Latest Detail vs. Volvo truck!

[GlossyTundra]

Yeah, Volvo transfer truck. 2001 Volvo day cab tractor. Has about 220,000miles on it, the guy bought it from a local enzymes company, he uses it to haul chickens to the local market. Problem with that is b/c of national security, the trucks are required to be sprayed down with a disinfectant after leaving, so the trucks are always stained with the yellow stuff.





My Process was



Exterior:

Wash with CWC and Purple Power 1:1:think:

Polish with Color-X and PC w/orange LC pad @ speed 6

Wheels with Color-X

Tires with Optimum Tire Shine

Frame and suspention with No-Touch Extremely Wet

Windows with IG



No pics of the interior, it wasent that dirty



Before



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Afters





http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/glossytundra/100_0561.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/glossytundra/100_0562.jpg

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Took me about 2.5hrs do hit this one out of the ball-park.



Thanks for looking!

[sneek]

wow awesome detail! How many GALLONS of tire shine did you go though. :P I am guessing thats at least 4 bottles of ColourX?

[GlossyTundra]

One can of Extremely Wet, 16oz of optimum, and 1/4bottle color-x. It actually does not take that much.

[awahl63]

Nice job...

[mikebai1990]

Good job! Do you feel that the ColorX was able to remove any swirls at speed 6 on the PC? I have it and use it as a paint cleaner, but I`ve never really experimented with the swirl removal ability.

[GlossyTundra]

Ehh, there werent many swirls on this truck, it never gets washed. It did clean the paint very very nicely, I was impressed. I actually tried Poli-seal, color-x whipped it in cleaning and finishing ability.

[GlossyTundra]

Surely there are more people interested in this detail?

[bluej511]

well i gotta say this is impressive, i did our tow truck at work and all i can see is even with a rotary it took me 2 8hr days lol....



i used 3m compound then 3m polish then some automagic banana wax on mine applied by hand...truck still shines im very surprised but good job..how much did u charge? i did the roof as well, its about the same size truck.

[GlossyTundra]

I charged $125 for this job, although it should have been about $175. It was my cousin, so I wanted to cut him a deal.

[SVTContour]

I always look at big trucks on the road and think "wow, wonder what it would be like to detail that sucker" and now I know, living vicariously through you! :)

[velobard]

Wow, that`s a lot of paint to cover! And to think people gripe about doing SUVs. At least it wasn`t black! :chuckle:

[bshertzer]

nice job.



i keep thinking of tackling my father in laws peterbilt - it`s an 03 - silver with black fenders, and i dont think it`s EVER been detailed. i`m not sure i`d even want to tackle something like that though.

[OCD Nick]

How did you dry it?

[GlossyTundra]

It air-dried. Paint was already nasty, so felt no need to ruin my chamois for this job.

[tmonsen5]

wow nice job man, i cant believe you did all that in under 3 hours! Do trucks have brake dust or do they have a different type of brake? I bet with 220000 miles you would have some seriously nasty rims!