones to carry a buffer at all! Speaking of which, would you like to buy mine? I found a slightly used one with a TON of goodies for a little more than i paid for mine. Give me a call if your interested!

lt1_man · 12-21-08, 10:42

Nice job! How do you like the Canon Rebel?

Brandon

PresdntialDtail · 12-22-08, 05:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by lt1_man

Nice job! How do you like the Canon Rebel?

Brandon

I like it alot, its unfortunate I barely know how to use it though! haha! I use the p-auto settings for my detail pictures. Sometimes Ill go out and get creative, but still learning with this thing!