BlackRam
06-07-2014, 07:33 PM
Hey all-
I was hired by a coworker to coat his 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee. He bought it used a few months ago and it was maintained by the prior owner. The current owner also takes care of it, but he saw my 2013 Ram 1500 Crew Coated w/ CQUK and wanted the same treatment. This wasnt just a stock jeep, as it had a black grill, 17% tint, 20" Wheels w/ Black Rims; just something different and with the red paint w/ flakes, I wanted this one to pop! Being an avid car enthusiast we tackled this car together.
Total Time: 10 Hours
Products Used:
Rims:
Dawn mixed w/ Meg Gold Class
Mothers Wheel Brush
Carrand Lug Nut Brush
Megs Clay
Megs QD
ONR also as Lube
Simple Green
Purple Power
Iron X
Paint:
Dawn mixed w/ Megs Gold Class (then just Dawn on final Wash)
ONR & Megs QD as Lube
Nanoskin Fine Grade Sponges
Iron X
Old Megs Polisher (now PC) using an Orange LC CSS Pad w/ Car Pro Fixer
5" backing plate w/ 5.5" pads
Also GG6 w/ 3.5" backing plate w/ 4" Orange LC CSS Pad w/ Car Pro Fixer
Eraser
Cquartz UK
A few notes, we probably achieved about 75-80% correction. Very pleased w/ the results. Also put the Cquk on all windows except for the windshield (passed as I get chatter on my truck). We started at 6am before it got too hot. By the time we started polishing it was hot and shade was rare but we pushed on. Very careful to check the paint and polisher temp so they didnt get too hot. The Cquk pretty much flashed rite away. We coated the whole hood then did the wipe off first as it was somewhat difficult to see the flashing at first so we actually had to take off the Cquk off the hood w/ some apc and then eraser and redo it; luckily we did that first and realized flash time was very quick. Then the rest went smoothly
Thanks as always to AG and the forum for your info and constant advice and support!
Mike
I was hired by a coworker to coat his 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee. He bought it used a few months ago and it was maintained by the prior owner. The current owner also takes care of it, but he saw my 2013 Ram 1500 Crew Coated w/ CQUK and wanted the same treatment. This wasnt just a stock jeep, as it had a black grill, 17% tint, 20" Wheels w/ Black Rims; just something different and with the red paint w/ flakes, I wanted this one to pop! Being an avid car enthusiast we tackled this car together.
Total Time: 10 Hours
Products Used:
Rims:
Dawn mixed w/ Meg Gold Class
Mothers Wheel Brush
Carrand Lug Nut Brush
Megs Clay
Megs QD
ONR also as Lube
Simple Green
Purple Power
Iron X
Paint:
Dawn mixed w/ Megs Gold Class (then just Dawn on final Wash)
ONR & Megs QD as Lube
Nanoskin Fine Grade Sponges
Iron X
Old Megs Polisher (now PC) using an Orange LC CSS Pad w/ Car Pro Fixer
5" backing plate w/ 5.5" pads
Also GG6 w/ 3.5" backing plate w/ 4" Orange LC CSS Pad w/ Car Pro Fixer
Eraser
Cquartz UK
A few notes, we probably achieved about 75-80% correction. Very pleased w/ the results. Also put the Cquk on all windows except for the windshield (passed as I get chatter on my truck). We started at 6am before it got too hot. By the time we started polishing it was hot and shade was rare but we pushed on. Very careful to check the paint and polisher temp so they didnt get too hot. The Cquk pretty much flashed rite away. We coated the whole hood then did the wipe off first as it was somewhat difficult to see the flashing at first so we actually had to take off the Cquk off the hood w/ some apc and then eraser and redo it; luckily we did that first and realized flash time was very quick. Then the rest went smoothly
Thanks as always to AG and the forum for your info and constant advice and support!
Mike