TTQ B4U
09-05-2020, 08:53 AM
So a good friend of mine from a local racing group has a beautiful 2016 F-150 that he's had for 4 years and just under 35k miles and it was time for it to have a refreshing. It's his "baby" and one of the few trucks with this much real estate that I've seen free of door dings. Kudo's to his care and staying away from shopping carts. Sitting outside under big oak trees takes its tole on the vehicle and the sun really beats down on the black trim turning it grey over time too. His wasn't too bad but faded enough that a coating alone wouldn't restore it.
Plans were to give it good cleanup inside and out. Outside we looked at a my Basic Clean and Protect to help keep costs down and instead apply the savings to help address the interior where kids take their toll and also leave enough to apply a 1 year ceramic coating. Part of the exterior was to address the fading trim by restoring it all around and to do the same for the ever dreaded Weather-Tech Floor mats that never seem to clean up perfectly. They just remain dull and with their texture dirt really gets embedded deep into the grain.
On top of the exterior we also went with a good wipe down and vacuum and addressed the dirty the mats too. Results came out pretty well as Ford has some good quality paint in terms of responding to correction. I leaned into for Chris who I've known since well before our group was formed and nailed upwards of 95-100% correction for him.
Huge shout out to him for coming in a day early to allow me the opportunity to work on his baby and the bonus of bringing some great tasting home brew IPA!
Enough chatting.....onto the pics!
The below involved the following:
Wash and stripped with APC to remove all grime
Adam's Iron Remover followed by a medium grade Nano-Mitt
Polished with both a Flex 3401 and newer XCE using Orange Hybrid Force and Orange Flat Pads
Polish was GYEON Primer followed up with two layers of GYEON Can-Coat 1 hour apart
Trim restored with Solution Finish
Tires dressed with Meg's HyperDressing
WETS for the sealing up of of the bed cover
Chris lives where mud is unavoidable. The tires here were stained with dirt.
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011753/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011754/original.jpg
Mats cleaned up and restored great! The mud here is stained and AFTER a good power washing remained visible
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011755/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011756/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011763/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011764/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011759/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011762/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011760/original.jpg
Mud and debris gone!
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011765/original.jpg
We gotta have perfected B-Pillars
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011766/original.jpg
Brutal Sun takes its toll on plastic trim and tonneau covers and bumpers but I can address that too
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011761/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011758/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011757/original.jpg
Plans were to give it good cleanup inside and out. Outside we looked at a my Basic Clean and Protect to help keep costs down and instead apply the savings to help address the interior where kids take their toll and also leave enough to apply a 1 year ceramic coating. Part of the exterior was to address the fading trim by restoring it all around and to do the same for the ever dreaded Weather-Tech Floor mats that never seem to clean up perfectly. They just remain dull and with their texture dirt really gets embedded deep into the grain.
On top of the exterior we also went with a good wipe down and vacuum and addressed the dirty the mats too. Results came out pretty well as Ford has some good quality paint in terms of responding to correction. I leaned into for Chris who I've known since well before our group was formed and nailed upwards of 95-100% correction for him.
Huge shout out to him for coming in a day early to allow me the opportunity to work on his baby and the bonus of bringing some great tasting home brew IPA!
Enough chatting.....onto the pics!
The below involved the following:
Wash and stripped with APC to remove all grime
Adam's Iron Remover followed by a medium grade Nano-Mitt
Polished with both a Flex 3401 and newer XCE using Orange Hybrid Force and Orange Flat Pads
Polish was GYEON Primer followed up with two layers of GYEON Can-Coat 1 hour apart
Trim restored with Solution Finish
Tires dressed with Meg's HyperDressing
WETS for the sealing up of of the bed cover
Chris lives where mud is unavoidable. The tires here were stained with dirt.
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011753/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011754/original.jpg
Mats cleaned up and restored great! The mud here is stained and AFTER a good power washing remained visible
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011755/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011756/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011763/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011764/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011759/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011762/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011760/original.jpg
Mud and debris gone!
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011765/original.jpg
We gotta have perfected B-Pillars
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011766/original.jpg
Brutal Sun takes its toll on plastic trim and tonneau covers and bumpers but I can address that too
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011761/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011758/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/171011757/original.jpg