Detail: Harley Davidson F150 (hammered/oxidation)

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

This truck needed some MAJOR attention. It's been years since it's had a wax, and probably never a polish. The owner had neglected it for so long, that it was almost at a point of no return! This truck is owned by one of N2S's members, 'derek'





Process:



ONR washed entire vehicle.

Clay barred entire vehicle with 2 Zaino claybars and Megs Clay Lube.

PFW w/menz pg, followed by white ccs pad w/ megs m205

sealed with optimum poliseal

Wheels and side steps removed and polished with #0000 steel wool and sealed with poorboys' wheel sealant

Exhaust tips used same method as wheels



BEFORE:

After pics from day one (today) will be posted in my next post.

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

AFTER:

side-by side exhaust (after/before) obviously.

yes, that's a reflection ;o)

wheels removed and cleaned front and back and sealed with poorboys wheel sealant.

pardon my dust

side steps also removed and #0000 steel wooled and sealed with poorboys wheel sealant

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

Day 2:





Made quite a bit more progress today. All of the rest of the truck but the hood and roof and tonneu is completely done minus sealant/wax.





Here's a few more during/after shots of it:

50/50 (AFTER/BEFORE

Before shot of a deep, nasty scratch. (removed about 90 percent of this with some wetsanding and polish)

Hit this one panel with optimum poliseal and a coat of s100, game out like this next shot below:

tomorrow I should have the nasty-*** hood and roof complete, possibly the tonneu cover, and a coat of sealant and wax on the entire vehicle.



Thanks for looking.

 

[Beematic]

Barefoot Detailing FTW!

 

[jswhitley]

im glad i aint the only one who likes to detail barefooted, lookin good man!

 

[dheath]

looks great... HUGE difference



I was wondering what you did to polish the chrome. You said 0000 steel wool, but I see Mothers chrome polish. Could you explain a little more on how to make chrome shine without swirls? I have some chrome rims to polish out and i'm not sure exactly what to do...

 

[David Fermani]

Sounds like the right recipe for a BIG DOLLAR DETAIL. Great job!

 

[Pats300zx]

Great job. That wheel shot is amazing....

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

im glad i aint the only one who likes to detail barefooted, lookin good man!

haha that's not me, that's the owner of the truck. I put him to work. It's a friend of mine.

looks great... HUGE difference



I was wondering what you did to polish the chrome. You said 0000 steel wool, but I see Mothers chrome polish. Could you explain a little more on how to make chrome shine without swirls? I have some chrome rims to polish out and i'm not sure exactly what to do...

Thanks man. Basically I had him use some poorboys degreaser and let that soak for about five minutes, then I had him grab the hose and some steel wool and methodically scrub back and forth with steel wool with the hose on and it broke up the grime extremely fast. then he dried the wheel, polished by hand with mothers chrome polish, and sealed it with poor boys wheel sealant

Sounds like the right recipe for a BIG DOLLAR DETAIL. Great job!

actually I'm not charging him a dime. It's a personal friend of mine and I'm a little too nice

Great job. That wheel shot is amazing....

Thanks, I appreciate it.

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

Today, the entire truck got another ONR wash and was hand sealed/waxed with some poliseal and s100 carnuba wax. We removed the washer squirters from the hood to ensure 100 percent of it was corrected.





Hood's coming along nicely:

(pictures taken after hitting the panels with a megs yellow diamond cut pad and some menz power gloss, followed by some m205 on a white megs pad.



there is no wax on the hood yet in these pictures.

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

Money shots of the hood after about 5 hours of polishing:

 

[FrogKnowledge]

That looks great, I had no idea you could fix the oxidation from the top and make it look that new. Great job and I work barefoot as well especially inside the car

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

Thanks man. Can't believe this was the same hood yesterday:

 

[dheath]

dang!



Is that oxidation or wetsanding marks?

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

dang!



Is that oxidation or wetsanding marks?

nope! straight up oxidation bro. the truck was never waxed since it was bought. LOL

 

[dheath]

nope! straight up oxidation bro. the truck was never waxed since it was bought. LOL

amazing..



was this via PC or rotary?

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

amazing..



was this via PC or rotary?

Flex rotary. All my correction is with a rotary. I don't personally care for d/a polishers. They're safer, but do half the correction in twice the time imo.





Thanks for looking

 

[kaval]

My goodness that was in rough shape! Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see some full shots. This is going to look fantastic!

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

My goodness that was in rough shape! Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see some full shots. This is going to look fantastic!

From you, I take that as a major compliment! Thanks!

 

[DaGonz]

actually I'm not charging him a dime. It's a personal friend of mine and I'm a little too nice

He at the very least owes you a steak dinner and a case of good beer!