Barry Theal
New member
OK guys its not really Maclaren. Thought I would start the new year off with a joke!:nana: LOL Ok I had the chance to detail this monster. Its a 2008 Dodge Sprinter. This car was bought at an auction and the owner who is a dealer called me. He mentioned that car came with a ton overspray on it and his guys couldn't tackle the job. I didn't want to take it and told him all kinds of excuses trying to be nice and say no. I told him it wouldn't fit in my shop. He said do it here. LOL I told him I'm not mobile as of yet. He said well use my stuff. Everything I told him he had a rebutal for. FInally I give up and drive to his dealership and check it out. He shows me this monster and says how much? Finally I got the upperhand knowing dealerships are cheap. I quoted him an outragous price and he countered with a very nice offer. I had to take it. So here goes I had my camera with me and only took a few shots, but I thought you guys would like to see what a retard I am for taking this job. It was pure hell!!!!
So I get there and the Sprinter was already degreased by his guys. :chuckle: Here are some of the swirls I was looking at!
What you can't see from the pictures is how much overspray was on this thing. I used an agressive clay bar and it didn't even touch it. It took over fifteen minutes to clay a 1*1 area. After talking to the owner I told him he is gonna have to call someone else I don't have time to clay this monster. He said is there a faster way. I said Well I can sand it off. :chuckle: He thought I was nuts. Guess what a little bit of 3000 and a D/A did the trick!!! I sanded this whole entire 250o sprinter. :help:
Come to find out the whole thing was single stage paint! :hairpull:hairpull I hate D/A single stage but sometimes you just got to say what the heck!
Here is a close up of the sanding. I didn't sand it hard but enough to level the paint a little and remove the overspray. :dance
Like I said it was single stage this pad is from half the hood. It was really messy single stage it got everywhere. All kinds of build up.
This is probally my biggest 50/50 This is after some serious Gun Slinging with the Rotary.
Anyways all and all it was an adventure here are a few final shots. The owner was tired of me being there and wondered why I took so many pictures. LOL I said I only took 30 you should see when I do a real write up. He said whats a write up? :chuckle: I just laughed. Anyway I completed this in 3 steps after sanding. It was Ardex 1000 Rotary. M105 PC M205 PC and Blackfire Wet Diamond. It was a whole lot of Wet Diamond!!!! lol
Thanks for looking God Bless!
So I get there and the Sprinter was already degreased by his guys. :chuckle: Here are some of the swirls I was looking at!
What you can't see from the pictures is how much overspray was on this thing. I used an agressive clay bar and it didn't even touch it. It took over fifteen minutes to clay a 1*1 area. After talking to the owner I told him he is gonna have to call someone else I don't have time to clay this monster. He said is there a faster way. I said Well I can sand it off. :chuckle: He thought I was nuts. Guess what a little bit of 3000 and a D/A did the trick!!! I sanded this whole entire 250o sprinter. :help:
Come to find out the whole thing was single stage paint! :hairpull:hairpull I hate D/A single stage but sometimes you just got to say what the heck!
Here is a close up of the sanding. I didn't sand it hard but enough to level the paint a little and remove the overspray. :dance
Like I said it was single stage this pad is from half the hood. It was really messy single stage it got everywhere. All kinds of build up.
This is probally my biggest 50/50 This is after some serious Gun Slinging with the Rotary.
Anyways all and all it was an adventure here are a few final shots. The owner was tired of me being there and wondered why I took so many pictures. LOL I said I only took 30 you should see when I do a real write up. He said whats a write up? :chuckle: I just laughed. Anyway I completed this in 3 steps after sanding. It was Ardex 1000 Rotary. M105 PC M205 PC and Blackfire Wet Diamond. It was a whole lot of Wet Diamond!!!! lol
Thanks for looking God Bless!
Awesome job on it...How many hours would you say you spent on it? 
