2002 TARhoe

This was a drive-by customer. I was detailing a family friends Black Tahoe, when another Black Tahoe stopped to ask questions. (ok, the guy driving asked questions, not the Tahoe :D )

I tried to book him there on the spot, but he insisted he would call. We all know how those go 90% of the time.

Well, he did call me Friday, and set up an appt. for this morning. Wanted an exterior detail only.

Talking to him on the phone, I was told they went on a road trip over the weekend and drove through a construction zone. The price went up when he said that...LOL....jk. Oil/tar made its way on the truck. No big deal........so I thought. :(

When I showed up, the truck was pretty dirty. I seen the tar and oil. Wasn't too bad, until I washed the truck. Worse exterior ever. Pics will show. Not one inch was free of the stuff. Apparently, they had spent 2 hours trying to get it all off. Looks like they got a bit of it, but induced a zillion swirls and scratches. The whole truck had a texture to it. Whatever was used to wipe the tar/oil, dried on the truck also.



I tried clay.....the clay laughed at me. So, the whole truck got an Al-Sol wipe down. Al-Sol is about the same as Prep Sol (solve) However you spell it. Took about an hour doing the wipe down before polishing. The only spots that I could not get to, were in the emblems. Horrible!

I did manage to upsell from a exterior to a full detail.:awesome:



Process

Wash with Super Suds (Car Brite) via brush

Al-Sol wipe down

Clay with PB's clay

Clay Lube- Snappy Shine (Car Brite)

Tires and Rims cleaned with Megs APC

Tires,Wells,and Trim Dressed with Super Dress-it-All (Car Brite)

Chrome cleaned with #0000 steel wool polished with Mothers

PAINT CORRECTION:

-Medium Duty Compound (P&B mfg.) (similar to PB's SSR2.5) via PC w/ Green Edge 2k pad

-Crystal Shine (Car Brite)(similar to SSR 1) via PC w/ blue Edge 2k pad

-Poorboys EX-P Sealant
 
BEFORES

Look at all the nasty-ness...LOL these were after the wash



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Love that last pic, very inspirational, finally ill get a chance to make my car that shiny. :woot2: :woot2: :woot2:



Deadline: 10-18-06



Wish me luck



Nuff Respect :cool:
 
Yal said:
Nice :bigups



Is that your detail trailer in the background, do you have that much stuff to carry around? ;)



Yea, that is my detail trailer....LOL, and yea, I have too much stuff. I have probably a quarter of my stuff in my boxes on the trailer.

I buy product in 5 gallon pails, which stays at the house.

I usually carry half gallon sizes of whatever....



Pics of my rig. Will be going to something different soon. This trailer is too small already.

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Sorry for the giant pic.....

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