TTQ B4U
06-12-2022, 02:06 PM
This weekend's Ceramic Saturday was for my friend Matt who brought me the biggest vehicle he could find in his stable https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td0/1/16/1f602.png It's a 2018 Dodge 2500 Truck finished in Blue Streak Pearlcoat and wearing over 90k miles on the Odometer.
The goals here were initially focused on the extraction of the interior and removing years of dirt and yes, mud. However, it then also turned to what could be done with the outside.
Exterior wise to balance budget and results we went with Basic Polish & Protect with a 12-month Ceramic Coating to lock in the results and make day-forward cleaning much easier. The great news is the paint is relatively easy to correct thus I got near full paint correction out of the effort. I also restored the black plastics to new and cleaned up under the wheel arches. Exterior wise to balance budget and results we went with a Basic Polish & Protect with a 12-month Ceramic Coating to lock in the results and make day-forward cleaning much easier.
The great news is the paint is relatively easy to correct thus I got near full paint correction out of the effort. I also restored the black plastics to new and cleaned up under the wheel arches.
Thanks to another friend Doug for trusting in my work and referring Matt to me and my thanks to that same Matt for also helping in return by doing the front brakes on Nick's Corolla! Now all the day-to-day maintenance on our fleet of vehicles is complete.
The great thing about the new GYEON Coatings is 12hrs to cure before the rain and I made it. It sprinkled very early in the AM and thus it was fine. The only chore was an additional wipe down and prep again, prior to his picking it up.
Onto the pics but FWIW the process included:
Wash, Iron X, Clay Mitt, Polishing with a Flex 3401 with Lake Country Orange Flat-Pads and GYEON Primer. Coated with GYEON CanCoat EVO and CarPro Dlux.
Interior was done with my Private Lable Sandia 86-4000-H 6-Indy Automotive Extractor with Heat, Tornador Black, and Velocity Vac tools.
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The goals here were initially focused on the extraction of the interior and removing years of dirt and yes, mud. However, it then also turned to what could be done with the outside.
Exterior wise to balance budget and results we went with Basic Polish & Protect with a 12-month Ceramic Coating to lock in the results and make day-forward cleaning much easier. The great news is the paint is relatively easy to correct thus I got near full paint correction out of the effort. I also restored the black plastics to new and cleaned up under the wheel arches. Exterior wise to balance budget and results we went with a Basic Polish & Protect with a 12-month Ceramic Coating to lock in the results and make day-forward cleaning much easier.
The great news is the paint is relatively easy to correct thus I got near full paint correction out of the effort. I also restored the black plastics to new and cleaned up under the wheel arches.
Thanks to another friend Doug for trusting in my work and referring Matt to me and my thanks to that same Matt for also helping in return by doing the front brakes on Nick's Corolla! Now all the day-to-day maintenance on our fleet of vehicles is complete.
The great thing about the new GYEON Coatings is 12hrs to cure before the rain and I made it. It sprinkled very early in the AM and thus it was fine. The only chore was an additional wipe down and prep again, prior to his picking it up.
Onto the pics but FWIW the process included:
Wash, Iron X, Clay Mitt, Polishing with a Flex 3401 with Lake Country Orange Flat-Pads and GYEON Primer. Coated with GYEON CanCoat EVO and CarPro Dlux.
Interior was done with my Private Lable Sandia 86-4000-H 6-Indy Automotive Extractor with Heat, Tornador Black, and Velocity Vac tools.
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681125/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681126/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681127/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681130/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681129/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681128/original.jpg
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https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681122/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681119/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681117/original.jpg
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https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681120/original.jpg
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https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681121/original.jpg
https://pbase.com/timothylauro/image/172681122/original.jpg
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