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Detail time!
Up to the plate this weekend was the Tacoma and since it was a long, warm weekend, I decided it’d be best to get a head start on winter prep. I last time that I detailed it was in May and all I did then was clay, SSR1, JW AJ and some AW & OCW side by side. This combo lasted very well throughout the summer. There were some random deep swirls here and some very minor water spotting which I wanted to remove this time around. Polish of choice was Menzerna Nano Polish 106ff, with a 5.5” orange lo-profile pad with the UDM on 6. I normally don’t use light cut pads because of their abrasiveness. I knew if I used the 106ff I’d still be able to be LSP ready and I really wanted those random swirls gone. However, they still remained… this is only the 4th time that the truck has been polished in 30 months and I still don’t want to get overly aggressive yet. I’ll live with the random swirl here and there that are left and be happy with the amount of clear left and more importantly the shine.
Process:
Wash- Gold Class, Ulti-Mitt, dried w/ guzzler
Polish- Menzerna Nano 106ff, 5.5” orange pad, UDM, speed 6
LSP- Jeffs Werkstatt Acrylic Jet, UDM finishing pad
- 24 hours later Collinite 845 by hand w/ PB MF applicator
I don’t have any outside before pictures … there wasn’t much to see anyways ….
All taped up:
Swirl detection w/ Brinkmann w/ lights off:
Swirl detection with halogens:
Amount of 106ff used on 2x2 area (no primer):
2x2 area before (ok, its 20” x 26”):
106ff spread on the panel, machine off:
106ff ready to be removed = fully broken down, 2-3 minutes:
Side by side after:
Both side polished, note deep swirl:
And I think the only negative to 106ff:
I wasn’t planning on doing the full treatment to the Tacoma this weekend so I didn’t wash the tires or wheels when I did the rest of the truck. No big deal. The tires have several coats of Klasse SG so a little Poorboy’s Spray and Wipe and they were clean. The wheel wells also got S&W and then were dressed with Stoner’s Trim Shine. The tires were fairly dirty and I would normally use Poorboy’s Bold and Bright because BnB not only shines and protects the tires, it also cleans it as well. But I figured I’d give Surf City’s Tire Dressing a shot on these tires. The application of the dressing was a major pain but the results are worth it. IMO Surf City products are very nice but their tops aren’t that great. The metal polish one leaked even when closed and the tire shine is so liquidy it’s almost impossible to get it on an applicator without making a mess. I tried a trigger sprayer in the bottle and it worked very well, so the tire shine in a trigger form would be a great thing to see from Surf City. None the less, the results are outstanding. The tires are not greasy at all, they are clean, they hold a nice shine and are deep deep black.
Before:
Wheels and wells cleaned, tires dressed:
Wells w/ Trim Shine:
The engine wasn’t that bad at all, just a little dusty. I wiped everything down with a terry cloth towel and then applied some CD2 engine detailer, let sit and wiped excess off with a terry towel. Don’t mind the lint from the terry towel in the after pictures … I’m guessing that I shouldn’t have wiped off the excess, but it still looks good.
Before:
After:
Process:
Wash- Gold Class, Ulti-Mitt, dried w/ guzzler
Polish- Menzerna Nano 106ff, 5.5” orange pad, UDM, speed 6
LSP- Jeffs Werkstatt Acrylic Jet, UDM finishing pad
- 24 hours later Collinite 845 by hand w/ PB MF applicator
I don’t have any outside before pictures … there wasn’t much to see anyways ….
All taped up:
Swirl detection w/ Brinkmann w/ lights off:
Swirl detection with halogens:
Amount of 106ff used on 2x2 area (no primer):
2x2 area before (ok, its 20” x 26”):
106ff spread on the panel, machine off:
106ff ready to be removed = fully broken down, 2-3 minutes:
Side by side after:
Both side polished, note deep swirl:
And I think the only negative to 106ff:
I wasn’t planning on doing the full treatment to the Tacoma this weekend so I didn’t wash the tires or wheels when I did the rest of the truck. No big deal. The tires have several coats of Klasse SG so a little Poorboy’s Spray and Wipe and they were clean. The wheel wells also got S&W and then were dressed with Stoner’s Trim Shine. The tires were fairly dirty and I would normally use Poorboy’s Bold and Bright because BnB not only shines and protects the tires, it also cleans it as well. But I figured I’d give Surf City’s Tire Dressing a shot on these tires. The application of the dressing was a major pain but the results are worth it. IMO Surf City products are very nice but their tops aren’t that great. The metal polish one leaked even when closed and the tire shine is so liquidy it’s almost impossible to get it on an applicator without making a mess. I tried a trigger sprayer in the bottle and it worked very well, so the tire shine in a trigger form would be a great thing to see from Surf City. None the less, the results are outstanding. The tires are not greasy at all, they are clean, they hold a nice shine and are deep deep black.
Before:
Wheels and wells cleaned, tires dressed:
Wells w/ Trim Shine:
The engine wasn’t that bad at all, just a little dusty. I wiped everything down with a terry cloth towel and then applied some CD2 engine detailer, let sit and wiped excess off with a terry towel. Don’t mind the lint from the terry towel in the after pictures … I’m guessing that I shouldn’t have wiped off the excess, but it still looks good.
Before:
After:
