Got some work to do thanks to the dealer

House of Wax

House of Wax

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Friday my wife and I picked up a used expedition from a dealer. He pointed out a long light scratch (should have no problem getting it out) and said he had their "lot attendant" (yowsa) clean it up that morning and the attendant apparently asked if the salesman wanted him to try to get it out again (i guess he had previously tried). The dealer flat out told us the guy wasn't the best, so he thankfully told him to leave it. I was packing the truck up to head out of town saturday morning when I noticed exactly how much work I've got to do:

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That's pretty much how the entire outside of the Expedition looks in the sunlight. On top of that the inside was filthy and the tires were randomly greased (parts were shiny and parts you could tell hadn't been touched). It just blows my mind the hack job they allow. Ahh well. It'll get polished and coated with gloss coat, so it should be beautiful when I'm done
 
I guess there's a couple of ways to look at this... 1) it can't be much of a dealer to allow such incompetence on the lot; or 2) You can get a heck of a deal if/when a vehicle is sold 'as is' in rough shape. With the right tools, products and elbow grease, you can have her looking new again.
 
It's just a small town dealer in Wisconsin. The vehicle is mechanically sound, loaded with every option you can think of, and the price was right. After I'm done with it, she'll look better than new
 
That's exactly what that piece is. I'm going to try some HD Speed with a light polishing pad at first to see if it helps at all. Those things don't always polish up that well
 
And I look forward to doing it. Driving me nuts already. Unfortunately our family schedule is slammed for the next couple weeks, so I may have to work on it a bit at a time
 
Dealerships only pay their detailers 4 hours flat rate for an interior and exterior full detail. That is supposed to include scratch removal and stain lifting the whole 9 yards they just don't add an LSP. Nobody can bring a car to that much perfection in 4 hours. So they just speed right through it. This is how it is in my area. And most dealerships as well. They're there to move a product so they don't spend much on the detailing as it makes no difference. On top of that experienced detailers don't want that job as it doesn't pay enough. So they don't really require much if any previous detailing experience. Spend some time at a dealership looking even at new cars. A lot of them have wash marks and brush scratches and such. IF you want a perfect car they'll do it and apply sealant for an outrageous price.
 
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