‘14 Chevy 2500 HD, Multi-Step Correction and Opti-Coat Pro application

[RaskyR1]

Good client of mine picked this up last winter to haul cars around and he wanted to get it looking right and have some long term protection applied. This was a LOT of surface area to cover and a reminder of why I dislike doing trucks, especially black ones with finicky paint! :/

Before condition


Left over DA sanding marks and pig tails from a hood repaint…typical body shop.




50/50 LED




Brinkmann


All done






Wheels were polished with Opt Primer Polish and then coated with OCP






We’ve had a terrible spring so far and I was really hoping for sun on this one, but it was too cloudy yet again.






Trying to pop through the clouds…



Thanks for looking,
Rasky

[jamesboyy]

Excellent work you persevered a baby truck for a great life

[Sicoupe]

Looks awesome! Black is beautiful when done like this

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work on that black truck Chad!

[Ecoshine]

Thanks for sharing, looks great. What did you use for the correction

[antti@561detailing]

love the black car makeovers...it's so awesome when plan comes together...awesome

[Tato]

Very well done, this is what I'd call 'properly detailed'. This car must be looking a giant mirror on the streets, congratulations on your work.

Kind Regards.

[ZimRandy]

The truck looks perfect Rasky.


Welcome to my world Chad -- trucks and SUVs!


I have a similar truck lined up soon...2014 3500HD crew cab dually, in BLACK of course. Right after I did correction on the owner's 2011 black dually he traded it in on this '14.

Glad to see you are keeping busy.

Randy

[statusdetailing]

Incredible work, but I don't envy you. The paint on those big flat panels has to be perfect, because it's like standing right in front of a huge mirror. I always have to take a day off after huge vehicles to recover.

Are those polished aluminum wheels or are they clear coated? How did the primer polish work? I guess at the very least it preps them for OC, but did you notice any increased gloss or removal of haze?

[RaskyR1]

Excellent work you persevered a baby truck for a great life

Thanks!

Looks awesome! Black is beautiful when done like this

Thanks you

Beautiful work on that black truck Chad!

Thanks buddy!

Thanks for sharing, looks great. What did you use for the correction

Thanks! This paint was a real pain to work on and it acted a lot like sticky Subaru paint. After trying several compounds I ended up using the Rupes 21 with M205 and Megs MF Finishing pads for correction (KBM205 method). I would normally follow that with Opt Primer, but that was not wiping off very well either and I ended up using HP Polish to finish it with

love the black car makeovers...it's so awesome when plan comes together...awesome

It definitely feels great when you're all done, but man the first day just sucks!

Very well done, this is what I'd call 'properly detailed'. This car must be looking a giant mirror on the streets, congratulations on your work.


Kind Regards.

Thank you!

The truck looks perfect Rasky.


Welcome to my world Chad -- trucks and SUVs!


I have a similar truck lined up soon...2014 3500HD crew cab dually, in BLACK of course. Right after I did correction on the owner's 2011 black dually he traded it in on this '14.

Glad to see you are keeping busy.

Randy

HA!

You'll have to let me know how the paint acts for you as I've talked to several now that had issues with this paint....it's like the paint sucks up the carrier oils and you can't wipe the polish off.

Hope all is well with you.

Rasky

Incredible work, but I don't envy you. The paint on those big flat panels has to be perfect, because it's like standing right in front of a huge mirror. I always have to take a day off after huge vehicles to recover.

Are those polished aluminum wheels or are they clear coated? How did the primer polish work? I guess at the very least it preps them for OC, but did you notice any increased gloss or removal of haze?

Thank you!

They were clear coated and pretty swirled up. You'd be surprised how much correction you get using Primer on the Rupes LHR75 and a 3" yellow Rupes pad. Usually I just go over wheels quick by hand with Primer and a 3" MF finishing pad....even that cleans the wheels up noticeably more than Sonax FE and IronX will do.