Garry Dean
Garry Dean Quality!
This is a 1993 Ford Flare side F150. It has been sitting in my clients’ yard for over 2 years. One day, about 2 months ago, I asked him if the truck ran and he told me it did when he parked it. He just didn’t need it anymore. That’s all he really said and so I began working on his daily driver that I was there to detail. Last month I was at his place again and before I left I taped a small spot off and got out my PC and some Megs m105 and polished to show him what kind of potential the truck had. He was blown away. Last week I was there again for a maintenance wash and to my surprise when I pulled up the truck was pulled out into the middle of the main section of the driveway with the hood up. He had gotten it running and installed a new battery. He told me to “go to town” with my buffer. This truck really turned out great. My client was very happy with the result (Even if he hadn’t told me a thousand times how happy he was, I sure figured it out when he wrote the check for $100 more than I asked him for). I really love working on single stage paint, especially when the end result is this dramatic. Here is the detail.
Exterior paint:
* ONR wash
* Taped off all trim with 3M tape
* Compounded with Makita rotary
* Major painted areas were compounded with Wolfgang TSR and LC 6.5” Orange CCS
* Smaller areas were hand compounded with Meguiars m105 and LC Orange hand pads
* All chrome trim and bumpers were hand polished with Optimum Metal Polish and LC Orange hand pads
* The entire vehicle was polished and sealed with Optimum Poli-seal with PCXP and 5.5” Green LC CCS pads
* Exterior windows were cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner Concentrate
Wheels and tires:
* Wheels were cleaned with Muriatic acid due to extreme brake dust buildup
* Tires were cleaned with purple Power
* Wheels were polished with Optimum Metal Polish
* Tires were dressed with Meguiars Hyper Dressing
Befores
Can you tell where I did a test spot with ONR?
My test section and 50/50
Here are some while I was hard at work
Making some progress
All of the major sections were finished here. I was hand polishing at this point
These wheels were really gross. The before pic is of the wheels after I tried to clean them with every wheel cleaner known to mankind. I had to resort to the tough stuff, Muriatic acid.
After Muriatic acid and OPT Metal Polish
Exterior paint:
* ONR wash
* Taped off all trim with 3M tape
* Compounded with Makita rotary
* Major painted areas were compounded with Wolfgang TSR and LC 6.5” Orange CCS
* Smaller areas were hand compounded with Meguiars m105 and LC Orange hand pads
* All chrome trim and bumpers were hand polished with Optimum Metal Polish and LC Orange hand pads
* The entire vehicle was polished and sealed with Optimum Poli-seal with PCXP and 5.5” Green LC CCS pads
* Exterior windows were cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner Concentrate
Wheels and tires:
* Wheels were cleaned with Muriatic acid due to extreme brake dust buildup
* Tires were cleaned with purple Power
* Wheels were polished with Optimum Metal Polish
* Tires were dressed with Meguiars Hyper Dressing
Befores
Can you tell where I did a test spot with ONR?
My test section and 50/50
Here are some while I was hard at work
Making some progress
All of the major sections were finished here. I was hand polishing at this point
These wheels were really gross. The before pic is of the wheels after I tried to clean them with every wheel cleaner known to mankind. I had to resort to the tough stuff, Muriatic acid.
After Muriatic acid and OPT Metal Polish
