richy
06-05-2013, 10:52 PM
Caution: I lost my mind taking pics! Sorry.
This vehicle is from a repeat customer but I haven't done a vehicle for him yet with a coating, so this was going to be the first. Opti Guard it was. You would think this vehicle would be easy to do, but all the 90° angles make it tough. He also wanted the roof polished and sealed as well.
Oh, and by the way, I got to beta test a new DG trim dressing/coating. Why do I call it a coating? It is believed to last a year. More on that later.
Here it is as it arrived:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0837.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0837.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0838.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0838.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0839.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0839.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0840.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0840.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0841.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0841.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0842.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0842.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0843.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0843.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0844.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0844.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0845.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0845.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0846.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0846.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0847.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0847.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0848.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0848.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0849.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0849.jpg.html)
First up was to remove the rear tire:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0851.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0851.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0852.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0852.jpg.html)
Wheels/Wells/Tires/Barrels
The tires were cleaned with Zep 505.
The wells were shot with Zep Citrus and then cleaned with a wheel woolie from the wheel wash bucket.
The faces were shot with ZC too and then washed with a mitt with DG 901.
The wells were cleaned with LATA and a brush.
Here is a tire after having been sprayed only (no agitation yet) with 505:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0855.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0855.jpg.html)
Next up came a foaming with Megs Hyper Wash and a bit of DG 901 thrown in for good measure.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0856.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0856.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0857.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0857.jpg.html)
The paint got polished with my 3401 and an orange B/S pad with PF. There were some scratches that needed 105 and wool. There were a few chips and scratches that needed filling too. One was so fine, that I used a needle to get the paint inside the scratch. The polishing was followed by an ERASER wipe down. This was on Saturday and the forecast was crappy for Sunday, so I got some shots of it just polished. No trim dressing, no tire dressing, only paint was done at this point:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0864.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0864.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0865.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0865.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0868.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0868.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0869.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0869.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0870.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0870.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0871.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0871.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0872.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0872.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg.html)
This vehicle is from a repeat customer but I haven't done a vehicle for him yet with a coating, so this was going to be the first. Opti Guard it was. You would think this vehicle would be easy to do, but all the 90° angles make it tough. He also wanted the roof polished and sealed as well.
Oh, and by the way, I got to beta test a new DG trim dressing/coating. Why do I call it a coating? It is believed to last a year. More on that later.
Here it is as it arrived:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0837.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0837.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0838.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0838.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0839.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0839.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0840.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0840.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0841.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0841.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0842.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0842.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0843.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0843.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0844.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0844.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0845.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0845.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0846.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0846.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0847.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0847.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0848.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0848.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0849.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0849.jpg.html)
First up was to remove the rear tire:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0851.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0851.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0852.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0852.jpg.html)
Wheels/Wells/Tires/Barrels
The tires were cleaned with Zep 505.
The wells were shot with Zep Citrus and then cleaned with a wheel woolie from the wheel wash bucket.
The faces were shot with ZC too and then washed with a mitt with DG 901.
The wells were cleaned with LATA and a brush.
Here is a tire after having been sprayed only (no agitation yet) with 505:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0855.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0855.jpg.html)
Next up came a foaming with Megs Hyper Wash and a bit of DG 901 thrown in for good measure.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0856.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0856.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0857.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0857.jpg.html)
The paint got polished with my 3401 and an orange B/S pad with PF. There were some scratches that needed 105 and wool. There were a few chips and scratches that needed filling too. One was so fine, that I used a needle to get the paint inside the scratch. The polishing was followed by an ERASER wipe down. This was on Saturday and the forecast was crappy for Sunday, so I got some shots of it just polished. No trim dressing, no tire dressing, only paint was done at this point:
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0864.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0864.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0865.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0865.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0868.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0868.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0869.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0869.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0870.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0870.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0871.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0871.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0872.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0872.jpg.html)
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t12/rhowitt/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg (http://s156.photobucket.com/user/rhowitt/media/Detailing%20shots/DSC_0867.jpg.html)