Escalade Engine Detail and Leather Cleaning

Jngrbrdman

Jngrbrdman

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Man, I picked the wrong weekend for this job. My indoor/outdoor thermometer told me it was 105 in the shade today. The thermometer in the truck confirmed that it was a tad bit warm today.

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Anyway, today was the Escalade I mentioned a couple weeks ago. All he wanted was some chip repair, the leather cleaned, and the engine detailed. The chip repair is an ongoing process due to the heat. The paint wasn't going to dry with this type of heat, so we are going to do it in stages. I figured I'd post pics of what was accomplished on the other tasks anyway. I'll just let the pictures do the talking. I will say that the leather cleaning is brought to you by Poorboy's Leather Stuff and a tooth brush. The engine detail is brought to you by elbow grease and CD2. :D

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I can't really take all the credit for the whole interior. I did have a 'little' help. ;)

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After it was all said and done I figure I logged about 6 hours on this bad boy. I earned my three benjamins today I tell ya.
 
Little helper is cute as he can be. The heat really takes it's toll on you when detailing. I have a car to buff tomorrow. It's supposed to be 95 degrees. I hope I live through this.
 
Just make sure to drink lots and lots and lots of water. I probably drank two gallons of it today. Pepsi doesn't count as water either. ;) You gotta stay hydrated in this kind of heat when you are working this hard. When guys like us get in the zone, it is easy to forget about how hot it is.
 
So its looking pretty good.

Another forum member Justin was hospitalized the other day from dehydration so make sure you keep an eye on yuorself and your lil helper..
 
Nice work!

Interesting, I didn't realize the older Escalades had the exact same motor as the plain-jane Tahoes and such had (Vortec 350)....
 
I think the Escalade is just a pimped out Denali or something like that. It really doesn't seem to be anything special. This was a 99 and pretty basic. The newer ones are a lot nicer.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
I think the Escalade is just a pimped out Denali or something like that. It really doesn't seem to be anything special. This was a 99 and pretty basic. The newer ones are a lot nicer.
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That was the original year for the Escalade, and it was indeed more or less a pimped out Denali back then.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
I think the Escalade is just a pimped out Denali or something like that. It really doesn't seem to be anything special. This was a 99 and pretty basic. The newer ones are a lot nicer.
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:howdy Yeah no kidding.... I've been through a few of the newer ones ('02+) but I hadn't seen under the hood of the '99-01 variety. From the outside, they are basically a Denali with Caddy badges on the outside, yup...
 
Outstanding work, Anthony, especially considering the warmth.

Tell the little one, "Great job".

Can you explain your toothbrush process on the leather? Thanks.
 
It was actually a stiff bristled detailing brush. The kind you get in a three pack with the steel and brass brushes. A tooth brush tends to flatten out after not a whole lot of use. Anyway, I squirted the Leather Stuff on the leather and brushed it in with small circles. Since the gel is getting dirty as it cleans the leather, it is just important that you wipe it off before it dries. The brush is really good at getting in the grain. Just rubbing the product in didn't get it clean enough. Scrubbing it with the brush was much much better.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
It was actually a stiff bristled detailing brush. The kind you get in a three pack with the steel and brass brushes. A tooth brush tends to flatten out after not a whole lot of use. Anyway, I squirted the Leather Stuff on the leather and brushed it in with small circles. Since the gel is getting dirty as it cleans the leather, it is just important that you wipe it off before it dries. The brush is really good at getting in the grain. Just rubbing the product in didn't get it clean enough. Scrubbing it with the brush was much much better.
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Absolutely agreed... I always use a fingernail brush to do the scrubbing on leather like this. Works just as well, IMO. :)
 
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