Detail: Harley Davidson F150 (hammered/oxidation)

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This truck needed some MAJOR attention. It's been years since it's had a wax, and probably never a polish. The owner had neglected it for so long, that it was almost at a point of no return! This truck is owned by one of N2S's members, 'derek'


Process:

ONR washed entire vehicle.
Clay barred entire vehicle with 2 Zaino claybars and Megs Clay Lube.
PFW w/menz pg, followed by white ccs pad w/ megs m205
sealed with optimum poliseal
Wheels and side steps removed and polished with #0000 steel wool and sealed with poorboys' wheel sealant
Exhaust tips used same method as wheels

BEFORE:



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After pics from day one (today) will be posted in my next post.
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AFTER:


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side-by side exhaust (after/before) obviously. :)
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yes, that's a reflection ;o)
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wheels removed and cleaned front and back and sealed with poorboys wheel sealant.
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pardon my dust
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side steps also removed and #0000 steel wooled and sealed with poorboys wheel sealant
 
Made quite a bit more progress today. All of the rest of the truck but the hood and roof and tonneu is completely done minus sealant/wax.


Here's a few more during/after shots of it:


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50/50 (AFTER/BEFORE :)
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Before shot of a deep, nasty scratch. (removed about 90 percent of this with some wetsanding and polish)
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Hit this one panel with optimum poliseal and a coat of s100, game out like this next shot below:
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tomorrow I should have the nasty-ass hood and roof complete, possibly the tonneau cover, and a coat of sealant and wax on the entire vehicle.

Thanks for looking.
 
Today, the entire truck got another ONR wash and was hand sealed/waxed with some poliseal and s100 carnuba wax. We removed the washer squirters from the hood to ensure 100 percent of it was corrected.


Hood's coming along nicely:


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(pictures taken after hitting the panels with a megs yellow diamond cut pad and some menz power gloss, followed by some m205 on a white megs pad.

there is no wax on the hood yet in these pictures.
 
damn nice!!!!!

what did you use to clean the inside of the rims?
 
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That is a great save. What a transformation. The truck looks fantastic. Great work, way to go. Everything looks great.
 
Truck looks amazing! Nice work! A slightly more in depth write up would have been nice, such as speeds used on the Rotary, how long did this truck take you start to finish< did you have a helper? What product did you use with the #000 Steel wool on the rims/skirts?
 
Amazing turnaround!!!

That thing was on TERRIBLE shape!

Great job!
 
damn nice!!!!!

what did you use to clean the inside of the rims?
Thanks bro! #0000 steel wool, with a hose squirting over and over, simulating wetsanding. worked quite well to break up the grime. obviously this was after a nice soak with some p21s wheel gel :xyxthumbs: afterwords, they were polished by hand with some mothers chrome polish, and sealed with some optiseal

AWSOME work on that HD. :props:
Thanks man, much appreciated!

That is a great save. What a transformation. The truck looks fantastic. Great work, way to go. Everything looks great.
It's posts like this that make it all worth it! Thank you!

Truck looks amazing! Nice work! A slightly more in depth write up would have been nice, such as speeds used on the Rotary, how long did this truck take you start to finish< did you have a helper? What product did you use with the #000 Steel wool on the rims/skirts?
Yeah, I'm sorry...I wasn't able to take as many pictures documenting my work as I wanted to :( I did a little better in my Benz write-up imo. This truck took 3 straight days beginning to end. (I never finished the roof and he's coming back later this week.) It's in worse shape than the hood was :buffing:. Not looking forward to that. I'd say all-in-all, I have about 18-20 hours into this truck. My 'helper' was the truck owner, better known as my friend, and he did the wheels, I did all the polishing/wet sanding. As stated prior, aside from #0000 steel wool, mothers chrome polish was used to polish the chrome steps and wheels. Thanks for looking!

Amazing turnaround!!!

That thing was on TERRIBLE shape!

Great job!
Thanks!
 
Thanks bro! #0000 steel wool, with a hose squirting over and over, simulating wetsanding. worked quite well to break up the grime. obviously this was after a nice soak with some p21s wheel gel :xyxthumbs: afterwords, they were polished by hand with some mothers chrome polish, and sealed with some optiseal
Thanks!

thanks for the info!! i need to buy some of that steel wool. 4 ot, 0000, same thing i believe!!
 
thanks for the info!! i need to buy some of that steel wool. 4 ot, 0000, same thing i believe!!
you can get steel wool anywhere...even walmart and home depot have it. that's where i got mine. :) just make sure it's #0000, anything less (less zeros) is too aggressive and will scratch.

as for your polish, i recommend adam's polish if you don't mind ordering some. i've read/seen amazing results with it. look into that ;)
 
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