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A detail with a deadline and I'm thinking I'm all done, just check everything over one more time and I should be finished with an hour to spare.
I usually tell the owner the detail is doors closed, everything on the outside only. However I usually open doors and at least Ultimate Quik Wax the jambs.
Two days, two long days and I'm about done and I open up the rear driver's side door and I'm greeted with good olde fashioned limestone, gravel road dust, lots of it.
Noobie mistake. Why in the world hadn't I checked this long before this!!!!
Noob Status - Confirmed
Quick grab some crummy terry cloth rags and spray them with APC+. Multiple passes clean it up and wipe it down with Ultimate Quik Wax.
Time left to go pick up the owner for his inspection of the final product.
(Side note to Nick - I hate trucks, especially big crew cabs. I read your write-ups and keep waiting for the day you show a big old Mack refrigeration unit and 53 foot trailer pulled up into your driveway and you're polishing the Bulldog. Trucks….Nick you can keep'm)
Anyway….
This is a 2006 Ford F150 Crew Cab with 93k miles that had never been waxed and rarely washed. It's a hunting vehicle complete with all of the wear and tear, scratches and abrasions that go with that. I had hoped to get a 80-90% correction, but when done I got maybe 70-80. I needed an third day, but that wasn't possible for the owner. I started out with a test spot and thought Ultimate Compound followed with SwirlX was going to be satisfactory. However I started to run out of time making multiple passes with that combination and went a bit more aggressive and went with M105 followed with M205, hoping to make fewer passes. The hood sucked the moisture right out of the 105 and dusting and difficult product removal added a little time to the work.
The truck was then polished with Ultimate Polish and received a single coat of Ultimate Wax. Ultimate Polish buffed with a black pad at speed 3 on a 7" Meguiar's and Ultimate Wax was used with a 4" black Lake Country pad.
The first day the truck was high pressure and also hand washed, dried, clayed and the first round of paint correction, and followed by putting Endurance on the tires.
Day two consisted of final correction work followed by polish, wax and cleaning and protecting chrome, rubber window trim, and all textured-surface plastics. Last step was cleaning all exterior glass and as noted early, cleaning the door jambs which should have been done day one…..NOOOB.
Gold Class Soap - Meguiar's mitt
Professional Mild Clay
Last Touch 1:1 Lube
Ultimate Compound
SwirlX
M105
M205
Ultimate Polish
Ultimate Wax
Ultimate Protectant - Mirrors, door handles, foot steps, rear bumper and top of bed liner
Endurance - 2010 gel holy cow what big tires you have!! They ate the Endurance
M40 all rubber trim around windows
Mequiar's Concentrated Glass Cleaner 1:1
Mother's Chrome Polish - step rails
Ultimate Quik Wax
5 Yellow Megs Pads
1 Black Megs Pad
Numerous 4" Lake Country Pads and foam applicator pads
A boat load or is it truck load of microfibers
Snappy Pad Cleaner - too many pads just to shove into the the washing machine without pre-washing in Snappy
50/50 with the tape removed. Thumb on tape line.
Completed project...including the door jambs...
Thanks for stopping by.
I usually tell the owner the detail is doors closed, everything on the outside only. However I usually open doors and at least Ultimate Quik Wax the jambs.
Two days, two long days and I'm about done and I open up the rear driver's side door and I'm greeted with good olde fashioned limestone, gravel road dust, lots of it.
Noobie mistake. Why in the world hadn't I checked this long before this!!!!
Noob Status - Confirmed
Quick grab some crummy terry cloth rags and spray them with APC+. Multiple passes clean it up and wipe it down with Ultimate Quik Wax.
Time left to go pick up the owner for his inspection of the final product.
(Side note to Nick - I hate trucks, especially big crew cabs. I read your write-ups and keep waiting for the day you show a big old Mack refrigeration unit and 53 foot trailer pulled up into your driveway and you're polishing the Bulldog. Trucks….Nick you can keep'm)
Anyway….
This is a 2006 Ford F150 Crew Cab with 93k miles that had never been waxed and rarely washed. It's a hunting vehicle complete with all of the wear and tear, scratches and abrasions that go with that. I had hoped to get a 80-90% correction, but when done I got maybe 70-80. I needed an third day, but that wasn't possible for the owner. I started out with a test spot and thought Ultimate Compound followed with SwirlX was going to be satisfactory. However I started to run out of time making multiple passes with that combination and went a bit more aggressive and went with M105 followed with M205, hoping to make fewer passes. The hood sucked the moisture right out of the 105 and dusting and difficult product removal added a little time to the work.
The truck was then polished with Ultimate Polish and received a single coat of Ultimate Wax. Ultimate Polish buffed with a black pad at speed 3 on a 7" Meguiar's and Ultimate Wax was used with a 4" black Lake Country pad.
The first day the truck was high pressure and also hand washed, dried, clayed and the first round of paint correction, and followed by putting Endurance on the tires.
Day two consisted of final correction work followed by polish, wax and cleaning and protecting chrome, rubber window trim, and all textured-surface plastics. Last step was cleaning all exterior glass and as noted early, cleaning the door jambs which should have been done day one…..NOOOB.
Gold Class Soap - Meguiar's mitt
Professional Mild Clay
Last Touch 1:1 Lube
Ultimate Compound
SwirlX
M105
M205
Ultimate Polish
Ultimate Wax
Ultimate Protectant - Mirrors, door handles, foot steps, rear bumper and top of bed liner
Endurance - 2010 gel holy cow what big tires you have!! They ate the Endurance
M40 all rubber trim around windows
Mequiar's Concentrated Glass Cleaner 1:1
Mother's Chrome Polish - step rails
Ultimate Quik Wax
5 Yellow Megs Pads
1 Black Megs Pad
Numerous 4" Lake Country Pads and foam applicator pads
A boat load or is it truck load of microfibers
Snappy Pad Cleaner - too many pads just to shove into the the washing machine without pre-washing in Snappy
50/50 with the tape removed. Thumb on tape line.
Completed project...including the door jambs...
Thanks for stopping by.
The truck looks great.
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