Minivan Detail on my Birthday!

[mgm2003]

My parents were in town over the weekend to celebrate my B-Day, so I decided to clean up their mini-van.



It has 80K on the clock, and sees a tunnel wash about once a month. They tar and chip many of the roads near my parents, so there were plenty of rock chips, and tons of tar to deal with.



Process Used:



Wash:

Poorboys Bug Squash & SS&S

2 cans of terminator (removed about 70% of the tar)

4oz of Poorboys clay. Used bug squash 3:1 mix & a cap of SS&S as lube, and it worked well on the tar.







Tires/Wheels:

A2Z and S&R, dressed with BnB



Wells:

Costco APC 3:1 mix x 2 (and they still look dirty)



Paint:



Finish Kare 330 mini-buff @ 1400 (x 2 on a few areas)

Finish Kare 303 Glaze @ 1200

OCW x 1





During my rinse process, I noticed that the 2 x OCW that I applied to the van last Christmas looked like it was still alive!

Here’s a before of the front end:

After (sun going down, but you can still see the improvement)

A few more afters the next morning…

 

[pogo123]

Holy cow, nice work. I know that mini vans can take some time to do (my wife has one) and any time a detailer has to use two cans of ANYTHING you he's been working hard!

 

[jaybs02]

Nice job, especially when they come to visit for your birthday.
I'm sure your mom and dad were quite pleased.

P.S.
A belated Happy Birthday

"J"

 

[mgm2003]

Nice job, especially when they come to visit for your birthday.
I'm sure your mom and dad were quite pleased.

P.S.
A belated Happy Birthday

"J"

Thanks!

They know my OCD will flare up if I have to look at a dirty/swirled up ride in my driveway. My Dad offered to take the van home and return with his truck and boat. Nice.

It took 3+ hours to remove the TAR & clean the rims. The wells are still caked with TAR & stuck on debrit.

I was impressed with the FK polish/glaze/sealer. I don't think I spent more than 2 hours polishing it out -which is quick for me.

 

[holland_patrick]

Fantasic. The color looks great Very nice job ....Now I think steve has one for you to do

 

[Woob]

So how do you like Tarminator and the FK products overall? Detail looks fantastic! Definitely need Bug Squash!

 

[LikeaRock]

Outstanding transformation :bigups

 

[klnyc]

Lovely job on that soccor mom mini bus :bow
Its that a Caddy CTS on the garage?

 

[mgm2003]

A few replies to questions.

Tarminator - I think it does ok on light tar, but I've used better products on the heavy stuff.

So far I've been impressed with the FK products that I've tried (pink wax, #218, #2180, #425, #303, #325, and a few others.). IMO, the polish/glaze products are very easy to work with, produce a very nice looking finish, and have decent durability.

The car in the background is a STS.

 

[Craigster]

Great job, the color has nice depth and looks very wet.

Hope you had a great Birthday, too!