Alaska F150 Ford all Poorboy's

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Had a chance to detail a real nice Ford 150 on Tuesday. All my talk has finally taken off. This person has had the vehicle for almost a year and was happy with the look but did not want to go thru another break up in Alaska without any protection. She watned a complete paint detail including paint correction even though she knew that the vehicle was going to be a mess as soon as she arrived home from work. She said, “ Protection is more important in looks.” With that said he is the process and pictures.
Because it was so cold I took the vehicle to a touchless car wash to get the big chunks off the vehicle. When I arrived at the shop to do the vehicle after the car wash here is what I did.

S&W wipedown with Poorboy’s MF towel
Clay bar with S&W as lube
S&W wipedown with plush MF towel
SSR 2.5 with PC and orange 6 in.Propel pad
S&W wipedown
SSR 1 with PC and white 6 in LC polishing pad
S&W wipedown
EX applied by PC and Black 7.5 in. LC finishing pad
S& G wipedown
EX applied by hand with yellow foam applicator buffed with MF towel
S&G final wipedown

It had minor marring but was out of SSR2 so I used SSR2.5 with alight cutting pad instead of a yellow cutting pad both from LC. It seemed to work out well.

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Spent a long time doing this truck. A long time friend had recommended me to this gal. Pressure was on for me. I was working in a shop filled with a lot of guys that thought that detailing was kind of silly. I think that I won them over after this detail because they saw the change in the looks of the vehicle thru each process.
The owner was happy. She said, “The truck looks better than new.” I was pleased.
 
derekbmw said:
wow, what a difference :) Looks great !!
what's the purpose of using S&W, S&G between SSRs and EX?
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I just wanted to make sure that I had a clean surface to apply product to.

I also am an old fat dirt head that needed a rest between each process using the PC. I usually take a week to detail my truck. Working two hours a day. Here it needed to be done in one day. An S&W or S&G wipedown is easy and very relaxing for me.
 
Good Job
Working on them big trucks sucks doesn't it?
I know on mine it usually take me two days to do a good detailing for a few reasons. One being the size of the truck and the other being my disability It just flat out kicks my butt. Heck even doing our cars whoops my butt.

Richard
 
budman3 said:
I think that was a before pic after the wash to show the swirls. Excellent job Kirk
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You are quite correct Budman. It was to show the swirls that were in the truck. The hood is free of those marks now. Unfortunately I did not get the same picture to show it free.

I guess that you will have to take my word for it. I know I sound like a car salesman now but you will just have to trust me.

The side of the truck show no swirls but for some reason I did not take a hood picture. At the end of the day I was a little weak and needed to get home. Which I did and slept very well.
 
Looking good ! bet you will be busy will all the naysayers now wanting you to hmm hmm hmm see what you can do with their ride lol ! good to see that you are spreading the word up north. happy to learn that you are educating people on proper process. keep up the quality work and show us some more pics, as you are sure to get some more customers.
 
WOW CW,great job,I never thought that truck was that read under all that salt. Great job nice to see your pics for a change...LOL stay warm.:)
 
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