my first paint correction posting - Toyota Tundra

[KMG]

So I guess I will post up some work that I have done. I just started getting into this about a month or two ago, and am still learning. So far everyone I have done work for has been happy however with the results of my work. Here are the materials I used and what I had done.

Cleaned wheels and wheel wells with Megs APC+
Cleaned tires with Wesley's and Dressed with Megs Hyper dressing
wash using 2BM with CG Citrus Wash & Gloss
cobra guzzler for drying
ONR and Nanoskin speedy prep sponge to decontaminate surface
M105 w/ orange LC CCS pad
M205 w/ white LC CCS pad
rewashed with CG citrus wash & gloss
CG blacklight w/ gray LC CCS pad
CG Pete's 53 w/ gray LC CCS pad

Here are some before pics. As you can see the truck had tons of swirls in the paint.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DjdnQOFc0-U/UkoWIctMaFI/AAAAAAAABV4/hVIgrld73Po/w1113-h835-no/P1016858.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Yg8TIMEUhFg/UkoW3vq8LcI/AAAAAAAABWs/HvBvDp2lCuY/w1113-h835-no/P1016864.JPG
Pic of hood
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gTD8CXhcx58/UkoXQgib1gI/AAAAAAAABXQ/UDch3kLLq8s/w1113-h835-no/P1016870.JPG
Side
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WgvSj9vM1p4/UkoXRG_YlUI/AAAAAAAABa0/BthonwXQ_Bs/w1113-h835-no/P1016871.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PgQFkfEt0TY/UkoXw-31NvI/AAAAAAAABa8/MavIpRY9QTM/w1113-h835-no/P1016876.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vbeFD7xRA8w/UkoXo8ladZI/AAAAAAAABbE/vGEv9kLYnR4/w1113-h835-no/P1016874.JPG

The whole truck looked this way basically.

Here are some after shots. I am not very good with the camera yet, and did not really get any 50/50 shots on this. I am working on learning to use my wifes DSLR camera and the settings to get better pics.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YGUKPQ5Xbeo/UkoYG33NwXI/AAAAAAAABYI/JBR7GxyzJfg/w1113-h835-no/P1016880.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Y14A1Tz-5KQ/UkoYWCuYeMI/AAAAAAAABYU/KwMRTOubtCw/w1113-h835-no/P1016881.JPG
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_Jr89LhihxQ/UkoYWCUpXsI/AAAAAAAABao/pLi9u152uRs/w1113-h835-no/P1016882.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9ZRTs5teHcQ/UkoYxvXSe7I/AAAAAAAABbU/J93SA42MhRA/w1113-h835-no/P1016886.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kQgaoo1jVkM/UkoZCFrjxfI/AAAAAAAABZI/qiCA0vkH5PA/w1113-h835-no/P1016888.JPG

I was playing with the camera on my phone and took these 2 pics using one of the settings on there. I thought they looked pretty cool.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sXVMHGCq1ME/Ukc9R155l6I/AAAAAAAABbo/XPIuIqWMIFQ/w1358-h768-no/IMAG0178.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V-GbxXZJ5WE/Ukc9PCn-ZZI/AAAAAAAABVo/G1gS0njXNdM/w1358-h768-no/IMAG0177.jpg

So this is the first deal that I am posting. It was a pretty drastic improvement, which the pictures really don't show very well. However, the owner was extremely happy with it.

[Evan.J]

Nice Job!

[Eric@CherryOnTop]

That looks great!

You can check out Zach's thread about photography 101, he gives a lot of good tips on using a DSLR in the detailing world. How much time did you spend on this job?


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[KMG]

I have been reading some of Zach's posts regarding pictures, and also was reading through the manual for our camera last night. I was playing with the camera some last night also. I am going to continue to play with it through out the week probably.

I believe I had roughly 10-11 hours on it.

[Eric@CherryOnTop]

Sweet, nice job. Yeah, once you start exploring the features of the camera you realize what a powerful tool it can be. If you're going to leave it in automatic you might as well just use your iPhone.


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[Hazcat]

Looks nice! It's a amazing what you can do with a buffer, Megs 105 & 205, paired with an orange and white pads. I'm sure the owner was very happy. I hope you were able to find out why it got so many swirls and do some education. Some people don't realize how thin their clear coat is on their vehicle and there's a limit to how many times you can help them out.