1st post-worthy detail; 2009 Ford Ranger

[Laura]

Santa brought me a PC, and my step-dad let me practice on his Ranger daily driver. I wasn't after perfection; just improvement for the truck and knowledge/experience for me. After 21 hours and that many MF towels, here's the result:

Wash
Foam gun w/DP Xtreme Foam and 1 cap of ONR
Boars Hair Brush
Guzzler

Wheels, Wheel wells, & Tires
PB Wheel & Tire Cleaner
Daytona Speed Brush and small tire brush
Wolfgang Black Diamond Tire Gel

Clay
Wolfgang Poly Clay & Lube

Engine
DP Final Gloss on painted surfaces
DP Cleanse-All Exterior Cleaner on everything else I could reach

Interior
Metro Vac-N-Blo (I love this little vacuum!!!)
DP Total Interior Cleaner on all plastic surfaces

Paint
Pennicle XMT Swirl Remover2
Klasse AIO
Wolfgang DGPS
Dodo Juice Hard Candy

Windows
Stoners Invisible Glass

Here the general before condition:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_fullview.jpg

It had these spots on the hood and cab:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_hood.jpg

Door handle before & after:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_doorhandle.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_doorhandle.jpg

Interior before & after:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_side_interior.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_side_interior.jpg

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_full_interior.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_full_interior.jpg

Engine before & after:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_engine.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_engine.jpg

Wheel well before & after (could have spent a little more time on this, but I didn't):
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_wheelwell.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_wheelwell.jpg

And those rewarding after shots:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_fullview.jpg

Hood reflection in the garage (no more spots!):
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_bike_reflection.jpg

And finally, my favorite:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_car_reflection.jpg


All feedback or questions are welcome! Thanks for looking!

[tuscarora dave]

Truck looks much better, very nice first post you may want to think about using a water based dressing on your engine jobs. Just a suggestion, something like PB Bold & Bright or even CD-2 engine detailer from auto zone though CD-2 is not water based. check out the difference here No touch engine detail! - DetailCity.org - Auto Detailing & Car Detailing Forum (http://www.detailcity.org/forums/auto-detailing-101/25187-no-touch-engine-detail.html)
I was a total newbie when I did this engine and now would not reccommend the use of gunk engine bright.

[kronos]

:applause: Very nice work. 21 hours is quite a bit of time. I just finished detailing a Nissan Frontier yesterday and took a bit over 10 hours to finish, but your results look better. Good job.

[Gary Sword]

Nice Job!

[SuperGlide]

Look'n good, Nice Work :dblthumb2:

[bmw5541]

Very nice work. That Blue really pops!:dblthumb2:

[bill walsh]

great job

[Rsurfer]

Good job...was this your first full detail? If so, you did a damm good job.

[CEE DOG]

Great Work!

[flb18r]

wow you did better than my 1st. Im jealous!!! hehe

[SRHTX]

And finally, my favorite:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_car_reflection.jpg


All feedback or questions are welcome! Thanks for looking!


Yes. We know you love your Audi. he he he...

[SRHTX]

Engine
DP Final Gloss on painted surfaces
DP Cleanse-All Exterior Cleaner on everything else I could reach

Engine before & after:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Before_engine.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/After_engine.jpg


May I make a suggestion about the dressing on the engine? You might look at using Stoner's More Shine. That is what I dress my clients engines with.

From THIS:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r269/srhtx/Jeep/2005%20Grand%20Cherokee/Before/DSCF0688.jpg

To THIS:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r269/srhtx/Jeep/2005%20Grand%20Cherokee/DSCF0649.jpg

You still have done an awsome job on the Ranger!! :dblthumb2:

[cooksnj]

great job! my first detail took like 20+hours to. i was so nervous using the pc. took my time and the job came out great. now i'll work on speeding up.

[DLB]

You did a great job! That looks wonderful.

Since everyone is throwing in their $.02 on the engine - I like 303.
Here's some links - don't want to take away from your thread.
http://daltonblevins.com/autogeek/Blevins%20Trailblazer/eng06b.JPG
http://daltonblevins.com/autogeek/Blevins%20Trailblazer/eng06a.JPG

DLB

[Laura]

:applause: Very nice work. 21 hours is quite a bit of time. I just finished detailing a Nissan Frontier yesterday and took a bit over 10 hours to finish, but your results look better. Good job.

Good job...was this your first full detail? If so, you did a damm good job.

wow you did better than my 1st. Im jealous!!! hehe

great job! my first detail took like 20+hours to. i was so nervous using the pc. took my time and the job came out great. now i'll work on speeding up.

Thank you very much. This was my first post-worthy detail, and the first time I did everything together. Until now I had only done pieces of the exterior or the interior of either our cars or my parents'. The time was spread over 4 days while the whole family was home, so there were stops and starts and interuptions; plus, I worked pretty slow. I hope the next time it will be quicker!



Truck looks much better, very nice first post you may want to think about using a water based dressing on your engine jobs. Just a suggestion, something like PB Bold & Bright or even CD-2 engine detailer from auto zone though CD-2 is not water based. check out the difference here No touch engine detail! - DetailCity.org - Auto Detailing & Car Detailing Forum (http://www.detailcity.org/forums/auto-detailing-101/25187-no-touch-engine-detail.html)
I was a total newbie when I did this engine and now would not reccommend the use of gunk engine bright.

May I make a suggestion about the dressing on the engine? You might look at using Stoner's More Shine. That is what I dress my clients engines with.


You did a great job! That looks wonderful.

Since everyone is throwing in their $.02 on the engine - I like 303.
Here's some links - don't want to take away from your thread.
http://daltonblevins.com/autogeek/Blevins%20Trailblazer/eng06b.JPG
http://daltonblevins.com/autogeek/Blevins%20Trailblazer/eng06a.JPG

DLB


I couldn't decide what to do about the engine. I didn't have any products that seemed fitting, and I was scared to just take the hose to it. After spending time wiping everything down, it's not quite as intimidating as when I first started. I'll definitely spend some time researching products to use in the future.