onawrxhigh
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Hey everyone,
I would like to share with everyone the detail that I completed as a surprise for a co-workers wife. His wife was toying with the idea of getting rid of this Expedition for a while but decided to keep it for a little while longer. She was talking about having it detailed and as a surprise for his wife my friend brought it to me for a complete interior/exterior detail. They have 2 kids and he said that the interior was real bad. Upon inspection it showed signs of use, as it is 4 years old and a daily driver/kid hauler. It was dirty but by no means really bad (I have seen much worse). The exterior has not seen a coat of wax in 4 years and needed some help. The interior mats had most of the dirt and grime on them with the carpet and seats having some random stains and dirt. Since it was a surprise for his wife I met him at our place of work and switched vehicles with him and brought the Expedition home for this detail instead of doing it at his house due to the fact that his wife was home. Once I got it home the process began with a good wash with Hyper wash. The wheels got a new life to them thanks to Wheel Brightener. The tires ended up needing multiple cleanings with Super Degreaser and Bleach White to get them clean. The paint got a good claying with the detailer line Mild Blue Clay with Last Touch cut 1:1 for lube. I was going to use the 105/205 combo with the g-100 but I later found out that he needed to pick up his youngest son at 5:30 and needed the truck back as soon as possible so I went for my old stand by of M80 Speed Glaze. I also broke out an old Bottle of NXT Tech Wax (old version) for my choice of LSP (x2). The interior got cleaned with APC+, a Meg's Interior Brush, and my Durrmaid hot water extractor. The nasty floor mats got APC+ scrubbed with the interior brush hosed off and then extracted. The windows ended up being cleaned with the spray can detailer line glass cleaner and micro fiber towels. Tires got a good coating of ASD and the wheel wells got a spray down with Water Based Dressing. I popped the hood to see how dirty the engine was and ended up giving it a good cleaning with Super Degreaser and dressed it with Water Based Dressing. Here are the before and after pictures with some nice reflection shots thrown in for good measure.
Exterior Befores:
Interior Befores:
This was from 1/4 of the hood.
Exterior Afters:
Interior Afters:
Reflection Shots:
Is it me or are these trees growing in the truck.
As you can tell from this picture I was dealing with some orange peel from this factory paint.
Would have been clearer without the peel.
My wife's Expedition was parked about 10 feet away in this picture and the depth of shine almost allows her plate to be read, no thanks to the orange peel.
Thanks everyone I hope you liked it and any comments are welcome. Have a good day buffing.
Andrew
I would like to share with everyone the detail that I completed as a surprise for a co-workers wife. His wife was toying with the idea of getting rid of this Expedition for a while but decided to keep it for a little while longer. She was talking about having it detailed and as a surprise for his wife my friend brought it to me for a complete interior/exterior detail. They have 2 kids and he said that the interior was real bad. Upon inspection it showed signs of use, as it is 4 years old and a daily driver/kid hauler. It was dirty but by no means really bad (I have seen much worse). The exterior has not seen a coat of wax in 4 years and needed some help. The interior mats had most of the dirt and grime on them with the carpet and seats having some random stains and dirt. Since it was a surprise for his wife I met him at our place of work and switched vehicles with him and brought the Expedition home for this detail instead of doing it at his house due to the fact that his wife was home. Once I got it home the process began with a good wash with Hyper wash. The wheels got a new life to them thanks to Wheel Brightener. The tires ended up needing multiple cleanings with Super Degreaser and Bleach White to get them clean. The paint got a good claying with the detailer line Mild Blue Clay with Last Touch cut 1:1 for lube. I was going to use the 105/205 combo with the g-100 but I later found out that he needed to pick up his youngest son at 5:30 and needed the truck back as soon as possible so I went for my old stand by of M80 Speed Glaze. I also broke out an old Bottle of NXT Tech Wax (old version) for my choice of LSP (x2). The interior got cleaned with APC+, a Meg's Interior Brush, and my Durrmaid hot water extractor. The nasty floor mats got APC+ scrubbed with the interior brush hosed off and then extracted. The windows ended up being cleaned with the spray can detailer line glass cleaner and micro fiber towels. Tires got a good coating of ASD and the wheel wells got a spray down with Water Based Dressing. I popped the hood to see how dirty the engine was and ended up giving it a good cleaning with Super Degreaser and dressed it with Water Based Dressing. Here are the before and after pictures with some nice reflection shots thrown in for good measure.
Exterior Befores:
Interior Befores:
This was from 1/4 of the hood.
Exterior Afters:
Interior Afters:
Reflection Shots:
Is it me or are these trees growing in the truck.
As you can tell from this picture I was dealing with some orange peel from this factory paint.
Would have been clearer without the peel.
My wife's Expedition was parked about 10 feet away in this picture and the depth of shine almost allows her plate to be read, no thanks to the orange peel.
Thanks everyone I hope you liked it and any comments are welcome. Have a good day buffing.
Andrew
