John Deere Detail/Restoration

[Tuck91]

John Deere Detail

Hello everyone,

i really like my John Deere riding lawnmower. It has 214 hours on it and it runs great. Today i decided to give it a detail. This lawn mower gets abused when its used. We use it to cut the 5 acres we own and it has a lot of wear and tear on it. The deck is full of grass clumps and the paint is extremly oxidized. I turned 3 pads green.

Process:

1. Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo & Conditioner
2. Smooth Surface Clay Kit
3. Ultimate Compound
4. SwirlX
5. Gold Class Liquid Wax

Other Products used:

#39 - Heavy Duty Vinyl Cleaner
#40 - Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner
All Purpose Cleaner
Hot Shine High Gloss Tire Spray
PlastX Clear Plastic Cleaner & Polish



Befores:

Very Dirty:




Very Dull:














Faded Trim:




Afters: Its a lot better, but i was pressed for time and didnt get to do everything i wanted





























It started to rain






thanks for looking!

[Carfire]

Re: John Deere Detail/Restoration

Nice Job!!
Looks Great!!
The Lawn Mower Looks NEW!!

[Mike Phillips]

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Very cool and impressive.

Nice work, great pictures!

You're neighbors will be green with envy...

[christian6984]

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nice work, id love a ride on mower

[Andrew C.]

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Good work! I only have one concern if whether the tire dressing will allow the trimmed grass to stick to it at all? Let us know how that works.

[OhioCarBuff]

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Looks great, just in time for spring!

[Maserati Mario]

Re: John Deere Detail/Restoration

I think you can qualify for this post:

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27378

[Tuck91]

Re: John Deere Detail/Restoration

Good work! I only have one concern if whether the tire dressing will allow the trimmed grass to stick to it at all? Let us know how that works.

I will post back when i cut the grass, hopefully this weekend

[irf@n]

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Funny

Nice job!

[J. A. Michaels]

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Mower looks new. Great work.

[topcat]

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Tuck...

The mower looks great, although not what I thought it would be when I read the title. Glad to see someone else care for their mower, my neighbors and girlfriend think I am nuts for washing and waxing our mowers.

Question I have is, I have a 125 that gets a fair amount of use. I only wash it with GC and I have used ICE on the hood because it is AVS and did not want to put a regular wax on it. Did you use the Ultimate Compound, Swirl X, and GC liquid on the AVS or just the painted surfaces?

[Jokeman]

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5 acres? How long does that take? I hope that thing has a beverage holder!

[Escape Artist]

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So cool I love this stuff - I'm going to detail my fridge -then my wife-or a neighbor- dog wont stand for it already tried.woof.
Seriously the tracters awesome.

[Tuck91]

Re: John Deere Detail/Restoration

Tuck...

The mower looks great, although not what I thought it would be when I read the title. Glad to see someone else care for their mower, my neighbors and girlfriend think I am nuts for washing and waxing our mowers.

Question I have is, I have a 125 that gets a fair amount of use. I only wash it with GC and I have used ICE on the hood because it is AVS and did not want to put a regular wax on it. Did you use the Ultimate Compound, Swirl X, and GC liquid on the AVS or just the painted surfaces?

I used it on the painted surfaces ( green parts) and then used M39 and M40 on the seat and back plastic trim

so i used paint care products on everything except the black trim and seat.

i also did the wheels as well with the above process

[Tuck91]

Re: John Deere Detail/Restoration

5 acres? How long does that take? I hope that thing has a beverage holder!

It takes about two and a half to three hours. And it does have a beverage holder.