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    Took a buddy and I about 4 hours to day the outside, not much was done to the interior since it looked like it had just been swept and taken care of. Steps were as followed

    Cleaned wheels with Turtle Wax Foam Wheel Cleaner
    Cleaned tires with Wheel-Brite, scrubbed with tire brush.
    Fender wells were cleaned with a brush and soap, dressed with Armor All Foaming Tire Cleaner
    Washed with Blue Coral soap (didn't bring my own)
    Dried with The Blade and a Vroom large MF Towel.
    Clay barred windows and paint. The windows had much more contaminants than the paint did.
    Stains cleaned with Cleaner Wax.
    Coat of NXT 2.0 was applied by 6" buffer and hand.
    3-5 coats of Back To Black on all plastic trim. It just ate the stuff up. I really wanted the new Trim Detailer but it's not out yet.
    Tires were coated with Black Magic Titanium tire shine.
    Glass cleaned with Rain-X Xtreme Clean and Invisible Glass.

    Interior vacuumed, then a coat of Natural Shine was applied to the dash.

    All in all, I was pleased with what we could do with it.

    Before

    After

    Before

    After

    50/50 on the wash

    50/50 of Back to Black
    -Kyle

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    Re: First detail, Ford Explorer

    Looks great! Congrats on finishing your first detail. Bet the owner was very pleased. Way to go.
    quality creates its own demand

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    • #3
      Re: First detail, Ford Explorer

      Considering what you had to work with, I think it turned out very nicely. Nice job! Way to go!
      Shane
      1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL

      If you trim yourself to fit the world you'll whittle yourself away. - Aaron Tippin

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      • #4
        Re: First detail, Ford Explorer

        Very nice job, Kyle. Looking at those plastics, they are definitely begging for Meg's new trim detailer!!

        Colin
        A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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        • #5
          Re: First detail, Ford Explorer

          The pictures don't show it, but the amount of tar on the plastic and lower parts of the door was crazy. Lots of scrubbing was involved
          -Kyle

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