A summer's worth of details - bunch of cars and pics

[budman3]

Hello once again everyone. This summer was a very difficult summer for detailing with weird weather patterns where it basically rained every afternoon. I think 70% of the vehicles that I did, it rained within 12 hours after the detail. A big pain in the you know what. Also, working full time and trying to keep up with friends and family, details were limited to a select few. Sadly when the details came around I didn’t take many pictures or detailed shots, I was focused to get the jobs done and get the vehicle back to the owner before it rained. Since I didn’t document the details all that well with photos, I didn’t write down the specific product and machine combinations either. Plus most of these details weren’t anything special, not many full correction details, just simple wash/quick polish/wax details.

It seems like pictures of details have slowed lately, so I’ll give you plenty to look at, some of which you may have seen before. Let me know if you have any questions about the vehicles, products used, techniques, and so forth.

First up is a Lexus GX470 … PwS and OCW:















Next is the ’01 Mustang Bullitt (refresher) … 106FF and DG105:

[budman3]

Here is an F250 Superduty with a bunch of tar and junk on the paint. It is a work truck and needed a lot of attention, inside and out. I used Meguiar’s 105 with PFW with the Makita and followed that up with PwS and the Makita. LSP of choice was either OCW or Opti-seal.


Tar! Used Stoners Tarminator and plastic razor blades on the bad stuff:







Here was another quick detail where I was fighting the rain and a very very small garage, a Honda Ridgeline. SSR2.5 with 4” pads with the PC, Poly-seal with polishing pads and OCW made up this detail.
Before:


Grimy:













To keep up with the trend of large vehicles (most were trucks or SUVs ….) here is an 03? Chevrolet Suburban. There were a lot of RIDs and deep swirls. The hood got wet sanded and 105 with PFW while the rest got Optimum Compound with the Makita. LSP was Ultima Paint Guard Plus.

[budman3]

Here is a Toyota 4 Runner which was a prep so the vehicle can be sold. Again, sorry for the lack of pictures and lack of products used, I don’t remember what was done to it. Probably Poli-seal or PwS then topped with OCW or Opti-seal.






Here is a VW Touareg. SSR2.5 and PB Black Hole Glaze topped with OCW:







And a Chevy Tahoe which was the same as above but got PB White Diamond instead of Black Hole since it is a lighter color:





Here is an ’03 M3 with about 15,000 miles on it. The outside was just dusty and with minimal swirling and marring. It received 106ff and then UPP with Polycharger. The interior was very dusty and got the Leatherique treatment and Optimum protectant on the plastic panels.

[budman3]

And since you’ve made it through this far, I might as well post some pictures you’ll like, the 328GTB. I did a refresher wash (ONR) and wax (P21S 100%) for a local car show.







And right next door was the 365BB still looking good from its treatment a few weeks earlier (WG polishes, P21S 100%):





Thanks for taking the time to look through the details. We all know that people like to look at pictures, so there you go! Overall it was a quick summer detail wise, full of trucks and SUVs. It was a nice break to work on the Ferrari and M3 after working on F250s and Suburbans.

[charliehaley]

They all look amazing. One day i hope to be able to work as well as you.

[zoomzoom mazda5]

Always great to see your work Budman!

[budman3]

Thanks for the comments guys! I polished and waxed a bunch of paint this summer and I wish I would have taken more pictures ... oh well, I'm glad that you enjoyed, nonetheless.

[robb01]

Lots of great work, especially like the BMW

[Streetlife]

Nice work Budman3.

[Meghan]

Originally Posted by budman3

This car make me look to see if Tom Selleck aka Magnum P.I. is going to peak around the corner running from Higgins!

Kevin, was this car show in Manchester?