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Detailed: 1996 Ford Explorer (lots of pics)
This is my uncle's Explorer. It originally belonged to my grandparents until he bought it from them. It was really good shape, even though it is from up North (he lived in MN, now he lives in ND). He is here visiting us so I decided to detail it for him. There is 106,xxx miles on the odometer. I spent about 4 hours on the interior and the brunt of this afternoon and tonight on the exterior. Please enjoy and comment!
Process
Interior
Carpets and mats cleaned with USA Foam Magic carpet cleaner
Plastic lightly cleaned with QID, dressed with Supreme Shine
Leather cleaned with Sprayway Leather and Vinyl Cleaner, dressed with Tip Top Leather Conditioner
Glass cleaned with Auto Magic Ready to Use glass cleaner
Weatherstripping and leather on doors dressed with M40
Door jambs cleaned with Deep Crystal car wash and wheel/spoke brush and waxed with Cleaner Wax
Exterior
Tires and wheel wells cleaned with Tip Top All Purpose Cleaner
Wheels cleaned with All Wheel Cleaner
Wash with Deep Crystal car wash, 2BM, microfiber chenille mitt
Clay with blue Clay Magic and Tip Top Wonder Shine as lube
Wash again
ColorX
NXT 2.0
Wait a bit, do windows and trim
M26
Ardex Viper Wax/M135 on windows
M40 on mirrors and side steps
UC and Ardex Viper Wax on plastic trim by side and rear windows
Wipe down with M135
3M Performance Finish on roof and front bumper (so the process was just ColorX and 3M PF on those two areas)
PlastX on headlights
Hope I'm not forgetting anything in my process. I spent about 4 hours on the interior and the brunt of Thursday afternoon and evening on the exterior. Just had fun taking my time. I will apologize in advance for some of the pics: the interior ones were taken outside, but I had to take the exterior pics inside because I pulled it into the garage after washing and claying due to rain. Enjoy!
Side plastic before
Side plastic after UC and Ardex Viper Wax
Rear plastic after UC and Ardex Viper Wax
Foam pad after using UC on side and rear plastic
Driver side door
Reflection in the passenger door
Hood shot (note the relative lack of orange peel)
Cowl, mirrors, and sidesteps dressed with M40
On the side, here's rainwater beading on my car after it's application of NXT 2.0 and M26 with Ardex Viper Wax/M135 on the windows:
Process
Interior
Carpets and mats cleaned with USA Foam Magic carpet cleaner
Plastic lightly cleaned with QID, dressed with Supreme Shine
Leather cleaned with Sprayway Leather and Vinyl Cleaner, dressed with Tip Top Leather Conditioner
Glass cleaned with Auto Magic Ready to Use glass cleaner
Weatherstripping and leather on doors dressed with M40
Door jambs cleaned with Deep Crystal car wash and wheel/spoke brush and waxed with Cleaner Wax
Exterior
Tires and wheel wells cleaned with Tip Top All Purpose Cleaner
Wheels cleaned with All Wheel Cleaner
Wash with Deep Crystal car wash, 2BM, microfiber chenille mitt
Clay with blue Clay Magic and Tip Top Wonder Shine as lube
Wash again
ColorX
NXT 2.0
Wait a bit, do windows and trim
M26
Ardex Viper Wax/M135 on windows
M40 on mirrors and side steps
UC and Ardex Viper Wax on plastic trim by side and rear windows
Wipe down with M135
3M Performance Finish on roof and front bumper (so the process was just ColorX and 3M PF on those two areas)
PlastX on headlights
Hope I'm not forgetting anything in my process. I spent about 4 hours on the interior and the brunt of Thursday afternoon and evening on the exterior. Just had fun taking my time. I will apologize in advance for some of the pics: the interior ones were taken outside, but I had to take the exterior pics inside because I pulled it into the garage after washing and claying due to rain. Enjoy!
Side plastic before
Side plastic after UC and Ardex Viper Wax
Rear plastic after UC and Ardex Viper Wax
Foam pad after using UC on side and rear plastic
Driver side door
Reflection in the passenger door
Hood shot (note the relative lack of orange peel)
Cowl, mirrors, and sidesteps dressed with M40
On the side, here's rainwater beading on my car after it's application of NXT 2.0 and M26 with Ardex Viper Wax/M135 on the windows:
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