Detail a Beast

[sparkie]

This SUV was in terrible condition. Lots of scratches, and acid rain spots.
Interior:
All plastic/ vinyl and leather cleaned with Woolite and magic eraser.
Carpet, Folex,
Plastic and vinyl, top with VRT.
Leather top with Pinnacle Leather Cleaner & Conditioner.
Glass Stoners.

Tires and wheel wells:
Purple power


Engine:
Purple power


Exterior Wash:
DP soap and foam gun (Love the foam gun)
Clayed with clay and soap/water mix

Polish & Protect:
XMT 3, Mags cutting pad and PC. Some body parts 2 or 3 passes
AIO
Liquid Souveran wax (First time using this, easy on and off, This stuff ROCKS)


Glass
0000 steel wool and glass polish (It had bad acid rain spots)
Top with AIO.
Pics:

 

[sparkie]

Can someone fix this! Thanks

 

[joe.p]

I hope you didn't bite off more then you can chew, and my advice to you wouldn't be to use your best products unless there willing to pay for the upgrades. I've detailed a couple all by my self ,they where in far better condition sparkie and a biach to do. Hopefully Scott,Justin or Texastb will chime in and offer some advice. be prepared to be extremely hurtin when your done .. Good Luck my friend

 

[sparkie]

Joe, I couldn't wait to try out my new products! I always use S100 on wax jobs or Klasse Sealant Glaze. I'm telling you, I love that Souveran wax!

 

[Reddwarf]

Sparkie, man you worked your tail off on that one! I love the picture of the trash on the floor! Looks like my Wife's van!! The before and after shot of the engine are really dramatic. You said purple power to clean the engine. What did you use as a dressing (for the engine)?

Good work!

PS. When you say Purple Power, do you mean this stuff:

http://www.purplepower.com/ultra.htm

 

[FloridaNative]

Wow!! That was really disgusting!! Okay I have two kids and a SUV too but in a million years you would never see my car look like that! OH MY!! What a job you had Sparkie!! You did a phenomenal turn around, I'll bet the owner didn't even recognize it after! :applause:

 

[dengood1]

Sparkie, man you worked your tail off on that one! I love the picture of the trash on the floor! Looks like my Wife's van!! The before and after shot of the engine are really dramatic. You said purple power to clean the engine. What did you use as a dressing (for the engine)?

Good work!

PS. When you say Purple Power, do you mean this stuff:

http://www.purplepower.com/ultra.htm

No Reddwarf, the Purple Power(or Purple Stuff) is a degreaser sold at Autozone and other retailers in a 32 oz. bottle or by the gallon AND it's VERY cheap, especially when you dilute it. Very powerful stuff! The vapors will make you caugh.

 

[joe.p]

You did a great job Sparkie,Congrats to you for beating the beast,the entire vehicle looks good and you did the engine bay too. :cheers:

 

[supercharged]

That's a big SUV to detail. Came out very nice. What dressing did you use on tires?

 

[sparkie]

The purple power is a strong APC you can buy OTC Wal-mart, NAPA, autozone, advance auto. I needed the power, simple green was not strong enough. After the rinse, I use black magic tire foam on the engine (cleans and shine). On the tires they wanted very wet shine. So I use Megs insane shine, but the tires just soak it up, went back with three coats of AA. Soak up the first two of AA, never seen that before.

 

[Excessive Detail]

Hey Sparkie, What ratio do you use for the soap/water clay lube.

 

[sparkie]

Hey Sparkie, What ratio do you use for the soap/water clay lube.

2oz car soap/ 12oz DI water.

 

[Excessive Detail]

The purple power is a strong APC you can buy OTC Wal-mart, NAPA, autozone, advance auto. I needed the power, simple green was not strong enough. After the rinse, I use black magic tire foam on the engine (cleans and shine). On the tires they wanted very wet shine. So I use Megs insane shine, but the tires just soak it up, went back with three coats of AA. Soak up the first two of AA, never seen that before.

I've noticed that too on cars or truck with big tires, the gel just seems to disappear after one coat, is that because the tires are just big or becuase maybe they haven't had any other coats before to build up. I've heard that not completely cleaning off all the tire dressing each time you wash help when adding tire gel.