EBPcivicsi
06-05-2006, 06:58 PM
Man, these cars were really cool to detail. The curves, molding, and chrome accents made them a bit of a pain to buff, but I made it. :p The cars are driven to and from the shows that they enter, otherwise they are stored in this barn/gage. It’s really pretty cool—up front you have stables for the horse, then in the back (separated by a sliding door) you have a tiled garage with a drain in the center..hmmmmm. :D The cars are completely restored—frame-off. The guys who build them can fabricate, weld, paint, etc fairly well—the car is well built, but they can’t buff worth a flip!! The cars had left over sanding marks, holograms, you name it. It was my job to correct all of this.
I am not 100% sure on the year of the ambulance, someone please correct me if I am wrong.
The process for both vehicles was the same as both of them were painted with the same paint system and basically had the same defects—though the ambulance was a little worse.
For both vehicles:
Quick and easy wash
Tape off
Clay front to remove bug residue, spot clay the rest
Apply Hi-Temp Extreme Cut/optimum polish (both products placed on the pad at the same time). Thank you Sean for recommending/inventing this combo, wow what a difference!!!
Apply Menzerna final polish II via PC @ speed 5
Apply two thin coats of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant/OCW (ambulance). Truck got two thin coats of Trade Secret paste wax, then an application of OCW
Tires are dressed with Poorboy’s bold-n-Brite
All metal, chrome, etc polished with Meguiars NXt all metal “polysh”
Before:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2894.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2899.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2896.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2904.jpg
I am not 100% sure on the year of the ambulance, someone please correct me if I am wrong.
The process for both vehicles was the same as both of them were painted with the same paint system and basically had the same defects—though the ambulance was a little worse.
For both vehicles:
Quick and easy wash
Tape off
Clay front to remove bug residue, spot clay the rest
Apply Hi-Temp Extreme Cut/optimum polish (both products placed on the pad at the same time). Thank you Sean for recommending/inventing this combo, wow what a difference!!!
Apply Menzerna final polish II via PC @ speed 5
Apply two thin coats of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant/OCW (ambulance). Truck got two thin coats of Trade Secret paste wax, then an application of OCW
Tires are dressed with Poorboy’s bold-n-Brite
All metal, chrome, etc polished with Meguiars NXt all metal “polysh”
Before:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2894.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2899.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2896.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/Bobby-ambulance-truck/tn_IMG_2904.jpg