Underdawg736GTC
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Hey all!! :wavey
It's me again! This time I'm presenting a neglected 1999 Chevy 2500 Chase Truck. This beast is one of the oldest first out EMS vehicles still in service in our county. There's also a '94 GMC 2500 in the same livery but it's in reserve status and more worse off paint wise then this one.
So being bored at work I've been toying with the idea of shining this one up. Downside is that I didn't want to put the sickly g110v1 on it as it would most likely kill it for good....or until I get around to putting a new cord on. Then it hit, with a bit of nostalgia, I'm gonna rub this one out by hand! I wasn't going to go for a full correction approach as it would've been a waste of my time and energy, but with outstanding results with Speed, I was down for bringing some gloss back into the old paint!
After washing the paint was got the Nano Prep Towel treatment and once satisfied I went straight to Speed on Meg's yellow applicator pad. Once complete, the paint got 1 coat of Poxy, will be getting another coat tomorrow.
Now onto the pics!
Befores:
Durings: I only did one pass per section going up/down, left/right, and crosshatch pattern for between 3 to 5 minutes a pop.
Afters: While using speed, after several sections were completed I applied the Poxy, as this vehicle is in service 24/7/365 I didn't want to complete Speed and then apply Poxy to the entire vehicle just in case it was called upon.....which it was numerous times by both 911 and the mechanic!
I was surprised by the amount of swirl removal I was able to obtain by hand, as you can see it's nowhere near perfect but I was able to get maybe half of them to go away! RIDS on the other mostly remained except for the most superficial ones, I'd say maybe 25% tops were corrected. Of course I was all about bringing the gloss, shine, and reflection back and Speed + Poxy delivered!
All in all it took me about 9 hours spread out over 4 days due to call volume and maintenance schedule. I lost a few pounds in the process as the temps reached up into the mid to upper 90's with a heat index creeping towards 110!
This "polished turd" as the medics now call it is looking pretty dang good for being 13 and having close to 250k on the clock!
Thanks again for looking and as always comments, constructive criticism, and advice is greatly appreciated!
It's me again! This time I'm presenting a neglected 1999 Chevy 2500 Chase Truck. This beast is one of the oldest first out EMS vehicles still in service in our county. There's also a '94 GMC 2500 in the same livery but it's in reserve status and more worse off paint wise then this one.
So being bored at work I've been toying with the idea of shining this one up. Downside is that I didn't want to put the sickly g110v1 on it as it would most likely kill it for good....or until I get around to putting a new cord on. Then it hit, with a bit of nostalgia, I'm gonna rub this one out by hand! I wasn't going to go for a full correction approach as it would've been a waste of my time and energy, but with outstanding results with Speed, I was down for bringing some gloss back into the old paint!
After washing the paint was got the Nano Prep Towel treatment and once satisfied I went straight to Speed on Meg's yellow applicator pad. Once complete, the paint got 1 coat of Poxy, will be getting another coat tomorrow.
Now onto the pics!
Befores:
Durings: I only did one pass per section going up/down, left/right, and crosshatch pattern for between 3 to 5 minutes a pop.
Afters: While using speed, after several sections were completed I applied the Poxy, as this vehicle is in service 24/7/365 I didn't want to complete Speed and then apply Poxy to the entire vehicle just in case it was called upon.....which it was numerous times by both 911 and the mechanic!
I was surprised by the amount of swirl removal I was able to obtain by hand, as you can see it's nowhere near perfect but I was able to get maybe half of them to go away! RIDS on the other mostly remained except for the most superficial ones, I'd say maybe 25% tops were corrected. Of course I was all about bringing the gloss, shine, and reflection back and Speed + Poxy delivered!
All in all it took me about 9 hours spread out over 4 days due to call volume and maintenance schedule. I lost a few pounds in the process as the temps reached up into the mid to upper 90's with a heat index creeping towards 110!
This "polished turd" as the medics now call it is looking pretty dang good for being 13 and having close to 250k on the clock!
Thanks again for looking and as always comments, constructive criticism, and advice is greatly appreciated!