Don
Darth Camaro 12/27/15
I was asked to detail a truck belonging to one of my supervisors` (he did pay me). So Yesterday, I drove 1-1/2 hours to another county to take car of business. The truck is a low mileage, older model with two-tone blue over tan paint, with large chrome rims and meaty tires, it`s a full-sized GMC Sierra with the extended cab (not crew cab) and I`m quite sure it`s been lifted a little.
I only took one `before` shot because the hood represented the rest of the truck quite well, except the sides were actually worse - I just couldn`t get a good angle with the light to show the defects. Here it is B.D (before Don):
The truck was washed with Gold Class wash using a large MF mitt that holds about a half gallon of water and suds and the rims/tires were deep cleaned with Meg`s Acid-Free Wheel and Tire Cleaner (sorry, I don`t know the product number for this) and scrub brushes
Knowing this was going to be a production type detail, I chose to use D151 for my main cutting/polishing product. Combine that with a maroon-thin Meguiar`s cutting pad on speed 5 on the PC, and I had an awesome response from the paint giving up most of it`s defects, If I had to guess, the paint is now at about 85-90% correction - quite an improvement. Sorry I couldn`t get any 50/50 shots, but time was short and being in the shade, they didn`t show up very well, but to the naked eye, it was a dramatic difference.
I worked on the roof and the hood first, using the D151 to cut and polish then a quick coat of Ult Liquid Wax to seal the panels. Using a two-step really didn`t cost me a lot of time or effort and like it`s said: "under promise, but over deliver." The reason I did the horizontal panels to completion before touching the verticals is simple, I HATE working on ladders and I wanted to get all the ladder work out of the way as soon as possible.
After the horizontals, the verticals were a breeze and went by quickly even though they were in fact worse than the hood.
I treated the tonneau cover with Meg`s #40 and the one thing about the D151 I found out that not only does it have excellent cut and finish, but it`s DUSTY So once I was `completed` with the truck, I gave it a light wipe down with Meg`s Ult Quik Detailer and an extra puffy MF cloth.
The owner was there (he even pulled the wheels to clean the backs of them) up to the when I had coated the truck with Ult Liquid Wax, but left to go to a function before I vacuumed the interior and gave the truck the UQD wipe down. He was really impressed and commented: "It looks so good, I may have to sell it now." Then later, just as I get home, he asks me to send him a picture of it completed over his phone. He`s never done this before, the only thing I can think of is that he`s going to show the picture off to show others my abilities - either that, or he wanted to have a good picture to put with the sale ad he said he`s going to take out on the truck LOL.
Here are a few `afters,` the one showing the full truck is the one I texted to him. I won`t see him again until tomorrow when I get to work, so I should find out what he really thinks about it.
Oh, yeah ... the tires were treated with Meguiar`s `Hot Shine/Reflect," which has deep, wet black look in the shade, and a sparkle/rainbow effect in direct sunlight - he liked the extra "bling" the sparkles gave the tire.
I only took one `before` shot because the hood represented the rest of the truck quite well, except the sides were actually worse - I just couldn`t get a good angle with the light to show the defects. Here it is B.D (before Don):
The truck was washed with Gold Class wash using a large MF mitt that holds about a half gallon of water and suds and the rims/tires were deep cleaned with Meg`s Acid-Free Wheel and Tire Cleaner (sorry, I don`t know the product number for this) and scrub brushes
Knowing this was going to be a production type detail, I chose to use D151 for my main cutting/polishing product. Combine that with a maroon-thin Meguiar`s cutting pad on speed 5 on the PC, and I had an awesome response from the paint giving up most of it`s defects, If I had to guess, the paint is now at about 85-90% correction - quite an improvement. Sorry I couldn`t get any 50/50 shots, but time was short and being in the shade, they didn`t show up very well, but to the naked eye, it was a dramatic difference.
I worked on the roof and the hood first, using the D151 to cut and polish then a quick coat of Ult Liquid Wax to seal the panels. Using a two-step really didn`t cost me a lot of time or effort and like it`s said: "under promise, but over deliver." The reason I did the horizontal panels to completion before touching the verticals is simple, I HATE working on ladders and I wanted to get all the ladder work out of the way as soon as possible.
After the horizontals, the verticals were a breeze and went by quickly even though they were in fact worse than the hood.
I treated the tonneau cover with Meg`s #40 and the one thing about the D151 I found out that not only does it have excellent cut and finish, but it`s DUSTY So once I was `completed` with the truck, I gave it a light wipe down with Meg`s Ult Quik Detailer and an extra puffy MF cloth.
The owner was there (he even pulled the wheels to clean the backs of them) up to the when I had coated the truck with Ult Liquid Wax, but left to go to a function before I vacuumed the interior and gave the truck the UQD wipe down. He was really impressed and commented: "It looks so good, I may have to sell it now." Then later, just as I get home, he asks me to send him a picture of it completed over his phone. He`s never done this before, the only thing I can think of is that he`s going to show the picture off to show others my abilities - either that, or he wanted to have a good picture to put with the sale ad he said he`s going to take out on the truck LOL.
Here are a few `afters,` the one showing the full truck is the one I texted to him. I won`t see him again until tomorrow when I get to work, so I should find out what he really thinks about it.
Oh, yeah ... the tires were treated with Meguiar`s `Hot Shine/Reflect," which has deep, wet black look in the shade, and a sparkle/rainbow effect in direct sunlight - he liked the extra "bling" the sparkles gave the tire.
