Teaser: Ford Expedition

[jonnyboy]

This is my project for tomorrow....















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...............................................hmmmmm...........

[kimchiyuk]

Re: Teaser: Ford Expedition

Good luck! Will be interesting to see the final results. That interior really looks like it needs some work.....can we say ...neglect?

[CieraSL]

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Nice job! Looks good as new!



J/K! Just messin' with ya! Looking forward to the afters!

[Andy M.]

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Looks like you have some work cut out for you and a long day!!! You'll get it done!

Andy

[J. A. Michaels]

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Looks like it is going to be a looong day for you. For the interior, are you going to wear a haz-mat suit. lol Just kidding. I am sure you will get it looking fantastic. Can't wait for the finished pics. Good luck.

[Raykreations]

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Godspeed!

[jonnyboy]

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Here are the results.......

Here is what I used:

Wheels & Wheel Wells

Amazing Roll Off -- tires, and wheel wells
Meguiar's Wheel Brightner -- rims
Meguiar's Hyper Dressing -- 2:1 tires

Wash

Dawn Dishwashing Soap.....

Engine

Amazing Roll Off
Dressed with 303 Aerospace Protectant

Carpets

Folex -- spot treatment
Pro-Form (Sams Club) Carpet Cleaner -- Cleaning
Bissell

Leather

Clean -- Woolite 10:1
Condition -- Meguiar's Leather Cleaner & Conditioner (just got it!)

Interior and Door Jams

Meguiars APC+ 4:1
Plastic & Dash treated with 303
Alcohol & Water 50/50 for windows
Also treated all of the rubber seals with 303 Protectant

Paint

I just got Meguiars Paint Reconditioning Cream. OH MY GOD!! It is awesome. Especially for jobs like this where the car is very new and the paint is in ok shape. Just some minor swirls etc...

I used the cream with my PC7424 and a white CCS pad.

Black plastic on bumper and mirrors

Meguiar's Hyper Dressing -- 100%

Pics:

[CieraSL]

Re: Teaser: Ford Expedition

Looks great! Like that color as well!

[jonnyboy]

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Looks great! Like that color as well!

Thank you!! It is actually a beautiful color in person. It is probably the nicest color I have seen on the new Expeditions.

[Garage Troll]

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Great job! Although it is frustrating to think that the owners will probably put it back into the sad shape it came in as in 6 months or less...

On the plus side, it's more business!!!!

[Mary S]

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Looks great! How long did it take you?

[jonnyboy]

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Great job! Although it is frustrating to think that the owners will probably put it back into the sad shape it came in as in 6 months or less...

On the plus side, it's more business!!!!

Yeah. I don't doubt it. This Expedition only has 40,000 miles on it....

[jonnyboy]

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Looks great! How long did it take you?

It took me a full day. From about 8am till about 5:50pm. I am getting faster..... I am sure I could save some time somewhere. The paint conditioning cream definately saved me a lot of time.

[Mary S]

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It took me a full day. From about 8am till about 5:50pm. I am getting faster..... I am sure I could save some time somewhere. The paint conditioning cream definately saved me a lot of time.

That sounds like you did great!

D151 really pretty amazing. When I tried it (on a practice hood), to my eyes it rivaled 105 in the resulting correction (that may have been masked though by the finishing).

http://www.detailingsuccess.com/detailing-home-study-courses/

You might be interested in Item #2 on this page, about detailing menus. It costs $7.95 or so but he has a really helpful discussion about prices and what you include. One of the things that was interesting was that he said most of the people who purchase a detailing service do not get any paint correction at all. That was something I noticed too on detailing menus I found online, especially where I live. They did not offer paint correction as part of a detailing package

He isn't advocating NOT doing the correction, just not doing it without putting it in a more expensive package.

[agp56]

Re: Teaser: Ford Expedition

The big vehicle looks bodacious after your day of effort.