(May Entry)First paid job...200K mile GMC Jimmy

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theeloved1

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This is my first paid detial, and only my 2nd full detail EVER. Its a 96 Jimmy and he's got just under 200K miles on it. He works at an asphalt recycling plant. The plant crushes all the old blacktop and then recycles it....obviously making a big mess of flying particles floating through the air, and he decided to park downwind.:eek: He didn't believe me that I could get the stuff off his truck as it was literally baked on from the sun, and the enitre vehicle had a texture to it that was pretty similar to like a spray in bed liner for a pickup truck.



Well, a quick demonstration of what a claybar can do and he was very willing to give me $100 to detail the exterior.



Here's what I was able to pull off:



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AWESOME WORK! You should write up your process/products usage, include more pics and enter it into the Extreme Detail Contest for May!
 
Wash

Meguiars Claybar

Wash

3m Rubbing Compound Fine Cut 39002 with a yellow pad on the PC

3m Swirl Mark Remover for Dark Cars 39009 with a white pad on the PC

3m Imperial Hand Glaze 39007 with a white pad on the PC

NXT Wax applied with a gray pad on the PC

.....all steps buffed out by hand with many microfiber towels.

Then I just scrubbed the wheels real well

Meguiars Tire Shine on the tires

and did the windows with ye old Windex



All tolled, it was about 5 hours of labor...is that fast/slow/average? I'm a total noob to this stuff and got to wondering while doing this project, how long it takes you professionals to do as many steps as I did...



Thanks for the feedback guys...pretty happy with it for only my 2nd go round with all the products.
 
WOW, I prolly would have taken at least 6-7 hours with those steps. Even as a noob, that is great work. Looks like you did a lot of reading on this forum ;)
 
Excellent detail :xyxthumbs

5 hours sounds reasonable to me.



This is yet another proof that one does not need fancy products to achieve great results.
 
good job !



would you ever use both the 3M glazes again (the SMR for dark cars and the imperial hand glaze)



or did you feel it was a bit overkill/redundant?? jus wonderin'.
 
Man, that guy owes you a couple hundred extra for that wonderful work!



5 hours sounds like you were working at a very nice pace for the job you accomplished.



Keep it up!!
 
One heckuva nice job! Very impressed. I also commend your photography skills in having the foresight to set up that side-by-side shot.
 
Nice job. Amazing how that black paint cleaned up. Never understood why people purchase black cars then let it get that bad. Black looks really bad when abused, but awesome when properly cleaned and waxed. Again, nice job, the truck looks 110% better.
 
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