Wild Paint Job - Swirl Removal - Cover of Trukin Magazine

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Wild Paint Job - Swirl Removal - Cover of Trukin Magazine

Joe Fernandez has a sharp memory, he sent me this link on February 15th but it went into my Junk folder and I just now opened it...

This is a truck Richard Lin and I buffed out before it was used for the cover of Trukin Magazine. I have the magazine and even all the before and after pictures.

It's on eBay for sale right now. It has a very wild, custom paint job.

2004 Custom Nissan Titan


















The paint was totally hacked up with sanding marks and swirls, I'll dig up the before and after pictures later. It was fun to buff out though...

[Finemess]

Awesome!!

[daveinsweethome]

i still have a sweet spot for show trucks. did it for ten years ourt in calif. finally got a cover in Street Trucks mag and a quick shot coming down california speedway behind a full gazzer in my other show truck. trouble is this one you did is just off the chart.

[SouthernStyles]

Aaron Iha (spelling)? did the suspension work on that truck it is amazing!!!

[SuperSport]

Love how it looks like two totally different trucks when looking at opposite sides.

[sullysdetailing]

NIce job Mike.

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Wild paint job is right!

Mike, that job is a pretty cool "feather in your hat"!

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Here's some pictures from the original write-up posted on February 10th, 2006, hard to believe we buffed this truck out 6 years ago, seems like ti was just yesterday...

Check it out...

The Titan Richard and I buffed out is on this month's cover of Truckin Magazine.






This truck was filled with sanding marks and wool pad and compound swirls when we got to it. We worked it over pretty good with our rotary buffers and the hit it with the dual action polisher using the same techniques we show in our how-to DVD and it came out like very clear and glossy.

Before













After






Too bad we get no mention in the article. Sad thing about detailing, the detailer is the one who will make or break the painter's work yet the painter is the one who usually gets all the credit.

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Originally Posted by Deep Gloss Auto Salon

Wild paint job is right!

Mike, that job is a pretty cool "feather in your hat"!

It was a fun truck to work on just because of the paint scheme making it look like two different trucks depending upon which side you were on.

Fact is most of the members on this forum, including yourself could have undone the damage inflicted into the paint just doing what you do best and that's using quality products with good technique and the human elements of care and passion.

[rwright]

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

Sad thing about detailing, the detailer is the one who will make or break the painter's work yet the painter is the one who usually gets all the credit.

That is a great quote! Excellent job as usual on the truck! Thanks for sharing.