White Tahoe from hell and back

[Thomas Dekany]

This car belongs to the owner of 503motoring.com. a few years ago it was sold to a friend who unfortunately didn't take very good care of it while owning it. But now the car is back and in good hands. I was asked to try to do something to the paint because it was really trashed. I estimated 2 days and honestly I don't know what I was thinking at that moment.
In the end I spent 3 days on the paint, around 22 hours. It had to be done at the end of day 3 which meant much fewer pictures plus missed taking many after pictures as well. In any case you will have a good idea at least of the condition of the paint before I worked on it. It is raining here in Portland so any sun shots have to wait.

PROCESS

3D WASH
3D CLAY
HD QD - AS CLAY LUBE AND ON WINDOWS
HD UNO - COMPOUNDING rotary/POLISHING 3401 da (with wool and orange pads)
DODO JUICE LIME PRIME - FINISHING POLISH pcxp (with HD UNO orange pad)
FK1 #1000 TO PROTECT gray 3M pad & pcxp
OCW TO REMOVE #1000

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

50/50

BEFORES

AFTER

AFTER PROTECTION

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Excellent turn-around! I'm not too crazy about the "roll pan" on the back of the truck, but otherwise looks good!

 

[nyc_medic]

Nice Job. Looks great

 

[mrclean81]

That's a fantastic turnaround. I have a white 01 Tahoe and this has given me some good ideas for accessories. Love the LEDs and grill Again, great work.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Thank very much guys! The owner is doing some changes to the car. It will look a little better according to him.

 

[OCDinPDX]

Having dealt with all that real estate and that stupid-hard GM clearcoat many times, I can say bravo! Handling those beasts is never much fun.

 

[chet31]

Looks like the owner drove through a few briar patches, nice work.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Thanks again you two!

 

[CBlakeNS]

Nice work with all those swirls, good looking tahoe too but I don't like the rear end, looks like a blazer.