Another Tahoe....even more tired this time!!

mose · 02-12-07, 01:16

This is the first car I have done since my gall bladder surgery. Might have been pushing it a little!! Luckily Mr. Vicodin was around to get me through it!!

The owner is the brother of a girl I did a Tahoe for a couple weeks ago and he was very excited for me to make his baby look as good as hers. When I picked it up I told him that his appeared to be in better shape than his sisters. But, once I got it home and washed it.....not so much. As you will see it was COVERED with swirls!! Luckliy I had it all weekend!! It also rained all day Saturday so I looked like a complete dork out there washing this thing in the rain.......but whatever!!

My process:

Wash with Megs CG
I had jet washed the wheels and well the night before to get all the mud and stuff out.
Degreased the engine with Megs DG and dressed with Megs HD
OP w/LC yellow
AIO w/LC white
Klasse SC x2
Interior w/DP Cleaner and Protectant
Carpet stains w/Megs Pink bottle
Dressed the wheels and well with Megs Endurance diluted 1:1

I must say that I was blown away by AIO!! I couldn't belive how much of a difference it made in the paint! I did test on half the hood and actually got goose bumps!! How can one product make such a difference? It was absolutley amazing and I will use AIO on every car I do from now on!!!

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Scottwax · 02-12-07, 01:34

Very nice job!

The paint in the before shots looks absolutely horrible.

DieselMDX · 02-12-07, 01:55

What was so impressive with AIO?

I just bought a bottle but havnt used it.

how much did u use with the pc per panel?

thanx

mikebai1990 · 02-12-07, 02:04

Very nice job! Can you explain why you diluted the Meg's Endurance Gel? I've never heard of anyone diluting it.

car man257 · 02-12-07, 02:20

what is op?

BigLeegr · 02-12-07, 02:27

op=Optimum Polish.

sixty7mustang22 · 02-12-07, 02:34

Woah. Nice work.

mose · 02-12-07, 06:50

diesle:

The feel adn look of the paint instantly changed for the better! It felt more smooth and looked almost perfect! I used probably a drop the size of a quarter per panel.

Mikebai:

I diluted the Endurance gel cuz it is too thick. When I spray it on the tire full strength it's harder than hell getting the overspray off the rim. Plus it just gives it a more natural loook.

Thanks to everyone for the comments!!!

Brandon1 · 02-12-07, 06:51

Great work mose. That looks amazing, you are really doing well!!!!

BlackElantraGT · 02-12-07, 07:08

excellent work, mose! You got rid of a lot of swirls for just using OP. How many passes did you do to achieve that?

mose · 02-12-07, 08:15

BlackElantraGT:

I made one pass with OP on a yellowLC pad and one pass with AIO on an LC white pad.

Here's a question though:

I use only a PC as I have yet to step up to a rotary. Pretty much everything I do is on speed 6. Other than intially spreading the product to reduce splatter I see no reason for usng any of the other speeds. Any thoughts or comments?

mblgjr · 02-12-07, 09:32

Mose...all polishing/cutting I do on speed 6.

Only thing I slow it down for is to spread the product initially and to apply a glaze. I tend to use 3/3.5 to apply a glaze.

Tahoe looks GREAT. I'm sure the owner was pleased.