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    GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    This customer came to me via Facebook. He owns his own business where he rents our his Corvette ZR1. Unfortunately, the Vette was not on the books for this detail. Instead the truck he uses to tow the Vette around was in dire need of a full detail and we decided upon a 1 step correction to save him some money.

    Took me about 10 hours to get the truck to the finished state. The interior was a lot worse than I originally had thought, so a good amount of time was spent on there and on the 1 step correction.

    Products Used:

    OPC - Diluted 4:1 for interior
    DP Xtreme Foam
    Duragloss 901
    CG Diablo Wheel Cleaner gel
    Superclean degreaser diluted 3:1
    DP Clay
    ONR - Diluted to clay lube
    Stoners Invisible Glass
    DP Carpet & upholstery cleaner
    Leather Masters Leather Protectant
    Menzerna Power Finish
    Pinnacle Souveran
    Pinnacle Black Onyx Tire Gel
    P21s polishing soap

    Equipment Used:

    3 - 5 Gallon Buckets - 2 with grit guards
    Cobra Chenille Wash Mitt
    Various MF's
    Various Brushes
    Powermate Pressure Washer
    Foam Lance
    PC 7424xp
    5.5 LC CCS flat pads - White for 1 step and red for wax
    Wet/Dry Vac
    Vapor Clean Gaia

    Onto the pics...Sorry there aren't too many for the interior. I had actually forgot my camera and steamer. So after I vacuumed the interior I ran home and grabbed my camera and steamer.

    1st here is a pic of his vette....I will hopefully have the pleasure of detailing this in the future.


    And the before pics of the truck











    Carpet stains were really pretty bad as were the leather seats.





    50/50 of the drivers side seat. All the seats were just as bad as this...spent lots of time removing grime and dirt from the seats and the stains from the carpet.



    Correction pics - sorry again not too many it was taking me much longer than expected.

    Before pics



    I had some Griots Garage Machine Polish 3 that I hadn't tried it out yet. So figured I'd give it a shot. Right side was hit with this. Not bad but I thought I could do better



    So I then hit the left side with Menzerna Power Finish. As you can see Menz compared to Griots. Both on LC CCS white pad.



    Couple 50/50's





    And the afters









    Thanks for reading!

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    Re: GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    Looks great

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    Looks aweomse. Corrections on trucks take forever, even just a one step.

    Hopefully the truck was his test for you and it looks like you passed. Next up: ZR1
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    Re: GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    Looks great! Awesome work, and attention to detail!

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    Re: GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    Thanks guys. Actually next up will probably be his father in law's 66 Vette. This car is a complete show car, the guy has only put 100 miles on it in the past 2 years. Apparently he wants it cleaned up since he's selling it. Don't know what it's going to consist of. Since it's a show car it can't be that dirty or anything. Don't know if he just wants it spruced up or is looking to have any polishing done. Time will tell!

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    Oh and I apologize for the no sun shots after...the sun was out all friggin day and as soon as I pull it out of the garage to take some pics it goes and hides on me.

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    Re: GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    What a great turn around. When there's that big of a difference in the seats that you can easily tell before and after it makes you think "what the heck have I been sitting in every day?"
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    Re: GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    Quote Originally Posted by SeaJay's View Post
    Thanks guys. Actually next up will probably be his father in law's 66 Vette. This car is a complete show car, the guy has only put 100 miles on it in the past 2 years. Apparently he wants it cleaned up since he's selling it. Don't know what it's going to consist of. Since it's a show car it can't be that dirty or anything. Don't know if he just wants it spruced up or is looking to have any polishing done. Time will tell!
    he probably doesn't drive it much because there is an insurance you can buy for classicas to make sure they hold their value as long as the milage isn't more than xxxx amount per year. I'm sure most of you know this though.

    Detail looks good btw.

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    Re: GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    Wow!! Looks great Jason! Nice job on the interior especially!

    Nate

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    Re: GMC Sierra - 1 Step & Detail

    Looks good....love the griots action shot

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