The Art of Detailing, detailing an Airstream!
This thread will follow this amazing project, which will then be in my YouTube series, The Art of Detailing.
Detailing a motorhome is a lot different then detailing a regular car. I have learned a whole lot taking on this project. Someone in the NextDoor community found me. She tried to find a good Detailer in Palm Springs. Not sure what happened but the one she found was from another city and he never even replied. She found my post so it begins.
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Well we know where you will be homesteading for a while.
Dave
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make sure to safely pack up the beakers and graduated cylinders , haha
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Good luck and pack a lot of suntan lotion!
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I vote for Opti-Seal for the LSP or one the Hydro2 variants. That`s a ton of real estate.
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Can`t wait to see this bro! You`ll kill it I know!
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make sure to safely pack up the beakers and graduated cylinders , haha
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Good luck and pack a lot of suntan lotion!
Just bought a new tube of 30 because the other ones almost out!
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The Art of Detailing, detailing an Airstream!
Started with the interior (this was a week or so ago, I`m working on the outside)
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Vacuum and shampoo. This was before I upgraded to a ridgid. This is my clients vac and my house shampooer
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Used APC and brush, MF towels
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Interior clean
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And we`re done.
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The interior cleaning took two days. She decorated the interior while my supplies came in
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Gas tank was removed, all the junk was removed and benches and a table put in. She decorated the interior. I`ll get more pics later as she`s still working in it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b7315f5b2f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0cb948044a.jpg
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First thing on that exterior. The film on the glass had to go. Glasss cleaner, claying and IPA did nothing, so m105, maroon pad and HF tool it was. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...688e228a4f.jpg
What a difference.
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My client had this. How convenient. You can be up on the ladder and your polisher won`t unplug itself. She also has a roll up extension cord, so I don`t have to unwind mine all the time.
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Dang, she was really ready to get this thing detailed.
The Art of Detailing, detailing an Airstream!
Now to a couple days ago, I received the Rupes in the mail, the pads, and Poorboys aluminum polish. Gave it a test spot near the front
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Under my makeshift shade tent, polishing away
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Impressive results. Buff and shine Uro Tech, PB aluminum polish, and the Rupes
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Then a test spot where there`s lots of dead clear coat. Would the polish cut through?
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It does, but the process is painfully slow, and the pads get gunked. There MUST be some faster, correct way to do this....
A quick google search later tells me there`s a product called aircraft stripper that turns the clear coat into goo that you scrape off. Oh and its at my local autozone. My client heads off to get it while I pretend to be productive until the product arrives
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The little plastic scraper does a great job removing the clear coat.
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Aluminum bare and ready to polish
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Cleaning the pad for a final pass before the sun sets
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Looking dam* good bro! When I was still in the aviation industry there was also a spray on paint and clear coat remover that we lived by instead of the brush on...a little late I know and sorry for that. But you just sprayed it on and could rub off with a rag or even just hose it off. Please tell me you made a video of all this???!!!
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Looking dam* good bro! When I was still in the aviation industry there was also a spray on paint and clear coat remover that we lived by instead of the brush on...a little late I know and sorry for that. But you just sprayed it on and could rub off with a rag or even just hose it off. Please tell me you made a video of all this???!!!
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Yes I did! In fact all pics of me are screen caps from the clips! I do all this alone so I use a tripod. It`s going to be "Art of Detailing Episode 5: An inside Job"
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