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Old 10-21-05, 08:50   #1 (permalink)
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Latest details™ v.Long Haul as a one step, Honda Pilot, Paste Glaz on an s420

Now that the chance of daily scattered showers that plagued the first 7-10 days of October have passed into non stop sunshine, I have been swamped lately. Should be that way all the way through Christmas, weather permitting. The rush is on!

Here are a couple more pics of that Acura MDX I posted last time (Optimum/Glanz Wax):





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2003 Dodge Ram with a HEMI! Some mostly light spider swirling but heavy, heavy water spots on the passenger side. I asked him if he parks near any sprinklers and he says since garage space is limited, he parks the truck out on the street and guesses when his sprinklers come on, they hit the truck. Gee, ya think?

I started off with Optimum Compound and a Meguiars cutting pad, which removed the water spots but left some light marring on the passenger side doors, but not the bed or front fender. That and the light overspray inside the passenger side door jams along the bottom of the cab lead me to believe the passenger doors have been repainted at some point, although the customer says he bought the truck new and never had any body damage repaired. Come to find out the truck was actually a demo, driven by the sale's manager.

Anyway, I followed with Meguiars #83 DACP and a Meguiars polishing pad on the passenger side doors which removed the light marring and also on the hood to remove some spider swirls. I then went over the whole truck with Optimum Polish and a Meguiars polishing pad, then sealed with Poorboy's EX w/carnauba. This truck took a lot longer than I expected, I was there nearly 5 hours instead of the typical 2.5-3 an exterior detail on a truck that size takes me. The owner gave me a very generous tip since the water spotting took so long to correct.

By the time I finished, the sun was behind his house and I didn't have the keys to move it into a better place to take pics, so in the shot of the rear of the truck, the background, which was still fully in the sun, ended up over exposed. Shoot me.





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The next three are at an office I regularly do one step exterior details for their monthly top performers. Last time, I used Vanilla Moose since it was around 100 degrees and no shade anywhere. Luckily, this time it was mid October so it was only 92 that day!

Long Haul Polish/Wax with a Meguiars polishing pad on all three.

2001 BMW 325ci. I do this one practically every time I go out there. Apparently he is their top performer every month. BTW, the Vanilla Moose was still beading, 5 weeks after application.



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2004 Honda Pilot. Regular customer, detail their cars about every 6 months. Normally, they are pretty clean but the Pilot was on a road trip to Montana and back so the exterior had a lot of road grime. Interior was pretty good, no heavy scrubbing needed.

Interior cleaned with water/Woolite mixture, dressed with Meguiars Natural Shine Vinyl & Rubber Protectant and Turtle Wax Leather Conditioner.





Exterior was in excellent condition once I washed it. Klasse AIO with a Meguiars polishing pad and Jeff's Werkstatt Acrylic Jett by hand. Came out very wet and glossy!





This shot was before I moved it away from the house, which was casting a dark shadow the closer you got to it, so that is way it is darker than the above picture.







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1998 Mercedes S420. 3rd time I've detailed it for sale, he claims this time he is really going to sell it. We'll see.

Optimum Polish with a Meguiars polishing pad on the trunk lid and hood, Clearkote's Vanilla Moose with a Meguiars polishing pad on the whole car, then topped with Pinnacle Paste Glaz by hand. Only two shots left on the roll, I have a few more on the current roll in my camera.



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dang the pilot and the mdx have outstanding gloss!! that pilot looks relatively orange peel free, just like our 05. i must say i was impressed, but a little peeved to see our tl have more op than our pilot
 
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Last time, I used Vanilla Moose since it was around 100 degrees and no shade anywhere. Luckily, this time it was mid October so it was only 92 that day!

Eh, 100 degrees, 92 degrees.... Potato... Pahtahto

Very nice work as always Scott
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Excellent work Scott!

I love Paste Glaz. I bought a bunch of it to stash away when folks were having the "buy one get one free" sales. It has the great property on light metallic colors of bringing out flake while adding depth at the same time.
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Awesome work as always Scott...
 
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Great Job Scott! We both know the power of JWAJ !
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Scott....ur details never fail to amaze me excellent
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Dynamite!!!


All look quite exceptional. I love the Ram though, its just glowing!
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All look quite exceptional. I love the Ram though, its just glowing!
I agree!! that is the one that caught my eye also. Was interested in how you dealt with the water spots. My truck was outside on the street near the sprinklers. I think that i did the same thing to get rid of the same problem although I used SSR 2.5, FP ll, FTG, then topped with Buterwax.

I have to say that I did not get the reults that caught my eye in your pic's.

Good work! Am also amazed at the time that you put into the work. I should be so lucky to have only five hours invested.
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