2002 Ford Explorer.....

[Nappers]

Gang,

Here's a Ford Explorer that I did last year sometime. And now I got it back for some TLC!

Process:
Wash at coin op - engine bay; quick brushing on exterior
Wash at home - Gold Class Car wash
Wheels - Eagle One All Wheel/Tire wash; Meguiar's Hot Rims Multi Piece Wheel Cleaner; That wonderful Daytona Brush to assist with cleaning! M40 on wheel wells.

Test Spot - Hood - G100-8207pad - M205 (first two passes still swirls), 8207 pad - M105 (cut down swirls after 2 passes but needed more), 8207 pad - Ultimate Compound (didn't like results, actually had hazing problem). Rotary-8207-M105 (turned out beautiful), Final step of G100-8207-M205. Rest of vehicle only required M205, two passes with 8207 pad, changed pads for each side of vehicle.

It was a monster to dial in as you can see, but now with what I have, I know what to reach for. The previous time I did the car, it had bad sprinkler water spots and actually dulled the entire paint job on one side. I was able to knock it down with M83 and M02 and finish with M80. luckily it isn't by a sprinkler anymore.

I did a final step of M66 on a 8207 pad for that extra kick of polishing prior to laying down a coat of Do Do Juice Diamond White wax, made for silvers and pearlescents.

Interior: Vacuumed with the assistance of a hair remover brush, a spot or two needed some Quik Out and APC+ and extracted. I used Quik Interior Detailer for the plastics, I wanted to leave it in it's matte state. QID is reformulated so, it's great for UV protection as well.

Engine bay: Coin op to blast dust off, no leaks so no grease/oil, just really really dusty. Topped with M40 after drive home to work on it.

Here we go:

Befores: Just some swirling of a year or so of washing and it is a daily driver!

Pitch (or sap), I hate this stuff, it's not fun to remove, this is on the hood.

Just a few bugs in our area:

And puppies in our cars

The bumpers and fender flares are plastic!

On to the interior: The front floor mats are done

Coffee?

I've seen worse! This aint bad

Okay, little strapped on time, did not take pictures of interior as well as I liked.

Engine Afters: (Sorry No befores, really really dusty!!!!) 140,000 miles + on the clock!

Exterior: I could not get a good sun shot in one spot with my camera!!!!! No Swirls with the sun or my Dual Xenon light! The M205 really chews away bad stuff!

Good ol' Do Do Juice Diamond White from my sampler:

Diamond White curing.....

After Diamond White:

I actually took M205 to the rear windows to knock down some old sprinkler spots and it helped. The plastic was treated with ASD and M40....(dial in process if you will)

I was a little strapped on time, the after exterior was all I got, I thought I took more pictures but obviously didn't! It turned out beautifully and I did not splatter once with the Rotary when I used it on the hood, the rest of the car didn't require anything but M205 a coupla passes!

Thanks for looking!

Aaron

 

[HighEndDetail]

Nice turn around.

 

[Meghan]

Very nice, how did you like working with the Dodo?

 

[Nappers]

Very nice, how did you like working with the Dodo?

I like the Do Do Juice, I used the Banana Armour on our Neon (which is Orange) and I haven't washed it yet, today if I can get my stuff cleaned up from yesterday.....

For those who may not want to get the samplers, believe me, a little goes a long ways. I waxed that whole Explorer and barely rounded a spot in the sampler. Same goes for the Banana Armour sampler I used for the Neon.

It is easy to work with and no streaking after a swipe test. I laid it down thin too.

my next test on the Do Do Juice is the Hard Candy wax.

The line is a little spendy but wanted to try it ya know?

I really want to try the Pinnacle line since Mike did his write up!

 

[Meghan]

Yes most people don't realize how many waxes you get out of a sampler! Its a neat way to buy them so you can try a few different ones out. Glad you liked it, looks like the Explorer took a nice shine to Dodo! :xyxthumbs:

 

[Nappers]

Yes most people don't realize how many waxes you get out of a sampler! Its a neat way to buy them so you can try a few different ones out. Glad you liked it, looks like the Explorer took a nice shine to Dodo! :xyxthumbs:

It did for sure! The pictures don't do it justice, with my swirl finderual Xenon and the sun, there were no swirls, maybe some RIDS but no swirls, I do believe my expertise by practice is paying off, the rotary as well. Not one splatter with the rotary. Being left handed, I used to pick up a bead backwards and it was raining whatever product I was using at the time!!!

Thanks for the compliments!

 

[GMC83]

Nice work Nappers.

 

[Emile]

Yeah, Dodo says 2-4 coats with the sample size but I believe this is a bit of an understatement if you work sparingly, and it also depends on the Dodo wax...some of them are easier to work with than others.

Really nice job, Nappers. Despite the Explorer having the color combination only a rental car company would love, you really made the interior and exterior shine. :dblthumb2: