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Perfections
03-26-2011, 10:22 PM
Howdy all, I was contacted to detail a couple boats for a gentleman but one I thought would be cool to share. Its a 1989 Eliminator 600+hp 2 stroke Johnson Evinrude, 2010 2 time world champ drag boat. Chatted with the owner for a bit, he's looking to get it "In it's best condition" before he puts new decals on it. The top side was pretty swirled/oxidized while the underside was pretty stained.

The process for the top was the new Meg's D/A system, the sides had a plastic coating so they got polished with Meg's Plastic cleaner/polish, while the under side got hit first with Powergloss to remove staining, then polished with Meg's 205. Gas tank and battery covers polished with OPT metal polish. LSP was Collinite #925. After a couple days of TLC heres some before and afters. Enjoy!

Before
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03765.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03772.jpg

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http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03771.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03781.jpg

50/50 you should be able to see the line by the lights reflection

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03785.jpg

Afters

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03818.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03784.jpg

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http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj72/mojosuperhero/DSC03817.jpg
jlb85
03-26-2011, 10:36 PM
When I got to the first "after" I had to put down what I was doing and look closer! Looks fantastic!
Perfections
03-27-2011, 10:00 PM
When I got to the first "after" I had to put down what I was doing and look closer! Looks fantastic!

Lol thanks, I think the hardest part was polishing the top/sides, it was like a clear bra all the way down the sides, which took me a while to come up with a process to get acceptable results. Tried a ton of pad/products before I remembered the I had purchased the Meg's plastic cleaner and the polish which worked really well.
dad07
03-27-2011, 10:05 PM
Very cool looking ship! Great job!
bimmer325!
03-28-2011, 12:34 AM
once again to the "perfections team" great job..now I gotta go out and buy a boat just to give you some more work!!
Flash Gordon
03-28-2011, 07:49 AM
Nice work :hungry:
mdb917
03-28-2011, 08:27 AM
Great job! :xyxthumbs: That is one sweet ride.
Crazy Amos
03-28-2011, 08:27 AM
Looks great!

How did you reach the center of the top? Thats a long stretch haha!
Perfections
03-28-2011, 01:19 PM
Looks great!

How did you reach the center of the top? Thats a long stretch haha!

Thanks everyone, and I stood on a ladder put a mf towel down for one hand and leaned over and stretched with the da out in the spots I couldn't reach from the ground, but your right it was quite a stretch lol
Perfections
03-28-2011, 01:21 PM
once again to the "perfections team" great job..now I gotta go out and buy a boat just to give you some more work!!

Haha Roger no thanks I did 4 boats this week and still have alot more to go :( my arms feel like I've thrown baseballs for a day straight