Pics & Vids: Grumman Aluminum Van Extreme Makeover!

[Renozx12]

Hey Mike how much heat can the Pinnacle wheel coating take vs the paint coating?

[oneheadlite]

Any idea what respirator the one fellow was wearing? Can’t say I’ve seen one like that before.

[SWETM]

Awesome work Mike and the crew!

What a turnaround! The finish is beutieful shine and reflective. Interesting choice of LSP but makes sense. The owner will be thrilled on the outcome.

Thanks for shareing your work!

/ Tony

[hmardown]

you probably went through enough pads to do 3 cars. great job men. If I had my own shop & that van was pulling in I'd be thinking, they better be making a delivery.
Carlo

[Mike Phillips]

Outstanding work guys I wish I lived closer so I could have helped out, it turned out phenomenal !!!

You were here in spirit.

Hey Mike how much heat can the Pinnacle wheel coating take vs the paint coating?

Sorry to say I don't have that information. What I know is that my friend Rob the Harley Detailer has been testing all kinds of products including coatings on multiple types of polished metal surfaces and he said to date, the PBL Wheel Coating lasts the longest. He told me he's going on 2 years for the polished aluminum forks on his Harley. Good enough for Rob... good enough for me.

Any idea what respirator the one fellow was wearing? Can’t say I’ve seen one like that before.

No but I'll ask him... he's alumni of my 3-day class, so is Tony.

Awesome work Mike and the crew!

What a turnaround! The finish is beutieful shine and reflective. Interesting choice of LSP but makes sense. The owner will be thrilled on the outcome.

Thanks for shareing your work!

/ Tony

Looks better in pictures than it does in person but it still looks 100% better. Have to admit, there are still some holograms in the aluminum. Aluminum is a completely different animal when it comes to removing below surface defects to level the surface.

We started at 9:30am and put our buffers down at 4:30pm and except for pizza lunch, there was no other down time, so that's approximately 6.5 hours of solid machine work. At some point, enough is enough.

you probably went through enough pads to do 3 cars. great job men.

If I had my own shop & that van was pulling in I'd be thinking, they better be making a delivery

Carlo

No doubt. Just to note, there's a guy that messaged me on Facebook that has a Lemonade and Hot Dog business and he's interested in buying it if the owner wants to sell.

[Mike Phillips]

More....


The owner picked up the van, said it looked great. Sent me a couple of pictures showing what it looked like when he bought it...








She's come a long way...

[JustJesus]

Cool project!

I'd be concerned about driving near it on a sunny day, though!

[LSNAutoDetailing]

Amazing project and results! That thing looks like a mirror!

[Dr Oldz]

Incredible work gentlemen!! Looks ridiculous.

Mike I got a laugh at the end of the video where you said you always keep you leg “shiny”. Nice to see an unfortunate event hasn’t slowed you down one bit and you have a great attitude about it. You truly are an inspiration to some.

[Dano shine]

This was a fun and very dirty project.

Whenever You are doing any project like this make sure you have tons of Microfiber towels!!!

I really like the Wolfgang fine aluminum polish that we used It worked very well!

Thanks Mike!