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Construction vehicles have to be the worst. As a summer job, I've been hitting the trucks as they've been taken out of the rotation for maintenance, lettering, ect. Most of them have never been waxed before.
The worst part about it is that no less than 24-48 hours after completing the job, the trucks end up right back where they started - just minus the swirls, defects, ect.
This Dodge Ram was pretty badly swirled, and had lettering that had been baked on, flaked off, ect. I ended up taking a product called "Sticker Shock" to it, letting it sit, and pealing it off, and using blades, bondo spreader, ect - you name it, I used it. I also had to use a razor blade to remove dried on cement off the hood of the truck, and other various areas.
I then re-washed the entire truck, took clay to the cab area. Hit the entire truck with #83, followed with #80 and then a coat of NXT. I also ended up using ScratchX on a couple areas, but none of the B/A pictures turned out.
This is what I dealt with:
These after shots were taken 2 days later, thus the truck is already a little dirty (at least it is protected! ):
The worst part about it is that no less than 24-48 hours after completing the job, the trucks end up right back where they started - just minus the swirls, defects, ect.
This Dodge Ram was pretty badly swirled, and had lettering that had been baked on, flaked off, ect. I ended up taking a product called "Sticker Shock" to it, letting it sit, and pealing it off, and using blades, bondo spreader, ect - you name it, I used it. I also had to use a razor blade to remove dried on cement off the hood of the truck, and other various areas.
I then re-washed the entire truck, took clay to the cab area. Hit the entire truck with #83, followed with #80 and then a coat of NXT. I also ended up using ScratchX on a couple areas, but none of the B/A pictures turned out.
This is what I dealt with:
These after shots were taken 2 days later, thus the truck is already a little dirty (at least it is protected! ):
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