Lifted Ford F-250 DETAILED! (Liquid Black!)

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Whats liquid black? Its black paint after Im done with it. Im the MAN

This truck was supposibly detailed 2-3 months ago... look at the swirls that were left behind be the supposed "detailers". Needless to say they wont be using that other detailer anymore.... and because of their shoddy work Ive now gained a new customer and picked up 3 other jobs while doing this one.

My buddy (one of my best friends from HS) owns the shop that I did the work at... and this truck is one of their best customers vehicles, my buddy and his partner paid for the detail as a THANK YOU to the customer for all of his business. Apparently this customer has his truck detailed religiously so I will be getting a "customer for life" out of this truck, quarterly details. :righton:

Heres the kicker.. my buddy took a couple hours to give me a quick rundown on how to use my new Hitachi (he saw it in one of my bins) and told me to go ahead and use it on the whole truck. :eek: My buddy told me the truck had been 90% repainted and if anything was to happen that he would personally fix it for me, he does paint work at his shop. After he evaluated me using it on a couple panels he let me be. I was confident yet I was worried about buffer trails... which ended up not being an issue. :getdown My totally unexpected use of the Hitachi turned out to be a pleasant experience... and seriously a LOT faster then with the PC which was going to kill me on this truck.

Here is what it looked like after the last detailer put their paws on it.
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Can you believe someone made a couple hundred bucks by leaving the truck like that? Unreal.

Process:
-Megs GC wash
-Megs clay and Quick Detailer lube
-Rotary w/white pad and #83 @ 1200rpm
-Rotary w/black pad and #80 @ 1100rpm
-PC w/orange spot buff pad and #80 for small areas
-#16 x 2 by hand
-#38 dressing for trim
-AA foam for tires and wheel wells
-Flitz and powerball for wheels
-Flitz for chrome
-Stoners for glass

Heres after I was done with it..
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Look at that ugly mug! :)

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What's with taking a picture of yourself in a mirror??

Seriously, that is very nice looking. :applause:
 
Super nice!

What was the total amount of time you spent on it?

And how much time do you think you saved by using a rotary vs. PC?
 
Whitethunder46 said:
Super nice!

What was the total amount of time you spent on it?

And how much time do you think you saved by using a rotary vs. PC?

Thanks. :)

Total time.. about 9hrs, but that included doing one half of the truck via PC before my buddy grabbed the Hitachi out of my supplies and showed me how to use it It also includes going over the whole truck twice via rotary AFTER the PC on one side. I also did the inside too, the inside wasnt as drastic a change as the outside so I didnt bother taking pics. This deffinately would have been 12hr + had I had to do a 2 step polish via PC like I was planning on doing. The rotary removes defects so fast its insane. I dont know why I waited this long to use my Hitachi.

So to answer your question.. Id say at least 3 hrs.
 
wow, amazing job! those reflections are killer!
 
WHAT A GREAT JOB!

I'm getting comfortable with a rotary as well. It really decreases correction time and allows me to fix really bad spots. Now, I use the Festool/PC for wax application and getting to areas the rotary just won't fit.

Beautiful job sir! It's fun when the customer says: "Wow" and you have: 1) a great reference and 2) a long term customer.

Congrats!

Toto
 
Man WOW! What a turn-a-round! That black paint is BEAUTIFUL! Outstanding work.:applause: I get a lot of dust using Megs #83 with my PC. IMO OP has the same cutting power with less dust with my PC. Do you get a lot of dust with your Rotary? I can't wait until I get my rotary.
 
That is incredible work. I was wondering how long it took you to do the f250. I started on my f350 and was working on a pace of 8 to 10 hours.

again excellent job!!!!!:righton:

Ken
 
Black is beautiful. So is the truck that you showed pictured!!

Would have been nice to see and after shot that was similar to the before shot of the other detailer's swirls.
 
1. Outstandig job nice turnaround......(Detailed 2 or 3 months ago LOL WHATEVER!!)
2. Ya got to love Black!! (when it's clean)
3. Nice job man!!
 
thats it im buying a rotary today with my birthday money.

thanks a lot! I swear t everytime I have money, this happens!
 
YES...that really was liquid black. i see i have a lot to learn, maybe i bring out my rotary again
 
Thanks guys!

Sparkie.. #83 makes me want to wear a dust mask and safety goggles. lol
 
Avengeance said:
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Look at that ugly mug! :)

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That is truly a kick ass job you did there :righton: . Those tires are sick :cool: and the reflection :applause: unbelievable. It's like standing in front of a mirror. Amazing job.
 
Nica said:
That is truly a kick ass job you did there :righton: . Those tires are sick :cool: and the reflection :applause: unbelievable. It's like standing in front of a mirror. Amazing job.

Thanks buddy!

This was my first time using #16... and I must say it did a phenominal job. I was also really surprised at how far just a little bit went, I applied by hand to avoid losing too much via PC pad.
 
Great it looks awesome and yes #16 goes a long way, personally if you don't have much I would use that for personal cars only but thats just me.
 
Dood, that is just sick!

I don't think I've ever seen such a crazy reflection in a paintjob.

I've been coming to this forum for three months or so and I've never seen such pictures of a detail job.

Your new customer has got to get some serious looks at a stop light.

Very, very cool

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Man, that's unreal !
Im the MAN
That reflection is bound to turn some heads around town ! Check out the depth on those utility poles !
DEE-AMM !
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