neglected Chevy Tahoe

[ninobrn99]

My friend and his wife wanted their car cleaned up. The water spots were their main concern.



Boy, big mistake! It's etched in the paint really bad. The water that normally runs down from the driver side mirror, ate through the clear in the worst way as well. I did a test section on the back driver side door sanding with 2k. That seemed to be the solution followed by a LC yellow pad, m105, then a buff n shine blue pad and 85rd. Yeah, that wasnt gonna happen. I got out what i could and left it at that.



Let's see....process and products:

soaked with CG CW&G

clayed with megs white and clay magic blue

cleaned all the black trim with m39

PakShak APC was used on the wheel wells

Megs Wheel Brightner was used on the rims and tires

MX7 Plus on the glass.

Dressed the trim with either megs HD, Megs trim detailer, or 303.



Sealed with Trade Secret and Hydro except for the roof where we used 845.

We used Hydro on the door jams.

Hawaiian Island Shine Chrome and glass polish on the chrome.

Black magic tire foam on the tires.



Umm...yeah...can't really think of much else to say. Enjoy the interesting part:



Befores:

 

[ninobrn99]

a few more befores:

Im not puting on as much pressure as it looks like :lol:

Afters:

 

[osoda]

dang that shot of the tahoe taped up = wow, that's lot of surface to polish, hehe. good job.

 

[white gecko]

U were polishing in the rain? ....um...

 

[ninobrn99]

U were polishing in the rain? ....um...

for what it's worth, the panel i was polishing was dry. He stopped to take a pic before drying the back It did sprinkle a bit but I had already misted the M105 with water to continue breaking down the polish. Didn't notice any ill effects.

 

[ninobrn99]

dang that shot of the tahoe taped up = wow, that's lot of surface to polish, hehe. good job.

it wasn't as bad as i thought.