mgm2003
New member
This past weekend I had to pleasure to detail a 2007 Black GMC Truck.
The owner picked it up last Fall and has done several tasteful mod’s to the truck: de-badged, wheels, tires, exhaust, and a few performance upgrades to the engine.
He cleaned, painted, and cleared ALL exposed pieces in the undercarriage, including the inner wheels. It was something to see. I didn’t have to do a thing to the wells, because they weren’t much more than dusty.
The owner was concerned about the dealer installed swirl marks, and overall condition of the paint. It sounded *bad* over the phone but I've seen worse
He wanted the paint *perfect*.
The truck had light/moderate swirls, a few holograms from the rotary (debadging), and a spot on the hood from wet sanding out a paint chip. Nothing crazy.
The owner was also interested in an update on detailing products, process, etc….
He brought along a vintage Black and Decker Rotary (built like a tank), a collection of wool pads, and a few body shop products. We left these safely stored in the bed of the truck
This was going to be a Porter Cable 7424 job.
I borrowed my neighbors PC for the owner, and we both ‘plugged in’ and we went to town.
This one took both of us ~ 5 hours, and I’d say we corrected 90% of the defects, all of which were light/moderate (nothing crazy).
Here’s a re-cap of the process we used:
Foam gun & sheepskins for the car wash
Dressing on the tires & bumper pads
Polish (Paint, Glass, Chrome)
PC @ 5 using LC CCS green light cutting pads, and a SMR
PC @ 5 using LC CCS red finishing pads, and an AIO/finishing polish
LSP = Sealer x 2
The wheels were protected by hand using an AIO product by hand, and the tires were dressed.
The owner picked it up last Fall and has done several tasteful mod’s to the truck: de-badged, wheels, tires, exhaust, and a few performance upgrades to the engine.
He cleaned, painted, and cleared ALL exposed pieces in the undercarriage, including the inner wheels. It was something to see. I didn’t have to do a thing to the wells, because they weren’t much more than dusty.
The owner was concerned about the dealer installed swirl marks, and overall condition of the paint. It sounded *bad* over the phone but I've seen worse
He wanted the paint *perfect*.The truck had light/moderate swirls, a few holograms from the rotary (debadging), and a spot on the hood from wet sanding out a paint chip. Nothing crazy.
The owner was also interested in an update on detailing products, process, etc….
He brought along a vintage Black and Decker Rotary (built like a tank), a collection of wool pads, and a few body shop products. We left these safely stored in the bed of the truck
This was going to be a Porter Cable 7424 job.
I borrowed my neighbors PC for the owner, and we both ‘plugged in’ and we went to town.
This one took both of us ~ 5 hours, and I’d say we corrected 90% of the defects, all of which were light/moderate (nothing crazy).
Here’s a re-cap of the process we used:
Foam gun & sheepskins for the car wash
Dressing on the tires & bumper pads
Polish (Paint, Glass, Chrome)
PC @ 5 using LC CCS green light cutting pads, and a SMR
PC @ 5 using LC CCS red finishing pads, and an AIO/finishing polish
LSP = Sealer x 2
The wheels were protected by hand using an AIO product by hand, and the tires were dressed.
