DetailingGurus: 2004 Lincoln Navigator

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danponjican

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This truck has never been waxed since purchasing it new 3 years ago according to the owner. This was very evident the minute water hit the surface.



Wheels were cleaned with a brightener (more on this to come... check back later on this blog for more details on this product) and a pressure washer (no mechanical agitation).



A diluted degreaser was used to strip the paint via PW-er. The paint was then clayed.



Polishing was a one-step polish using Optimum Compound and a Lake Country Green CCS pad at about 1,200 rpm. (Optimum Compound was the miracle polish for me this week! It seemed like it is able to cure just about any defect from light swirls to Mesothelioma!)



We finished it off with Poorboy's EX as an LSP. This worked fantastic!

(Like usual... click on any of the pictures to get see the full write-up and the rest of the pictures on my blog...)





































Thanks for looking!
 
When wheels are that dirty and I use my apc (3m spray bottle) I could see the dirt run off in a black nasty river.



The wheel cleaner in your second pic, looks like you gave it a second shot, suding looks clean.
 
The wheel cleaner was a "brightener" (may be similar to Meguiar's Wheel Brightener) that is meant for heavy duty truck cleaning. This vehicle belongs to an owner of a small trucking company. He has several barrels of this stuff that he used on his fleet tractor trailers. I agreed to try it. It is from a chemical company in Baltimore Maryland. They only sell it in 55 gallon drums. I have more pictures from more detailed testing I did of this the same day but it is on some trailer wheels (heavy grit and grime!). They were aluminum wheels though... very interesting test!



I'll let that post speak for itself, but I will say that we did ZERO mechanical agitation. We did use a pressure washer that was pushing 3,000 psi+ but again, no mechanical agitation.
 
Don't you think 3000psi is agitation? What's the health rating on this product a 4? I think like paint, you should use the most friendly product first on wheels, as opposed to grabbing an apparent highly toxic chemical right off the bat. You shouldn't need much more than a apc with a pressure washer.



Also, did you spray that corrosive chemical on the tire too?
 
No. I didn't use it on the tires. This "corrosive" chemical is almost the same MSD sheet as Megs Wheel Brightener.
 
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