tuscarora dave
10-03-2011, 11:33 AM
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I was working on this...
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This customer has become a rather steady supplier of work for me and he always has the vehicles washed and placed in the garage ready for me to come do the paint work. A rather perfect situation as the garage is air conditioned in the summer, heated in the winter and there is plenty of roll around space in which to work as well as tables to set up and organize my gear.
This particular truck was chock full of iron particles so it first received an ONR wipedown then an Iron-X treatment. Sorry no bleeding pictures.
After Iron-X it was rinsed and then clayed from top to bottom followed by a light swirl removal using an orange 6.5" LC flat pad on my Flex 3401 with M-205, a quick wipedown with OPC 20:1 mixture then treated to a generous coating of Opti-Coat 2.0
I say "generous coating" because I threw it in for free as a customer appreciation deal.
Here are a few more photos.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/008-28.jpg
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/006-19.jpg
Here is a photo of the rub through damage done from having the fender flares on the truck. The customer already had the flares removed when I showed up to work on the truck.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/010-29.jpg
The customer held the fender flares as I applied the coat of Opti-Coat 2.0 to them, here they are curing on the bed cover.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/012-20.jpg
I had roughly 8 hours invested in this job. Polishing from a ladder and reaching high to polish above and around the doors was tough as on Saturday I did a 12 hour detail on a beat to hell 1995 Volvo station wagon that is typically used as a truck. While the transformation on the Volvo wagon would have made for some real nice before and after photos I didn't have my camera with me.
About a year and a half ago I donated a $300 valued detail voucher to an inner city Latino scholarship program to be auctioned off in a fund raiser silent auction. Fast forward to this Saturday The 12 hour Volvo detail made me feel very purposeful and grateful, that is until the lucky highest bidder told me that he got the detail voucher for $45. Oh well, I am just a small cog in the machine of life in this world. I still feel good for doing it and every dollar counts.
I am quite sore today after a 45 hour work week and 20 hours of detailing this weekend. I am glad I am working 4-10 hour days because that gives me today off to rest up a bit. Maybe "my girl Jack" and I can work on something like this today.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/012-4.jpg
Thanks for looking,TD
I was working on this...
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/005-24.jpg
This customer has become a rather steady supplier of work for me and he always has the vehicles washed and placed in the garage ready for me to come do the paint work. A rather perfect situation as the garage is air conditioned in the summer, heated in the winter and there is plenty of roll around space in which to work as well as tables to set up and organize my gear.
This particular truck was chock full of iron particles so it first received an ONR wipedown then an Iron-X treatment. Sorry no bleeding pictures.
After Iron-X it was rinsed and then clayed from top to bottom followed by a light swirl removal using an orange 6.5" LC flat pad on my Flex 3401 with M-205, a quick wipedown with OPC 20:1 mixture then treated to a generous coating of Opti-Coat 2.0
I say "generous coating" because I threw it in for free as a customer appreciation deal.
Here are a few more photos.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/008-28.jpg
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/006-19.jpg
Here is a photo of the rub through damage done from having the fender flares on the truck. The customer already had the flares removed when I showed up to work on the truck.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/010-29.jpg
The customer held the fender flares as I applied the coat of Opti-Coat 2.0 to them, here they are curing on the bed cover.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/012-20.jpg
I had roughly 8 hours invested in this job. Polishing from a ladder and reaching high to polish above and around the doors was tough as on Saturday I did a 12 hour detail on a beat to hell 1995 Volvo station wagon that is typically used as a truck. While the transformation on the Volvo wagon would have made for some real nice before and after photos I didn't have my camera with me.
About a year and a half ago I donated a $300 valued detail voucher to an inner city Latino scholarship program to be auctioned off in a fund raiser silent auction. Fast forward to this Saturday The 12 hour Volvo detail made me feel very purposeful and grateful, that is until the lucky highest bidder told me that he got the detail voucher for $45. Oh well, I am just a small cog in the machine of life in this world. I still feel good for doing it and every dollar counts.
I am quite sore today after a 45 hour work week and 20 hours of detailing this weekend. I am glad I am working 4-10 hour days because that gives me today off to rest up a bit. Maybe "my girl Jack" and I can work on something like this today.
http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd323/tuscaroradave/012-4.jpg
Thanks for looking,TD