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Old 04-26-2008, 06:17 PM
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1971 Cadillac Eldorado..Big Daddy Caddy

Several months ago I was contacted by one of my client's who wanted to give a Christmas gift to one of his friends. The gift would be a complete detail of three of the friends cars. The cars to be detailed are:

2007 Bentley Continental GT
1971 Cadillac Eldorado
2006 Cadillac Escalade

This is the first of the three details. This car is by far the largest vehicle (other than an SUV) that I have detailed. The view from the interior looking over the hood is that of being on an aircraft carrier. The car is a luxuary car in every sense of the word with every bell and whislte you could think of in a car from 1971. 500 cubic inches of engine wasn't bad either.

The paint was in so so condition with sevearl issues including cracks and flaking of the paint in various areas. Since my PTG is still on order and not to do potential damage to the paint, I decided to go with a light polish to remove some of the surface marring and scratches. My fear was that going more aggressive would cause more harm that good. The owner was extremely pleased with the result. This was my first full detail outside and I hate it....:down

I had to deal with landscapers cutting grass around me, wind blowing materials from trees next to the car, and a 30% rake on the driveway which caused my bucket to roll to the end of the driveway everytime I turned around. Yes..I am garage detail spoiled. The car was so large that it wouldn't fit into the client's garage.

The weather was ugly today with it looking like rain at any minute. I did the best I could with pics in dodging landscapers and the ugly skies.

Detail Time: 7 hours

Foam with ## CWG and EO Wash Soap in Foam Gun
Wash with 2 Bucket Method and Ultima Wash Soap
Clay with Megs white clay
Interior cleaned with Woolite 6:1 and Optimum Power Clean on soiled areas.
Interior leather dressed with Four Star Leather Conditioner
Interior vinyl dressed with Sonus Total Eclipse
Polish with Optimum Polish via Makita 9227 with Sonus white pad at 1500 rpm
LSP=NXT Tech Wax V2
Glass Cleaned with Zep Glass Cleaner
All exterior metal polished with NXT metal polish
Engine wiped down with P21S Total Wash and dressed with CD2
Tires dressed with Meguiars Hot Shine Tire Spray















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Re: 1976 Cadillac Eldorado..Big Daddy Caddy

i remeber working on that model just gotten out of high school that was a boat but lots of room to work on great job pat
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Old 04-26-2008, 07:55 PM
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What a teriffic job on that huge Caddie.
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Old 04-27-2008, 04:38 AM
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Great job on a beautiful classic! Looks like interior is in great condition!
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Re: 1976 Cadillac Eldorado..Big Daddy Caddy

Awesome pat that just like the one i did not to long ago. Detailed Reflections pimp that caddy
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Sweet man; I could hide plenty of bodies in that trunk (not like I have too). So was Huggy Bear (Starchy and Hutch) happy?
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Re: 1976 Cadillac Eldorado..Big Daddy Caddy

Excellent work on a monster of a car. Guess it could'nt be classified as a Hybrid
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