My First Detail

[mblouir]

Yeah you'll be fine. Don't know how he mixed those up, though, unless he was out of stock of LC pads?

 

[Carolinaboy]

Don't know why I got those but whatever

 

[Carolinaboy]

Ok so I got up this morning and got to work prepared all my stuff to go to town on the truck. So I started by cleaning all my wheels, tires and wheel wells. I used a somewhat heavy duty ratio I would say it is about 6:1 or so. Then I sprayed it all over my wheels, tires & wheel wells. This stuff is Badass! It knocked out all kinds of caked on crap on the wheel wells. Also sparyed some Hyper Dressing on the tires too!

I then decided to get rid of my FX4 stickers too(daddy should be so proud). I got a heat gun and put it on the lowest setting and slowly waved it across the sticker and peeled it up. It looks so much cleaner looking now.

Interior:
I used Adam's Leather Conditioner for the seats. All I have to say is this stuff is awesome it is actually way better than my Meguiar's stuff. I also used the new Ultimate Protectant it replaced Auto Trim Detailer. I used it for the dash and the center console. I will use the Quick Interior Detailer for the doors b/c its not as greasy. But it looks great. I used it on the mirrors too.

Before:

After:

Well then I did a thorough 2 bucket wash method with Meguiar's Deep Crystal Wash. I used their MF wash mitts too. Then I Clayed the whole truck and the headlights and taillights. I did the glass on the side w/o the sun on it. By this time the sun was up pretty high and it was drying up the QD quicker than I could clay. So I backed the Truck into the garage and taped off the bedrails and emblems and covered the bumper pad(for any M105 or M205 splatter). I did the same processes as Mblouir's thread so I won't go into detail on how to do it but here are my results. I didn't get a chance to finish the front half of the truck gonna do that in the morning. I did M105 & M205 I will do the Meguiar's DCP tomorrow too as well as Wax

Pics:

NO SWIRL MARKS !!!! WOOOOOO

 

[Bigredmariner]

Damn Jeff you are getting really good at that. Truck looks great man.

 

[Carolinaboy]

Damn Jeff you are getting really good at that. Truck looks great man.

Thanks

Yeah it is real easy once you do your test panel and get your methods down it is just all about doin all the steps on the whole truck

Can't wait to polish here up and wax her!

 

[mblouir]

Nice man! Get some more before and afters so we can critique the hell out of you.

Just kidding. But not really. It's the only way to improve. Looks great so far! Yeah APC+ and HD is an amazing combo for wheels and tires.

 

[Carolinaboy]

Yeah I got the pics on the computer, just exhausted as hell I gotta get the up on here soon. Shiniest vehicle I've ever had.

 

[mblouir]

Glad to hear you are happy with the process, then. Detailing is one thing I don't mind spending money on. It gets expensive but it's so much nicer having a clean vehicle all the time.

 

[Carolinaboy]

Yeah my elbows and shoulders feel like they're gonna fall off

 

[mblouir]

Yeah I forgot you clayed. It's a beast to clay these things. But....now that you've done it you won't have to do as much next time. I like to ~every 6 months or so. I'm sure it hasn't been clayed since it was made, so the difference between about 4 years and 6 months is huge. You'll have 1/8th the work to do next time.