30 HOUR correction on a Silverado! Yes, 30 hours! And lots of pics

**white gecko** · 09-13-2011, 02:39 PM

I detailed this client`s Z06 a while back with a 3 step correction, yielding a 95%+ correction. And he called me up to look at his truck. Took the bike out to Sacramento, got lost on the way, then got caught in pouring rain, but eventually found the right place. He takes good care of his vehicles but he wanted a thorough correction on his truck too. After talking it over, it was decided to do the same job to the truck as was done to the Z06. With double the surface area I knew it was going to be a big job. The truck came out great with about 98% correction, and most importantly he and his wife, both loved it.

Getting a start on it in the early evening, technically a day earlier than schedule. Seeing how much work there was to do, I wanted to get right to it the next morning.

A preview of the swirls and scratches in store...

Cleaning up the dirty wheel wells

Getting its foam pre-soak, getting ready for the first wash.

Day 2, after claying its ready for the first stage of paint correction. And now we get a better look at the swirls and scratches.

After compounding

50/50 shot. Right side corrected (compounded), left side not.

Notice there is a slight color difference now as well!

More swirls

After compounding

After final polishing

Full correction done on the driver`s door

Hood looking dull and lacking gloss

**white gecko** · 09-13-2011, 02:41 PM

After compounding

Pillar looking much better

Taillights were corrected as well

Onto day 3

So Jeff, when you`re doing trucks how do you get the paint perfect right up to that top edge on the tailgate with that big plastic thing there? Here`s a little tip. Bottle caps! The screws come out easy enough, but removing this trim is a PAIN, so the caps lift it gently off the surface allowing me to polish past the edge. That leaves perfectly polished paint past the edge with no dull spots following the line of the plastic!

**white gecko** · 09-13-2011, 02:46 PM

Tailgate fully corrected

Truck was then brought outside to inspect the work to ensure as much correction as possible was achieved. Sun revealed a high level of correction and gloss, indicating it was ready for jeweling for the final stage in preparation for the sealant.

**white gecko** · 09-13-2011, 02:48 PM

After final wash, jeweling, and applying/removing 2 coats of Zaino Z2pro

Chrome getting polished back to its original luster

Much better

Final pics were taken late in the evening as the sheer size of this vehicle laughed at the time-line I had established.

If you made it all the way through this, thanks for reading!!

**Brad B** · 09-13-2011, 02:52 PM

Looks like a new truck! Nice job.

The first thing I saw was all that black trim on the bed and was wondering what you were going to do. Thanks for showing the details of that. Too bad it wasn`t easy to just remove entirely.

**MirrorDetailing** · 09-13-2011, 03:44 PM

Dam dam good work. I will be doing a full correction on my Silverado next week and am curious to what process you used on the paint. I know for the Chevy paint, I can 2-Step it with my Dewalt and get upwards of 95-98% correction, but am curious what you used on this Silverado. Give me an idea of some things to test against mine.

Also what did you use on the chrome, that is a veyr nice before and after.