Black 2007 f350 paint correction

vodomagoo

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My truck has gone far to long without a full correction. Since I have owned it (bought it 3. 5 years ago) I have only done basic Polish with my pc da and wax. I broke down and purchased a griots g15 and the full boss system to try out and I am very happy with the results minus the paint defects that came with the truck

Before: looked much much worse in person
 
Updated with a few more after shots that were supposed to show but didn't last night. All in all the boss system is pretty fantastic one one side I went from a microfiber with fast correct to perfecting with a yellow pad to the sealant. On some spots I went back over with the orange pad and perfecting cream to get some rotary marks that must have been on it from the prior owner or dealer I bought it from. The other side I wanted to try the fast correct with the white pad and was very very impressed and only used the microfiber on a couple of deep trouble spots. That side was the worst by far and I did use some correcting cream on the orange pad to get rid of some haze that was there again originally and stepped it down from there.

To compare on on panel I used some menzerna sip and much prefer the feel and finish of the boss creams vs. a two step menzerna like I used to do. I don't think I will use the boss system on many cars unless I am do a 2+ step correction.

I have about 20hrs total on the paint on my truck, 3+ hrs alone on the hood due to the bad crazing and major defects and about 2hrs working small areas with major defects around the truck. If it did not have the bad hood and no holograms I think it would have been a 10-12hr correction that could have been done with 2 creams and the sealant.

I also did a 2011 black VW passat that has not been waxed or really washed in 2 years and used correcting cream on a yellow pad and finished it down beautifully (on trouble spots I did use a orange pad). I used poorboys ex after that and the car looked great. No swirls left at all on the car. It made a great single polish to use.

All in all I am ecstatic and will post pictures when I have some time to top my truck with natty blue.
 
This shot is beautiful. I bet that truck just looked like a shiny mirror under those gas station lights at night. Great job man, thats a lot of work. I'd have to tell a customer I need the truck for 3-4 days if they wanted it corrected.

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If I were going to charge for this level of correction it would have been a big number for sure. I also took my time to not remove much thickness since I don't have a gauge which added some time and the fact that my truck does not come close to fitting in my garage and was doing this outside in the driveway and done at night under my lights since every weekend was bad weather here lately. If I did have a gauge I would have certainly started with a rotary if the thickness was there but only some panels have been repainted and there already is one rotary opps burn on the truck that came with it when I bought it and I was not taking any chances. I have been out of the detailing game for a number of years (busy building my insurance practice) but now I will most likely take on some side work just from friends and word of mouth. Ideally nothing this in depth and only jobs I can enjoy doing. This picture on my phone is by far my favorite one since everyone just thinks its a picture and not a reflection.

 
Yeah, that is impressive, Vodo !!

Yup I did the seats first. No problems with the 6.0 other then my egr giving out at 102k. We own 4 7.3s for my family's business and I think they require more maintenance then my 6.blow
Here is a daytime picture of my seat:
 
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