To say this one was big would be an understatement. Well as my break in detail of South Carolina I had a fellow board member contact me on this one. Two things we're said right away. The first being that he already had 2 other detailers try and get it right with no luck. And the other is that he absoultly loves this truck. It's a work truck but it's a nice work truck. Ton's of swirls in it. He dropped it off in the evening so I didn't get a chance to really see what i was in for. I could get a idea in the light we did have... So the next morning I had to take some shots.
After some ask and answer with other detailers that have delt with the ram it was pretty much a given that this clear was going to be a royal pain in the buttokies! I did have an added bonus though. The client had just purchased the new PCXP and brought it along so I could give it a try. I wanted to see what if any differences I could notice over the
G110. I'll get into that in a bit.
First up it needed a bath and clay job.
There was something that I at first thought might have been tree sap. But on closer inspection it looked more like drops of blood or something. Whatever it was it washed off easily enough. Thought I was going to have to deal with a tree sap nightmare for a minute there.
The wheels and wells were dirty but nothing overly complicated here.
So gave it a good bath. Scrubbed in the wheel wells nicely. ( I have no idea what happened to my bath pics... I guess the puter monster must've ate them because I swear I took them LOL)
Then gave it a good clay bar service. He had brought up some pinnicle speed clay. Figured I'd give it a try out and see how it does. Not sure what the price mark is on the clay but it seemed to work really good. All in all nothing to horrible but it did clean up the paint nicely enough.
So all cleaned up and free of contaminants I had to decide just how I wanted to tackle this beast... What did I have in the arsenal that could tackle the rock hard clear that other detailers couldn't seem to correct.... And then it hit me like angle's singing .. (insert sounds of angle's singing)
Jake..... Use them and they will correct...... It was like a sign or something right??
So.... I was off!!
Broke out the PCXP. I had a lightly used orange pad and the 105.... Let's do some correcting...
Now in all fairness to the others that attempted this mess. After getting into I understood almost immeditately why they didn't get it done right. I had to really work at this one for awhile. Almost 13 hours on the paint alone. And if your running a volume shop you just don't have that kind of time to devote to getting it done. Time was really the only thing that was going to get this one done right. But after a couple of passes with the 105 I noticed signifigant gains and started to like what I was seeing.
after 2 passes with 105
Pretty defect free.
And of course I broke one of my cardnal rules on polishing the hood with lining the wipers with towels and such to avoid a mess... Man did I ever splatter with that orange pad and the XP. But I got the results I needed
After the 205 went on the clarity just went through the roof. I just love this stuff.
After the 205 I let the paint breathe for a bit while I addressed another concern. The rear bumper plastic had some issues. Looks to me like too much silicone love happened at one point in time. I informed the owner that re-dying would be a permanent solution. But for now I would apply a coating of black wow. It tends to last for quite awhile and looks good.
before:
after:
half and half
and final outcome
Then I dressed the engine bay
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