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onthespot

onthespot

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Greetings to all DC members!!! Long time since I've been here...

As many of you recall, I had turned to pressure washing residential and commercial buildings, decks, parking lots, sidewalks, etc. etc.
I'm pleased to say that this summer has proven to be most profitable for me, allowing me to expand my operations somewhat and hire another fulltime employee... I will also be adding a second pw rig and a second crew in the near future.

But let's not forget my roots... I started out in this business as a detailer, and as they say in this business - 'you can take the man out of detailing, but you'll never take the detailing out of the man' (hmmm... do THEY really say that?). So this week has begun with a BANG, and I have back to back detailing scheduled all week with loyal faithful customers who have been with me for over two years...

It started today with a dump truck.
Some of you may remember how I had the honor of doing a full interior on this old dump truck last September. Last week the owner contacted me. Seems he bought a new one and is selling this old one which has over 250k miles on it... So he begged me to do a full detail on it :doh
And being the warrior I am, I accepted this challenge...

I'd like to share this 'wonderfully' painful process with you all through some pics that I took today...
Job took 9 hours - with a three man crew...

Onthespot
:onthespot

Shall we begin with this picture? :

The Wash
 
Before picture of the interior. Not quite as bad as the last time I did the interior... but bad nevertheless:
 
Here's a picture of some work in progress. This is the hood half- polished with PB's SSR2, and getting ready to do the other half...

I love my PC 7424:
 
Hood shot.. after PB SSR2 (yeah I know there's a long scratch there, after 250k miles - some things just refuse to be removed):
 
Wow! That pressure washer must of helped alot to clean it all up. Btw how did you apply SSR2? How come I see so many circles? Glad to hear detailing is good in NC. :bigups
 
Last picture:

Interior... Like last time.. there are still some permanant stains on this interior... but a significant difference;

Thanks for looking in...

Miss all my old friends here at DC, just been too busy to get on my computer anymore and hang out... Hopefully, I'll catch a break when the cold season comes and reclaim my high poker score in the arcade and chat with some of you...

Clean Dean, I know you're still out there - better get down here soon - you haven't had a vacation 'til you've lost yourself in the Smoky Mountains!

Dwayne and Fuzz - glad to see you both survived the hurricane... I said a prayer for both of you when I saw it coming toward you...

And to everyone else that I've known over the years...:bigups


Onthespot
(Western NC)
 
Woob said:
Wow! That pressure washer must of helped alot to clean it all up. Btw how did you apply SSR2? How come I see so many circles? Glad to hear detailing is good in NC. :bigups
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Hey Woob:

I put the SSR2 on the pad, then I start making those little circles all over the area that I am getting ready to polish by touching the foam pad to the surface and lifting it off again and again... I usually make a smiley face pattern... but today I wasn't in the mood to smile. This applies the polish to the surface initially... Then I turn on the machine and do my thing - 4 directions until the polish has turned to powder...

By the way, did i mention that PB's SSR2 Rocks??? If anyone here has never tried it - I suggest you call Steve up and get a bottle today!!!
 
Hey Spot...it's been a long time:hippi glad to hear all is well up in the mountains:bigups

really miss those great shots from the top you use to post...:(

if you think SSR2 is really good, you've missed out on SSR2.5:lol it would have kicked that scratches butt:lmfao

come back and visit more often :miss
 
Interior came out great...:bigups
Whoever buys that truck will be lucky.. Not too many people will go through that for a dump truck
Great work :bigups

"J"
 
Setting aside the products used, and the process, what is a realistic amunt of time for this project, and , of course, what did you recieve monetarily?

Really nice work, by the way!

Jim
 
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