Tuesday's other project: quickie wash & shine on the Dakota

kaos

6-Speeder
Well, after I got the carpets done on the car (previous thread), it was time to quickly get the salt & grime off the truck, cuz I was running out of daylight in a hurry. :) It had been done up with NXT Tech Wax right before winter, and everything that was on it came off real easy with NXT wash. After the wash, I was gonna QD it to give it a little shine, but then remembered that I had picked up the NXT spray "booster-wax" on sale this winter. So, with daylight quickly fading, I broke out the spray wax and a foam pad and went to it at warp speed. :) Wow, does a little of this stuff go a long, long way. About 2 trigger pulls per panel is all it took. Dries fast too if it's put on thin. Just as I started to take it off, my daylight gave up the ghost and went away. :ghost Had to make do as best I could with the meager lighting in the apartment garage. Went to look at it yesterday morning and cringed. Man, did I miss a lot. :bigscream Ran up to the garage and grabbed a clean mf to finish up with, but some of the stuff just would not budge. In the process, I noticed that it must have rained some during the night, as there was some water-spotting and dust on the horizontal surfaces. So out came the PB S&W, and, hey, not only did it clean, it also made easy work of the remaining spray wax that didn't want to come off with a dry mf. So there ya go, a new use for S&W. :D

Kindly ignore the undressed wheel wells and mudflaps, this wasn't a full detail... :) Can't wait to get my clear corners on this thing... Those big amber lenses are just so out of place.
 
I love that stuff. I found it at Meijer's for $4 a bottle. It goes without saying that I have enough for a while.
 
GSRstilez said:
Nice glow on the Dakota!

The clear corners really give it a clean look. Have you thought about a grille too?

Oh yeah. Some nice chrome grille inserts are next. Then nerf bars. Then painting the stupid ugly gray plastic parts of the bumper to match the silver trim. Might paint the door handles with the green too, those look good.
 
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