Lets see your pictures

Gary Sword · Dec 27, 2006

One thing I love about this forum is seeing pictures of completed details and hearing about what the detailer did and what products the detailer used on it. Justin does a great job of this and most us will not spend the time he does doing a write up. There are a lot of threads were different people start talking about how great (or not so great) different products are and never post any pictures of their results. To me a picture is worth a 1000 words. If you have pictures I would love to see more of them in addition to hearing your comments. Maybe it's just me or something to do with my motor city roots but I love looking at pictures of shinny cars and trucks.

jsfofec · Dec 27, 2006

I just detailed my pilot last week...here's my process:

Wash with ONR
No need to clay, was just done in August
Polished hood and roof with PB polish with sealant using a meguiar's polishing pad - removing swirls
Polished doors with Meguiar's #80 and Meg's polishing pad - removing swirls(did this to see the difference between PWS and #80
2 coats with DG#105 (24 hours apart for each coat)
1 coat of Soverian (24 hours after last coat of #105)

I took the pictures around 7:30am...I was trying to get the effect of a early morning shot. I should have waited a little longer, but we had to go somewhere.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1515&cat=500&ppuser=3672

ScottB · Dec 27, 2006

I only use old fashioned car washes ... preferably the track kind with those spinning things.

Gary Sword · Dec 27, 2006

Sometimes I wish I had a black car just so I could try some Souveran Paste on it. The hood picture of the Pilot is very nice. It's amazing how the lighting at different times of day affects a picture's refections and colors.

I've seen some very nice pictures of killrwheels' black vette. I would like to see pictures of it during and after he takes it to the old fashion car wash. I'm sure he takes it there at least once a week. I hope it's not missing any parts when he gets out.

trl2112 · Dec 27, 2006

killrwheels@autogeek said:
I only use old fashioned car washes ... preferably the track kind with those spinning things.

Good one

sparkie · Dec 27, 2006

I think I done about every thing from old John Deere's to Mercedes. Here are the links if you want to check them out. I do have fun doing some of them. I have learned so much from DC and AGonline. It's unreal how much the people on this forum has help me.

Gary Sword · Dec 27, 2006

Thanks Sparkie, I had seen the Infiniti G35 before. It looks great. The before and after of the one John Deere is exceptional. You do nice work. I have never tried any Duragloss products.

sparkie · Dec 27, 2006

Gary Sword said:
Thanks Sparkie, I had seen the Infiniti G35 before. It looks great. The before and after of the one John Deere is exceptional. You do nice work. I have never tried any Duragloss products.

I tried it (DG's polishes) because Killr and Al-53 talk about it. I was real please with it. It even looks better the next day. Justin had some good talk about the AW DG#951 and DG#401 APC. So I pick some up. Every thing I've tried from Duragloss has been outstanding. What's funny is, I've seen the stuff in NAPA for years, never though to try some out. Boy I'm glad that I listen to these guys on this forum. That's what I'm saying, I've learned a lot from these guys.

ehuth1 · Dec 28, 2006

nice writeups sparkie. i'm guessing you like the klasse AIO

Good Job on those vehicles !!

I don't take many pictures due to the fact that a camera phone aint worth .02 IMO for detailing.

Here are some pics of a GMC 2500 I did this past summer The owner told me it's been washed 3 good times in it's whole life.... 2 Exteriors and 1 Dirty Interior Picture included, sorry for ditching the second interior can't find it on the hard drive.

Wash (1hr) - AIM Wash-N-Wax (Major Tar and Road Grime = WD40 Presoak)
AIM Magic Clean for Tires and Wheel Wells. Dried and Clayed.

Wax (2hrs) - AIM Orbital Magic 2 passes then AIM Paint Sealant

Tires, Bumpers, Trim (30min)... - AIM Supergloss with Foam applicator

Interior (3hrs) - Carpet Shampoo, Major Interior Detail, Leather Conditioned, AIM Glass Cleaner.

VERY PLEASED Customer

$350

Before Exterior and Interior

After Exterior

Anthony Orosco · Dec 28, 2006

Basically all Optimum. Optimum Polish, Hyper, PoliSeal and/or OCW in some form or combination.

wytstang · Dec 28, 2006

Anthony your work is awesome.....

ehuth1 · Dec 28, 2006

Very Very Nice Anthony !! I can see the future on that black porsche "super deep gloss."

Anthony Orosco · Dec 28, 2006

Thank you very much Wytstang and Ehuth

Nice work on that truck ehuth

Anthony

ehuth1 · Dec 28, 2006

Preciate it

sparkie · Dec 28, 2006

ehuth1, what an outstainding job! Hey we love it when people post pics of vehicle they do. Very nice job indeed! Looks better then new.

Anthony Orosco, I'm a big fan of optimum polishes. Great job, deep and wet! Sweet! I like this pic the best.

Gary Sword · Dec 28, 2006

ehuth1, very nice work and write up on the GMC truck. It looked like new when you were finished.

Anthony, I love your Porsche. I really love the way they use to flare out the back fenders. The hood shot with the clouds is exceptional.

One of good friends and neighbors has 6 Porches along with other cars. I should take some pictures of his 2 garages some time and post it on the forum. It's really unbelievable. A detailer could have a full time job just taking care of his cars.

Thanks for all the great pictures.

Grimm · Dec 28, 2006

With the winter approaching I haven't gotten to any other cars yet, but here was what I posted on my daily driver a couple months ago. I was pretty happy with the look left by the EX-P and 845.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2278

ltoman · Dec 28, 2006

Grimm said:
With the winter approaching I haven't gotten to any other cars yet, but here was what I posted on my daily driver a couple months ago. I was pretty happy with the look left by the EX-P and 845.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2278

wow, you did some job on that!!! i am very impressed with your swirl removal.:awesome: :applause:
mayb one day the vette will look right....

Grimm · Dec 28, 2006

Thanks, but it's not there yet. I just got a yellow pad for Christmas I'll be trying in the spring. I also got a halogen work light so that will aid my search for the evil swirlies. :awesome:

ehuth1 · Dec 28, 2006

GRimm: Nice job on that detail. I love the sidewalk shot, it shows crazy gloss on that flashy black paint.

Lets see your pictures

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