Hey gang,
I detailed a Ford Excursion today. Ran out of sunlight but got the wax on and doing the piddly stuff tommorow. 3 wheels left, finish interior, wax lower half of body (plastic trim). My wife is going to help me tommorow. Then we are off to a 49er game!!!
My process was as follows:
Wash-Coin op, scrubbed delicate
Clay-Meg's Clay kit and QD
Meg's #80 with 8006 pad
Meg's ColorX with 8006 pad
ScratchX by hand
#26 by hand.
I had a heck of a time with the PC
. I had the same results when I did our cars.....It did not rotate at all if there was any pressure on it. I contributed it to operator error..... It was very frustrating as I know I could do better. I ended up using ScratchX by hand and got better results than I did with the PC and 80/8006 pads. I had the pad perfectly centered and it only rotated with very little or no pressure on it and only on flat surfaces. I tried my rotary and it rained 80 on me and luckily the panels are so flat, very little splatter on the rig itself. I thought of mailing my PC to Meg's and see if it's just me or the PC. After doing ScratchX by hand on the passenger side (with better results than the drivers side) I than applied #26 by hand on the whole truck. I then touched up the drivers side with ScratchX by hand. While the wax dried, I tackled a wheel, front bumper chrome, used Gold Class trim Detailer on all the black trim and #40 on the rubber seals and dash and doors. I only have the lower rockers to do and finish the wheels and the front doors panels (need some scrubbing then dressing) It was a mostly frustrating day with the PC, It may just be me but I know that I had less than the recommended pressures that Mike put up and it would stop. Lucky I have experience with ScratchX.
Hopefully you enjoy it. It was a hard day and my back hurts.
I didn't take too many pictures but did a few.
Before doesn't look too bad, washed it at a coin op:

Swirls:

More Swirls:

Nasty bug shield:

Ugh: This was clean, I think this clay bar is SHOT. It got way worst:

This is a kinda blury picture, but did the bug shield, half on right done, left nasty. Used Rotary and 8006 with PlastX:

Wheel before, note I already sprayed some 40 in the wheel well.

Wheel after using Meguiars Hot Rims Mag/Aluminum polish, This stuff is the bomb:

Interior before:

Interior after:

After, not too bad, needs some more TLC.


I like this shot, it was dark, and I was shivering.....

It was fun and a lot of work on these behemoths. I thought our Yukon was a chore....Sheesh.
L8R
Aaron
I detailed a Ford Excursion today. Ran out of sunlight but got the wax on and doing the piddly stuff tommorow. 3 wheels left, finish interior, wax lower half of body (plastic trim). My wife is going to help me tommorow. Then we are off to a 49er game!!!
My process was as follows:
Wash-Coin op, scrubbed delicate
Clay-Meg's Clay kit and QD
Meg's #80 with 8006 pad
Meg's ColorX with 8006 pad
ScratchX by hand
#26 by hand.
I had a heck of a time with the PC

Hopefully you enjoy it. It was a hard day and my back hurts.

I didn't take too many pictures but did a few.
Before doesn't look too bad, washed it at a coin op:

Swirls:

More Swirls:

Nasty bug shield:

Ugh: This was clean, I think this clay bar is SHOT. It got way worst:

This is a kinda blury picture, but did the bug shield, half on right done, left nasty. Used Rotary and 8006 with PlastX:

Wheel before, note I already sprayed some 40 in the wheel well.

Wheel after using Meguiars Hot Rims Mag/Aluminum polish, This stuff is the bomb:

Interior before:

Interior after:

After, not too bad, needs some more TLC.


I like this shot, it was dark, and I was shivering.....

It was fun and a lot of work on these behemoths. I thought our Yukon was a chore....Sheesh.
L8R
Aaron
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