budman3
Detail time!
Hey DC!
I survived this 2007 Toyota Tundra today
. It's the SR5 version and has 11,000 miles on it. The owner recently got back from a trip out west to Yellowstone and the truck showed it. The wheel wells were caked with mud and the front end was covered in bugs. This wouldn’t have been bad on a car or small truck but mind you this is a 4 door full sized truck with an 8 foot bed. Huge! My girlfriend and I tag teamed the wash last night. The front end was soaked in PB Bug Squash and scrubbed with the back of a shmitt. The wheels and wells were scrubbed with Danase Formula D and the wheels were cleaned with Rim Juice. The rest of the massive truck was washed with NXT with a shmitt (me) and LC Ulti-mitt (her).
The paint was in rough shape, for its age. There were a lot of random scratches and I was able to remove some of them. It had light but deep swirls throughout the truck as well. I tried SSR2.5 with a 7.5” VC LC polishing pad but that didn’t satisfy me. I usually condone using an orange pad with SSR2.5 but that’s actually what I used on the whole truck… and I still was able to go straight to LSP!!! I kept the pad clean and everything went smoothly. Sure the paint could have used a pass with SSR1 but there would be little improvement for 1.5 hours of work. I topped the SSR2.5 with Surf City’s Nano Seal. I haven’t used this sealant before but it’s actually a mix of carnauba and polymers, like PB EX. I applied with an LC blue finishing pad with the PC. The results are nice but the sealant was a pain to remove. I let the product sit on the paint for over 3 hours and I could still faintly see the PC marks of where the sealant was applied. I applied it as this as I would any other sealant but it gave me a little trouble. I would have put a ton of elbow grease into it but I decided to do an OCW wipe down instead.
Process:
Wash / Dry
Clay with CM Blue
SSR2.5, LC orange light cut pad, PC, speed 6
Surf City Nano Seal, LC blue finishing pad, PC
OCW by hand
Interior- vacuum, Meg’s #40, Invisible Glass
Pictures:
Bugs Galore:
Dirty wheels and wells:
Swirls:
Dirty engine:
Clean engine:
Interior after:
I survived this 2007 Toyota Tundra today
. It's the SR5 version and has 11,000 miles on it. The owner recently got back from a trip out west to Yellowstone and the truck showed it. The wheel wells were caked with mud and the front end was covered in bugs. This wouldn’t have been bad on a car or small truck but mind you this is a 4 door full sized truck with an 8 foot bed. Huge! My girlfriend and I tag teamed the wash last night. The front end was soaked in PB Bug Squash and scrubbed with the back of a shmitt. The wheels and wells were scrubbed with Danase Formula D and the wheels were cleaned with Rim Juice. The rest of the massive truck was washed with NXT with a shmitt (me) and LC Ulti-mitt (her). The paint was in rough shape, for its age. There were a lot of random scratches and I was able to remove some of them. It had light but deep swirls throughout the truck as well. I tried SSR2.5 with a 7.5” VC LC polishing pad but that didn’t satisfy me. I usually condone using an orange pad with SSR2.5 but that’s actually what I used on the whole truck… and I still was able to go straight to LSP!!! I kept the pad clean and everything went smoothly. Sure the paint could have used a pass with SSR1 but there would be little improvement for 1.5 hours of work. I topped the SSR2.5 with Surf City’s Nano Seal. I haven’t used this sealant before but it’s actually a mix of carnauba and polymers, like PB EX. I applied with an LC blue finishing pad with the PC. The results are nice but the sealant was a pain to remove. I let the product sit on the paint for over 3 hours and I could still faintly see the PC marks of where the sealant was applied. I applied it as this as I would any other sealant but it gave me a little trouble. I would have put a ton of elbow grease into it but I decided to do an OCW wipe down instead.
Process:
Wash / Dry
Clay with CM Blue
SSR2.5, LC orange light cut pad, PC, speed 6
Surf City Nano Seal, LC blue finishing pad, PC
OCW by hand
Interior- vacuum, Meg’s #40, Invisible Glass
Pictures:
Bugs Galore:
Dirty wheels and wells:
Swirls:
Dirty engine:
Clean engine:
Interior after:
