#80/VM/EX-P on a Burgundy Expedition

[stilez]

This detail was in result to my flyers placed in nice areas. I swung over to the house a little before 9am this morning assessed the situation. This thing was a MESS!



I spoke to the owner about it and he wanted to go all out and get it looking new again. The paint was oxidized, swirled, scuffed, and rain-spotted. There was also a decent amount of tar on it as well. The interior was just generally dirty.



I was trying out some new products today on the exterior and would like to thank those who hooked me up (Corey Bit Spank and kpounds).



I first did the interior.



-Upholstery - Pre-treated with Water:Woolite (6:1) and shampoo`d with my OXYClean mixture and nylon brush

-All Vinyl, plastic, rubber, and leather cleaned with Water:Woolite (6:1)

-Vinyl, plastic, rubber protected with 303 Aerospace

-Leather conditioned with Lexol

-Glass cleaned with damp MF, followed by dry MF



After I finished the interior, the owner came out and said "Wow, if you do the exterior like you did the interior, I`m in for a treat"



Anyways, on to the horrendous exterior. In all honesty, I could NOT tell the paint had a metallic flake in it when I looked at it closely. My exterior process was:



-Mother`s Gold Wash

-Clay Magic Clay

-Mother`s Gold Wash

-Rain-X on the windows

-#80 Speed Glaze via Rotary and Meguiar`s Polishing Pad @ 1500 rpm

-VM by hand

-EX-P by hand



Couple of product thoughts...



#80 Speed Glaze - Had a rough consistency, but was thin. It sounded rough as I spread it with the buffer before I got it spinning. I got polishing @ 1500 rpm and used heavy pressure in the first pass, following up with 2 lighter passes. All swirls, oxidation, rainspots, and scuffs gone. It wiped off verrry easily due to the oils left after the last pass. I experienced NO buffer swirls. I got some dusting, but most likely due to the dead clearcoat being buffed off. All in All, it puts SFP and DACP in the backseat.



Vanilla Moose - Watery consistency. Went on kinda tough over the Speed Glaze via MF applicator. Dried almost instantly and buffed of like `budda` with a MF towel. Left a clear wet, shine. I like this stuff



EX-P - Smells so good, I wanna eat/drink it (Pina Colada`s). I applied via MF applicator and it didn`t spread that nicely. It went on kinda blochy and you really had to muscle it in. I waited 60 seconds, and buffed off with an Ultra Fine MF. It came off extremely easy, but with light dusting. It left a gorgeous clear, wet shine exposing the metallic flakes





Now for the pics:





Interior (sorry, no befores, but use your imagination)







Before





After







Before





After







Pretty good side to side comparo (#80 vs. not)







VM/EX-P = Clear and Wet









Enjoy!

[Aurora]

Man, you are too much! Great job inside and out! The flakes now shine through quite nicely! Final impressions of the owner?

[Aurora]

One question. Noticeble difference with the VM? I`m loving the Speed Glaze, but somehow I know there`s improvement to be made cause I jump straight to wax from there.

[stilez]

Couple more shots...



Before (this was by far the worst part of the truck...It looked like hell)





Close-Up





After (sorry about the shaky hands)







Another Interior (damn mud spot was too far gone)







Final Impressions of the owner - Well, I spoke to him as I was finishing up. The truck is a 2000 and he said it was never detailed before (I could tell). He was astonished on how good it looked. He said "It looks 100% better" and that he would pass my card around and definately call me when it needed to be done again. 7 total hours and $220 (incl. $10 tip). I`m happy , but tired.

[stilez]

jroc1212:



Improvement? Yes. I noticed when I buffed off the VM, it `cleared` up the paint and added a little bit of wetness. Furthermore, the Speed Glaze left a deep shine due to the oils. I believe the VM removed some of the oils from #80 and replaced with the VM oils (due to its light cleaning ability). But overall, I`d say expect a clearer shine with VM after #80. Also more pop to the metallic flakes.



Sorry about the non-sunny after shots. It literally began to rain as I was taking the pics. If you look closely, you will probably see the drops on some of the surfaces. I will try to get pics sometime in the near future of how it`s holding up.

[Aurora]

Thank you for replying. Always enjoy your write-ups.

[ZaneO]

That`s a world of difference. Awesome job! Too bad you`re not down here in Texas...we could work together. It would be sooo nice to have a good detailing partner.

[Pats300zx]

WOW..definitely makes me want to go out and pick up some #80 Speed Glaze for sure.....

[thinksnow]

Pics like this made me order my rotary. Now if it would only get here quicker...



Were the scratches gone after just the one round with #80? I realize you did a heavy and two light passes, but was that all that was required? Either way, dope work. These big Fords seem to always be terrible inside, no matter the owner!

[Wasatch]

Awesome work.

[stilez]

Just to clarify, I did one application of #80 to each section. I did the reccomended 3 passes (heavy, medium, light) by Meguiar`s and had amazing results as seen.



If you want more info, search on bettercarcare.com for the Meguiar`s Videos.



Thanks for the replies and compliments!

[spetulla]

http://www.bettercarcare.com/articles.php?articleId=31



how do i load the video? i dont understand results look awesome, as usual.

[stilez]

spetulla:



Thanks! Just click on the section where you want to watch and go at it. I like watching all of them once in a while to refresh the basics.



You will need Real Player to play them and speakers.

[GoodnClean]

Great work! do have one suggestion though, scrub the pedals with the woolite/water mixture and a nice stiff brush then wipe them dry, finishes off the "right from the showroom" look. Again, great work!



I`m going to have to learn how to use a rotary also. I did a green VW Cabrio today and I really felt the need for the rotary. The PC is fine for my cars and well maintained luxury cars that get cared for regularly, but it`s just not up to a job like that. The befores of the Cabrio were the same way. The owner was thrilled with the result I got by PC, but I wasn`t.

[stilez]

GoodnClean:



Thanks for the compliments. I actually did spray them down and scrubbed with the brush but I guess not enough. I had a ton to do and I guess I might have looked over that area a tad...Not a huge deal. I`d rather have swirl free paint, than sand free pedals. Point well taken though. I will see what I can do with the next job.



Any pics of the cabrio?