Resurrection Detail by Sinner5
- Thread starter DJ_JonnyV
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This car was a work car that sat for a while and probably hasn't been washed in since it left the dealer. My boss asked me to see if I could clean it up a little so we can ship it off to another office, where someone else would probably trash it. It was done on my day off, at my own expense, and no compensation for the work. Needless to say, I wasn't getting into any real detailed work or using any of my expensive products. It was done with items that were laying around the garage. Only the paint was being worked on so please don't slam me on the attention to detail. I think that the paint came out pretty decent.
Process was:
2 bucket wash method with dawn to give it a good cleaning
clay
PC with LC yellow pad and MPP
PC with Megs yellow pad and Megs cleaner wax
I opted out of the final wax since it was getting late.
Before:
After wash:
Clay process:
After doing one side of the hood
Polishing with Yellow pad and MPP:
Initial Polish results:
After cleaner wax:
Comparisons:
HUGE thanks to DJ JonnyV for helping set up the thread since my computer is doing wacky stuff.
Process was:
2 bucket wash method with dawn to give it a good cleaning
clay
PC with LC yellow pad and MPP
PC with Megs yellow pad and Megs cleaner wax
I opted out of the final wax since it was getting late.
Before:
After wash:
Clay process:
After doing one side of the hood
Polishing with Yellow pad and MPP:
Initial Polish results:
After cleaner wax:
Comparisons:
HUGE thanks to DJ JonnyV for helping set up the thread since my computer is doing wacky stuff.
Setec Astronomy
Well-known member
Oh, it was black! Looked blue in the before pics...nice recovery.
RTexasF
Pay Attention Boy...
That was just plain filthy! You earned some brownie points on that on for sure. Nice job.
imported_smprince1
New member
Big improvement :up
charles brom
New member
Nice....very nice
KMHAWAIIDH
New member
Wow! nice job!
Considering that truck isn't THAT old the paint was in really crappy condition. Even with neglect it's surprising that the paint was in that bad of shape. Do you know if it was factory paint or was it some cheap repaint? Becuase if that was factory paint....Ford needs to do something about its paint durability.
Yea, it was factory paint. The vehicle had been REALLY neglected for a long period of time. It also has been in the vicinity of the ocean which may have helped trash the paint even more.
Pretty much the whole office, including myself, thought the same thing. "Wait, that car is black?? I thought it was blue"
Pretty much the whole office, including myself, thought the same thing. "Wait, that car is black?? I thought it was blue"
imported_smprince1
New member
rucdn said:
Looks more like neglect than bad factory paint to me. That's also supported by the fact that a little detail work could bring it back.
KnuckleBuckett
New member
Amazing work! GJ!
The salt kicks the heck out of any paint Ford or Lexus. Nasty stuff.
The salt kicks the heck out of any paint Ford or Lexus. Nasty stuff.
