Gray carpet/Red soda
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imported_Intermezzo
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Very impressive!!
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Very impressive!!
Chuckmotor
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Once again, excellent job, Scottwax! It looks brand new!
imported_BretFraz
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Looks awesome. Although that "before" shot of the interior almost made me urp. How can people sit in a car like that?
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by C240 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>What did you use to clean the carpet? [/b]</blockquote>
Magnum Upholstry cleaner, a scrub brush and a wet vac. Luckily Ford Thunderbirds have reasonably plush carpet so the stains weren't too deep.
2 months later when he had me wax it, the interior was trashed again. Not really stained, but garbage everywhere. :nixweiss
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by C240 [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>What did you use to clean the carpet? [/b]</blockquote>
Magnum Upholstry cleaner, a scrub brush and a wet vac. Luckily Ford Thunderbirds have reasonably plush carpet so the stains weren't too deep.
2 months later when he had me wax it, the interior was trashed again. Not really stained, but garbage everywhere. :nixweiss
bmerjorge21
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Are u sure that Explorer had no clear? Had a '94 Ranger (chassis for Explorer) and it definitely had a clear, was a different shade of red, can't remember if it was metallic on not but I don't think it was. Nonetheless, excellent work Scott. Btw, is that a '92 Explorer?
bmerjorge21
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Just remembered that Ford had huge clear-coat issues in the late '80's, thus they were using clear coats before the Explorer was even introduced. Why would non-metallic Explorers have no clear. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I am truly puzzled. 
Dave C. -
I think in the early 90s, Ford only had a clear coat on its metallic colors for the Explorer. They offered two reds, one was a dark metallic red and one was regular red. Mine is the dark metallic red and it has a clearcoat, but I think the regular red did not have one. Of course, this is just what I'm pulling out of the cobwebs in the "completely useless information that I know for some reason" section of my brain, so I could be wrong.
And yes, Ford had a big clearcoat problem with its vehicles around this time. I had some problems with my roof and hood and was able to get Ford to OK a repaint for those areas, and from what I have been told, I was very lucky to have them even look at it, let alone fix it 
That Explorer is either a 91 or a 92, BTW.
Scott, great work! :bow
peace
Mike
I think in the early 90s, Ford only had a clear coat on its metallic colors for the Explorer. They offered two reds, one was a dark metallic red and one was regular red. Mine is the dark metallic red and it has a clearcoat, but I think the regular red did not have one. Of course, this is just what I'm pulling out of the cobwebs in the "completely useless information that I know for some reason" section of my brain, so I could be wrong.
And yes, Ford had a big clearcoat problem with its vehicles around this time. I had some problems with my roof and hood and was able to get Ford to OK a repaint for those areas, and from what I have been told, I was very lucky to have them even look at it, let alone fix it That Explorer is either a 91 or a 92, BTW.
Scott, great work! :bow
peace
Mike
Lowejackson
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Great work. Really brings detailing to life to see before and after pictures.
Steven
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Steven
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bmerjorge21
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Thanx for the info Malibu. I agree that the Explorer could be a '91 or '92 but I don't think those rims were available in '91. As far as the non-clear issue I'm sure it could be, but it just seems weird.
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Dave C. [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Thanx for the info Malibu. I agree that the Explorer could be a '91 or '92 but I don't think those rims were available in '91. As far as the non-clear issue I'm sure it could be, but it just seems weird. [/b]</blockquote>
Dave-without exception, every single non metallic paint 91-94 Explorer (white, red or black--or should I saw chalk, pink or grey) I've ever detailed has not had a clear coat and severe fading problems. Every single metallic paint 91-94 has had a clear coat, although I did detail a 1994 Ford F-150 with a metallic purple paint job that wasn't clear coated.
As recently as just 5 years ago, many car manufacturers were not always clear coating non metallic paint. I have a customer who has a 1996 Mercedes SL600 that is white and non clear coated, and I did a mid 90's white Accord that didn't have a clear coat.
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Dave C. [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Thanx for the info Malibu. I agree that the Explorer could be a '91 or '92 but I don't think those rims were available in '91. As far as the non-clear issue I'm sure it could be, but it just seems weird. [/b]</blockquote>
Dave-without exception, every single non metallic paint 91-94 Explorer (white, red or black--or should I saw chalk, pink or grey) I've ever detailed has not had a clear coat and severe fading problems. Every single metallic paint 91-94 has had a clear coat, although I did detail a 1994 Ford F-150 with a metallic purple paint job that wasn't clear coated.
As recently as just 5 years ago, many car manufacturers were not always clear coating non metallic paint. I have a customer who has a 1996 Mercedes SL600 that is white and non clear coated, and I did a mid 90's white Accord that didn't have a clear coat.
bmerjorge21
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Thanx Scott for the clarification. Malibu, don't even get me started on that scandal, or should I say Ford's enormous blame game. Granted, Firestones are not the greatest tires in my opinion, but I don't think that they were the sole cause of those roll-overs. 
imported_spooled180
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Scottwax said:
Impressed as always,I still can't believe you do everything by hand, how long it took to ge those results?
By the way, maybe I missed it but what happened to Bretfraz dream truck?
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