Big Daddy Detail

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sparkie

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1991 Freightliner
Washed with Amazing Roll Off, one cup in 5 gallons of water and a few drops of dawn. It needed it!:D Duragloss# 471 bug remover on the front end.
Tires cleaned with ARO and protected with AA.
Wheels cleaned with PoorBoys spray and rinse
Door jams, clean with DG #401(APC) top with DG#921 Fast clean and shine.
Cleaned the all aluminum DG #831 Metal cleaner and brightener.
Inside Glass, clean with Surf City glass cleaner.
Paint Polished with Duragloss Marine RV Polish #501, PC setting 5-6 Edge yellow pad.
LSP DG#951 Aquawax.
Outside Glass DG #501
Outside Plastic, rubber protected with DG#201 leather& vinyl protectent.
Wheels Wells cleaned with ARO and top with DG# 265 Ultimate detail Spray.
Inside, cleaned seats and vinyl DP Total Interior Cleaner, and protected with DG#201.
Engine, cleaned with ARO and top with DG#265 Ultimate Detail.
Panted the front bumper with black spray die.
I put chrome covers on all the lug nuts and some chrome dish on the front wheels.
I hope I didn’t leave anything out. I used a whole gallon of ARO on this one, glade I ordered 5 gallons of the stuff last Christmas.
Comments, Suggestions, and Questions are Welcome
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Great job, Sparkie! That was a huge truck!!! You must be tired...:buffing:
 
Thats bad when you need a latter like that one to detail a vehicle. Good job Sparkie.
 
Great job Sparkie, was it clearcoated or single stage paint.
And I don't see crocs in this pic:D
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Wow, I've done plenty of rigs in my day, but that job came out perfect!!! Those white wheels are tough to get super clean, but you sure made them shine!!!
 
Daaaaaaaaaaamn sparkie man!! What a job! Love it :D I can see why you used 1 gallon of ARO ;)
 
Wow Sparkie. Some good creative thinking on that one. The wheels look great updated with the chrome covers.
 
I see a dog :P haha. Man that's a huge vehicle...the engine turned out great.
 
Must be self employed trucker as who else keeps a Freitliner at their house lol. Let me tell you, I've seen some of these guys pull down some serious money. I had a client that made about a half million a year, and another that were employees of company yet still pulling down close to 200K. I just find it funny that some people seem to look down on truckers like they don't make money or something....if they only knew
 
Sparkie that is truely a Big Daddy Detail!! How long did it take you?? and more importantly, what did you charge??
 
Not an easy detail by any means but you pulled it off, nice job sparkie. And surfer, I agree there are owner/operator truckers that make some very good money but they put in some long hard hours away from their homes and families, there's also even more owners who have to live in their trucks (keep them moving) in order to make money. Trucking isn't quite what it used to be.
 
Wow that is one great looking BIG truck. Forget Big Daddy Detail from now on we should be calling you
Who's Your Daddy!
You kicked some butt on that one, nice job sparkie.
 
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Not an easy detail by any means but you pulled it off, nice job sparkie. And surfer, I agree there are owner/operator truckers that make some very good money but they put in some long hard hours away from their homes and families, there's also even more owners who have to live in their trucks (keep them moving) in order to make money. Trucking isn't quite what it used to be.
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I knew one couple who their kid was already moved out, and wife and himself both drove the truck, made well over half a mil per year. But they were on the road a lot, except it was good since both of them drove together and their daughter was married so....
 
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WOW Sparkie that is an amazing job! The paint looks great! The wheels are perfect and I got to see your little helper inspecting the undercarriage. :D Great work on that beast! Thanks for sharing!
 
Very nice detail . How long did that one take you ? I am amazed at the wheels and tires .
 
Nice job man!! The back wheels looked rusted in the before pictures and turned out like new in the afters. Did you paint them? Adding the chrome lugnuts and centercaps made a huge difference. Great job!
 
Supercharge, I was tired after doing this one.:D
Meghan, I really needed a bigger latter then the one I have there in the pic.
Ed, it was single stage paint used both yellow pads front and back and had to wash them out to finishes the job. It’s was to cold for crocs.Im the MAN
Brandon, poorboys spray & rinse eat the lite rust off, which made it a lot easier to clean.
Pirex, I never would thought I would go thru a whole gallon of ARO.
Jimmie, I told the guy the chrome lug covers and disks would add to the look. He was very please with it.
Showroom shine, if someone wants you to do a rig, run! :DLOL! I think this may be my last one.
Klumzypinoy I really thought the engine would come out better, its ok. It really needed steam to get all the oil dirt and grime off.
Surfer, as far as I know this guy uses this truck to pull equipment around town.
Dust, it took 5 hours Saturday and 5 hours Sunday. I will PM you on the cost.
Little Al, after doing that one I call it my daddy. It whipped me up pretty good.
Tonya, she was not the only one who check out that truck. All my little girls’ pets did. I could not keep the cats off. It was funny after I polished it that the cats tried to jump up there and slid off. That was a sight.
SS, 5 hours Saturday and 5 hours Sunday, PB help a lot on the wheels.
Eric, thanks buddy.
Lethal I got to give it to PB for getting the rust off. I did use some paint on the back wheels center part but not the rims.
Thanks guys for looking...............

 
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