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Well, it's almost the end of summer and I'm running out of days to finish detailing the cars for the office.
Some of you may remember the F-250 I did a few years ago. For some reason, this truck attracts tar like a magnet. Plus, it is a work truck, so there are plenty of swirls and scratches.
This time, I wanted to try something a little different. How many ways can you use M105? It's not recommended for anything but paint, but it works extremely well on everything.
Starting out, you can see how filthy the truck is:
As always, there's the tar:
Nice and dull:
I started out by claying the entire vehicle using the Aggressive clay and Last Touch.
The swirled and scratched areas were then compounded using M105. I then followed it up with M80 and the new W8207 polishing pad (love the new size with the rotary). Sorry, no pics of this step. For the protection, I chose to use NXT 2.0.
As Kevin has shown before, M105 is very effective at polishing out metal surfaces. The toolbox is polished aluminum diamond plate, but it's really dull. Here are the results after two passes with M105 and an old W4000 wool pad:
I then decided to try M95 just to see what would happen. M95 seemed to work better with the metal, but the finish just wasn't as perfect as M105. So, the process turned to M95 followed by two passes with M105. I then used a W7006 cutting pad and some liquid metal polish to finish it off.
The whole box polished:
Having fun with the Nikon:
More fun:
The F-250 has always had this bug guard on the front and it's never looked good. I used M105 and a Purple Foamed Wool pad to polish out the oxidation. It worked pretty well, but I can't stand these pads. (Let me know if you want the other two unused and I'll cut you a deal.)
After:
50/50
Here are some final shots:
That sure was a long day of polishing... The weather was terrible. It rained off and on all day. At one point, I gave up and pulled half the truck in the garage so I could get something done. After the rain, it got really humid. You can kinda see the fog in some of the pictures.
The metal polishing was interesting as I've never polished something of this scale. It sure is a good way to use your old pads! The Solo backing plate is a joy to use. It isn't as firm as the older style, so it makes it easier to use.
Overall, the owner was impressed and really liked the polished diamond plate.
Some of you may remember the F-250 I did a few years ago. For some reason, this truck attracts tar like a magnet. Plus, it is a work truck, so there are plenty of swirls and scratches.
This time, I wanted to try something a little different. How many ways can you use M105? It's not recommended for anything but paint, but it works extremely well on everything.
Starting out, you can see how filthy the truck is:
As always, there's the tar:
Nice and dull:
I started out by claying the entire vehicle using the Aggressive clay and Last Touch.
The swirled and scratched areas were then compounded using M105. I then followed it up with M80 and the new W8207 polishing pad (love the new size with the rotary). Sorry, no pics of this step. For the protection, I chose to use NXT 2.0.
As Kevin has shown before, M105 is very effective at polishing out metal surfaces. The toolbox is polished aluminum diamond plate, but it's really dull. Here are the results after two passes with M105 and an old W4000 wool pad:
I then decided to try M95 just to see what would happen. M95 seemed to work better with the metal, but the finish just wasn't as perfect as M105. So, the process turned to M95 followed by two passes with M105. I then used a W7006 cutting pad and some liquid metal polish to finish it off.
The whole box polished:
Having fun with the Nikon:
More fun:
The F-250 has always had this bug guard on the front and it's never looked good. I used M105 and a Purple Foamed Wool pad to polish out the oxidation. It worked pretty well, but I can't stand these pads. (Let me know if you want the other two unused and I'll cut you a deal.)
After:
50/50
Here are some final shots:
That sure was a long day of polishing... The weather was terrible. It rained off and on all day. At one point, I gave up and pulled half the truck in the garage so I could get something done. After the rain, it got really humid. You can kinda see the fog in some of the pictures.
The metal polishing was interesting as I've never polished something of this scale. It sure is a good way to use your old pads! The Solo backing plate is a joy to use. It isn't as firm as the older style, so it makes it easier to use.
Overall, the owner was impressed and really liked the polished diamond plate.
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Love the final 2 shots
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