Detail Ford F150 Lariat

[joe.p]

Gary,
The entire detail looks sweet,you did a great job on the wheel wells..

[Nica]

Originally Posted by Gary Sword

I like this picture because of the great reflection you got. Did you use the PC? Because the paint looks flawless, no scratch or swirls looks amazing!!

Now this picture, mand that is a sweet looking tire

Question though, either this truck is brand spanking new or it has never been driven? Because those wheel wels are way to sparnkly

You did an awesome job Gary Sword, I'm curious as to how long this took....oh and the weather looks really nice. You should see how cold it's over here...can't wait for summer.

[supercharged]

Originally Posted by Gary Sword

Thanks for all the complements guys.

Surfer, To do these wheels I did the following steps:
1. Wash with soap, water and brush.
2. Go over tires and white lettering with Lacquer Thinner.
3. Wash again with soap and water.
4. Put on Wolfgang Black Diamond Tire Gel very thin, rub on good and don't wipe off.

Instead of lacquer thinner I have also tried paint thinner and some over solvents before. The solvents work great at getting a lot of the marks off the tires that don't come off with soap and water and a lot of other cleaners. It cleans the white lettering very good also. The solvent to clean tires is kind of like claying your car. No matter what you put on afterwards they just look better if the are really clean before you start.

Truls, I don't like the real shinney wet look on tires. I really like a semigloss more natural look. There are a lot of products out there that make tires to shinney for my tastes. Wolfgang does a very nice job and you don't get any slig off on your car.

abrcrombe, I have heard Gallardo pronounced a number of different ways. I'm not really sure what the correct pronounciation is. Since the Countach I think the Diablo is the only Lamborghini car I have not heard pronounced a lot of different ways.

bambo2888, So you have never heard of a Ford Bugatti???

I never heard of Ford Bugatti either. Bugatti is owned my a VW, and I never heard of VW working with Ford...wierd...

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by supercharged

I never heard of Ford Bugatti either. Bugatti is owned my a VW, and I never heard of VW working with Ford...wierd...

You guys have never ehard of a Ford Bugatti????

About Gallardo - it's pronounced along the lines of Gah-Yar-Do/Gay-Yardo (not really empasizing the "y" in gay, kinda rolls into it). How do I know, racing at the track there were a few Lambo owners who told me, their pet peeve is when people pronounce it Ga-Lar-do, it's a spanish word hence the pronounciation, Gallardo is a breed of spanish bulls. Kinda like Porsche's, almost everyone always says Porsh when it's Porsh-uh.

But who cares, if you own a Lambo, call it whatever you want, hell call it Pumpernickel

[Gary Sword]

The whole Ford Buggati thing is a joke. I just said it because of the front license plate I have on the truck. I can't believe anyone took it seriously (lightin up guys).

Most Lamborghini cars are named after a breed of bull. One exception is the Countach which most people pronounce as Count-ash instead of Coun-tash. English is not my thing and I'm lucking if I spell words right (see Lauren the English teacher for any English questions). Math is my thing so I don't care how people pronouce Lamborghini car names or anything else for that matter.

Nica, The truck is a 2005 I purchased new about 1 1/2 years ago. I always wash the wheel wells everytime I wash one of my cars. If they are really dirty I take a pressure washer to them. On this truck I sometimes put Wolfgang DGPS on the wheel wells. I'm glad you still think they look like new. I actually use this truck quite a bit and also pull an enclosed car trailer with it. It has made a lot of trips to the keys, Northern Florida and Georgia.

Lately I have only had time to detail in the late afternoon or night. I did the truck over a number of days and I probably spent at 6-8 hours on it.

In Florida your cars really don't get dirty compared to a lot of other places. First of all there not that much dirt because almost everything is sand which does not stick to your car to bad. Most days are sunny which also really helps. I know people that don't wash the cars down here for months and they still don't look that dirty. I use to live in Michigan and in the winter your car will be a mess after one day. Even in the Michigan summer if you let it go a week it will be nice and dirty. So Nica if you want to warm up and have a clean car you need to move to Florida.

Thanks for the complement joe.

[Nica]

"...If they are really dirty I take a pressure washer to them. On this truck I sometimes put Wolfgang DGPS on the wheel wells."

Wow and I thought I was bad for getting under my cars and washing it. I agree though Gary the wheel wells are areas that often gets over looked.

That truck looks brand new, you take good care of your vehicles. Hard to belave that you drive that truck that much, it just dosen't show.

Here in Calgary, the cars are constantly dirty. Hard to keep a car clean..actually when the temperature gets to like -15 and lower then the cars can stay clean because most of the snow is frozen and will hardly stick to your car...I'm so glad I got the rust bucket Jeep.

Okay Gary lets make a deal, hook me up with a job down there and I'll move hehehehe teasing.....but I'm an Electrical Engineer how hard can it be to find a job hehehehe

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by Gary Sword

The whole Ford Buggati thing is a joke. I just said it because of the front license plate I have on the truck. I can't believe anyone took it seriously (lightin up guys).

lol

Originally Posted by Gary Sword

In Florida your cars really don't get dirty compared to a lot of other places. First of all there not that much dirt because almost everything is sand which does not stick to your car to bad. Most days are sunny which also really helps. I know people that don't wash the cars down here for months and they still don't look that dirty. I use to live in Michigan and in the winter your car will be a mess after one day. Even in the Michigan summer if you let it go a week it will be nice and dirty. So Nica if you want to warm up and have a clean car you need to move to Florida.

Thanks for the complement joe.

Yeh, that's why I can go a week w/o washing and have only a light layer of dust that's not really noticeable unless I wipe my finger. We live across the Beach and A1A is always full of sand, so really the only thing you have to worry about is to be caureful washing your car/truck if theres some sand on it

[Gary Sword]

Nica, If you are an electrical engineer that really must be you in that gif file. Does your invention really work well when your detailing your cars. I'm still waiting for pictures of your detailed Volvo.

It good to have an old car to drive when the weather is real bad. I forgot how bad it is to drive in the snow and ice. For me anything below 80f is cool and below 70f is starting to get cold. I don't want to remember what 15f is like.

I'm sure you could find a job in Florida if you really want to.

[Nica]

Yea I feel like my gif some days at work and I'm only 27 hahahaha.

The poor Volvo is having to sit in the garage for now, temperature is way to cold to work in the garage. My hands were getting numb and I had a water bottle sitting on the side and it wasen't frozen but it was getting a good layer of ice lol.

Yup, the poor Jeep takes a beating during the snow and ice. See I don't mind the snow and ice so much it's the temperature and the windchild factor. I swear some times when the wind hits your face it's a cold win man you can feel your skin just shribble up and tighten up.....bbbbbrrrrrr makes me cold just thinking about it hahahahaha.

I've been looking at some jobs over at the states, I've ben talking to the wife about moving and I'm seriously considering...just waiting for something to come up. Never say never is what I beleave in.

Oh just think nice hot days off work detailing my cars on th edriveway...that's the life.

[Nuke33]

Looks good really deep