2016 Ram 1500 Detailed with McKee's 37 Products & Coated with CSL & EXO

[FrankS]

This beautiful brand new truck belongs to forum member Joshwaa (Josh).

Josh lives just a few miles from me so some of the detail was done at his work place and some at my place due to his work schedule.

The same day that Josh picked up his truck from the dealer we began with the detail, which was on a Saturday afternoon.

Here are some before shots. Josh insisted that no detail work was done at the dealer - smart decision.
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When I arrived, Josh was already in the process of removing some of the badges.
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As usual, wheels and tires first - helps to put the tires on wood planks in order to clean and dress the bottom of the tires.
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Megs APC+ diluted at 1:4 along with a Wheel Woolie was used on the wheel wells.
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We tried a couple of tire cleaners to remove the markings on the tires but it wouldn't come out, so we used VM&P Naphtha paint thinner and a small nylon brush since we had it on hand. That seemed to work well after some scrubbing.
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The tires were then cleaned with McKee's 37 tire cleaner.
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Tires were scrubbed until white foam was visible.
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Mckee's 37 wheel cleaner was used for the wheels.
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I like the foaming action of the wheel cleaner, the foam gets thicker as you scrub.
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Two coats of McKee's 37 tire coating was applied to the tires. (The tire coating was applied at the end of the detail but thought I would show it here).
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Time to clean the paint - Iron-X Snow Foam was used as a pre-wash.
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Josh rinsing off the Snow Foam.
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McKee's 37 Extreme Foam was used as the lube for the claying process to remove bonded contaminants from the paint.
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We ran out of daylight but there was a nice LED flood light helping us out.
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Josh using a Nanoskin Fine Grade Towel.
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Waffle weave towels and the Master Blaster were used for drying.
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The truck was then taken to my house on Monday for the polishing process. A waterless wash was performed beforehand using McKee's waterless wash and Griots PFM towel.
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Truck was then taped up.
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The paint was in good condition, just a few minor swirls and scratches.
Flex 3401+White Hybrids pads+Mckee's 37 Polish was used mostly. Mckee's Compound was used on a few areas.
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Polishing away.
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Getting the lower sections.
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The glass had some kind of film.
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Starting with the least aggressive method, the combination of the Flex 3401+White Hybrid pad+McKee's polish cleaned it up.
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The exterior glass was coated with Carpro Flyby Forte.

After the polishing step the paint was wiped down with Gtechniq Panel Wipe to remove any polish residue.

The Paint was coated with Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light (CSL) and topped with EXO.

Here are some final beauty shots.
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Reflection of the American Flag.
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Big thanks to Josh for his help on this project.

[Joshwaa]

The pleasure was all mine. Frank is a real pro and a great guy to work with. Nice feeling to have a completely protected vehicle.

[Sicoupe]

Awesome work guys!

[rbss]

Fantastic job. The truck looks great!

[Sharply Dressed]

Looks great. Good call on debadging the truck. Makes it look wicked.

[57BORNTORUN]

Good job Frank.(I expect nothing less from you Buddy.) Perhaps only Men can find beauty in a long bed pickup.:dblthumb2::buffing:

[Priyaka]

Looks real good! Nice job on the review and pics as well. How did you like McKee's waterless wash?

[custmsprty]

Great work, it looks fantastic.

[Marc08EX]

Great job on the detail Frank! That truck looks badass and you made it look better!

[axel06]

absolutely beautiful :applause::applause: you 2 rock!!!

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Beautiful work Frank!

[FrankS]

Awesome work guys!

Thank you, on behalf of Josh and me.


Fantastic job. The truck looks great!

Thanks!


Looks great. Good call on debadging the truck. Makes it look wicked.

Thanks, it does look better without the badges and it also makes it easier to polish those areas :props:.


Good job Frank.(I expect nothing less from you Buddy.) Perhaps only Men can find beauty in a long bed pickup.:dblthumb2::buffing:

Thanks Tim! I'm usually partial to Ford trucks but having worked on this Ram and driven it a little just to move it around, I can say, this is one SWEET truck.



Looks real good! Nice job on the review and pics as well. How did you like McKee's waterless wash?

Thanks, I didn't really do an in depth test on the McKee's WW. The truck was mainly dusty from the time we did the initial wash on Saturday to Monday. I can say that the McKee's did it's job well.


Great work, it looks fantastic.

Thank you!


Great job on the detail Frank! That truck looks badass and you made it look better!

Thanks - Josh was a big help.


absolutely beautiful :applause::applause: you 2 rock!!!

Thanks Axel, see you at DF.


Beautiful work Frank!

Thanks Justin!

[BrutalNoodle]

The pleasure was all mine. Frank is a real pro and a great guy to work with. Nice feeling to have a completely protected vehicle.

Not to sound corny, but Mr. FrankS is on my 'cool people' list. Talented and super friendly. :props:

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Nice work boys. That Ram looks great. Congrats on picking it up Josh.

I would have done the same and de-badged it. Makes it easier to polish.

Thanks for sharing.

[FrankS]

Not to sound corny, but Mr. FrankS is on my 'cool people' list. Talented and super friendly. :props:

Thanks, glad I made the list :D


Nice work boys. That Ram looks great. Congrats on picking it up Josh.

I would have done the same and de-badged it. Makes it easier to polish.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Mike!