Deep Gloss Auto Salon
Avalanche Resurrection
This truck was brought to me for an emergency 911 visit. The owner had recently moved to Michigan from Alabama and had new sod installed at his home. New sod needs to be watered multiple times daily (2-3 times).
The owner of this vehicle was out of town for a week and his truck was getting sprayed 3 times a day with water from his sprinkler system. It was the middle of the summer when this was occurring. Little did the owner know (due to the fact that he recently moved there) that he had very hard water and the hot summer sun had baked the minerals into his paint, glass, trim etc.
I got a frantic call from the owner saying that he and his son had tried everything they could think of to get rid of the hard water spots that were all over his truck with no success. It was so bad he could not even see out of the windshield and had to have the vehicle towed to my location. When he arrived it became clear just how bad the mineral deposits were? When rubbing my bare hand over the paintwork it felt and sounded like I was rubbing my hand on sandpaper.
The owner was very pessimistic that his paint could be saved and had already begun looking into a repaint. I was able to get him back on the road that day by taking care of his windshield. After doing his windshield I did a test spot to show him what I could accomplish and to calm his nerves, but was not able to get him in for a detail until about 5 weeks later.
Wash Process:
Foam Cannon with APC/ Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
1 bucket wash APC/ Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
Tires:
Amazing Roll Off
Surf City Dressing
Rims:
Meguiars Wheel Bright (Neutralized with DG 902)
Duragloss 501
Glass:
Surf City Clearly Better
Mineral Removal Process:
Danase Water Spot Remover
4? orange pad
Polishing pal
Correction Process:
Makita 9227
M105 with 3M wool pad
M105 with Orange LC Pad
M205 with White LC Pad
Menzerna 85rd and Black LC Pad
Bed Cover and Trim:
Cleansed with APC
Protected with Chemical Guys
Paint Protection:
Bilt Hamber Auto Balm
Here is how the vehicle arrived to me for correction:
Not too bad right!!!!???? Let?s take a closer look (the devil is in the details):
Now you have an idea what I was up against!
Let?s move on to how it looked after the deposits were removed:
Before:
After:
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After:
50/50 of bed:
Let?s see some straight on sun shots!
So, now that you see that we were officially in swirl city and that the unforgiving sun has shown the level of correction achieved, let?s get on to the final after beauty shots:
Thanks for looking!
My car is always well waxed, and I never use a spray nozzle, just flowing/sheeting water, but water just seems to attach itself to the car.
