Meguiar's Big Rig Extreme Makeover - Pictures & Videos!

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Meguiar's Big Rig Extreme Makeover - Pictures & Videos!


This is the thread where we will be posting the before and after pictures from the Meguiar's Semi Truck & Trailer aka the Meguiar's BIG RIG!

 

[slowride66]

Re: Sign-up! Meguiar's Semi Truck Extreme Makeover! - This Thursday March 20th

Thank You Mike! Wish I could have stayed longer .

I look foward to seeing Y'all again real soon.


SR66:dblthumb2:

 

[antti@561detailing]

Re: Sign-up! Meguiar's Semi Truck Extreme Makeover! - This Thursday March 20th

Anybody else have sunburns from yesterday?

 

[FrankS]

Re: Sign-up! Meguiar's Semi Truck Extreme Makeover! - This Thursday March 20th

Anybody else have sunburns from yesterday?

No sunburn here, I put on sunscreen before I came.

 

[57BORNTORUN]

Re: Sign-up! Meguiar's Semi Truck Extreme Makeover! - This Thursday March 20th

Anybody else have sunburns from yesterday?

Dont really get sunburned that much as my skin is quite similar to leather after 20 years of farming.I did see though you were sporting the RUDOLF nose yesterday.All in good fun.

 

[antti@561detailing]

Re: Sign-up! Meguiar's Semi Truck Extreme Makeover! - This Thursday March 20th

Dont really get sunburned that much as my skin is quite similar to leather after 20 years of farming.I did see though you were sporting the RUDOLF nose yesterday.All in good fun.

Its all good...havent been outside for that long lately...cant wait to see the pictures with chevy rescue truck ... Any word how Niki is doing?

 

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Pictures on the way...
My co-worker Jeff took a bunch as did myself and Wes and a few other people... one thing for sure, we have plenty of pictures showing how we buffed-out and detailed the Meguiar's Special Events Truck.

This first one is of the team still present at about 7:45pm, right after we finished the job and right before it got dark.

From left to right....

Jeff, John, Wes, Jay, Robert, Tim, Frank, Andy and me....

This picture is one I took using my iPhone this morning right before 7:00am while it was still dark and the Show Car Garage lighted sign was still on and reflecting off the side of the Meguiar's truck.

Here's the actual sign....

We moved the truck to make Autogeek warehouse bay doors accessible for deliveries and then later it rained. Since everyone loves to see water beading shots here's a few pictures of the truck today and the water beading shots....

Haven't looked through all the pictures but here's one of the coolest shots taken yesterday by Robert using my iPhone...

More to come....

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

That rig looks great Gentlemen!

 

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Here's two more "after" shots I took this morning....

Now let me show you some before shots with the sun shining down on the paint and the Flex Swirl Finder Light revealing the true condition as well as the flash off my trusty, dusty Canon Rebel T5i

 

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As is the norm around here, I try to document the current condition of all the projects that go through Autogeek's Show Car Garage or in this case are parked out in front of the garage.


It was a challenge to get pictures using the sun because it was partly cloudy outside, there were row of trees along the side of the truck and even with the sun low in the sky it was shining pretty high on the truck which forced me to squat down to take these shots....

I was told this was the result of some shoddy work done at a truck wash...

 

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Standing with my back to the shrubs and trees, lit up the side with my flash...

Then focused on the surface without the flash...

Here's where I'm going to do my Test Spot. Before buffing out ANYTHING, especially anyting very large, I cannot stress enough the importance of doing a test spot and dial-in your process and make sure you can make one small area look good or at least look good enough to meet your expectations BEFORE buffing out the entire rig.



This first shot is with the flash of my camera...

Now I'll use the Flex Swirl Finder Light, if you look closely in the picture below you can see me holding it in the refelction of the paint before I turn it on.

Now I've turned on the Flex Swirl Finder Light and taken a picture with my Canon...

 

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After talking with Jason Rose about our approach, we both agreed taking a one-step approach using a one-step cleaner/sealant should be tired first. IF this works, we'll be able to,

1. Clean up the paint - remove road film and staining
2. Reduce the swirls and scratches
3. Do the paint polishing in one step (very important)
4. Save our arms with a product that is known to wipe off easy even when used outside in direct sun.

Here's I'm using the Rupes Bigfoot 21 with a W9006 foam finishing pad and the M20 on about speed setting 5

I made 6-7 slow section passes over the letter "C" and surrounding paint for about a 2' by 2' area.

Soft, careful wipe-off after allowing the M20 to dry to a haze....

Inspection time....

Looks good.

1000 Times better than before in one-step using VERY non-aggressive products.

Here's a cropped out section from the above picture and as you can see the results are not perfect but we're not aiming for perfection with swirls this bad in a project this big that we only want to do ONE STEP to.

 

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Next up....

Washing this huge truck and trailer!

Stay-tuned for more pictures next week!

Im the MAN Im the MAN Im the MAN Im the MAN Im the MAN

 

[57BORNTORUN]

Who got the tail gate...anybody get the tail gate?

Inside joke my fellow GEEKS!!!

 

[antti@561detailing]

Who got the tail gate...anybody get the tail gate?

Inside joke my fellow GEEKS!!!

Psst...we all missed the tailgate...

 

[swanicyouth]

That rig looks great. I'm wondering how long it would take one guy to do the whole job? Was the roof done? If so, how?

Anybody else have sunburns from yesterday?

Yes. Massive DF and beach induced sunburn. My nose is peeling.

 

[FrankS]

That rig looks great. I'm wondering how long it would take one guy to do the whole job? Was the roof done? If so, how?

There were about 5 of us involved in washing and drying the truck and we started around 12pm and finished around 1:30pm. I suppose you could use simple math and multiply 5 guys x 1.5 hours. I would say 7.5 to 8 hours for one person to wash and dry the truck (includes truck & trailer).

We took a short break and started buffing around 2pm. The truck and clean up was completed around 8pm. There were about 13-15 guys total that helped polish the truck, including wheels, tires, chrome, metal, windows and clean up.

If we say 14 guys X 6 hours = 84 hours. That sounds about right to me, approximately 80+ hours for one person to detail the entire truck using and AIO polish/sealant method on the paint.

 

[antti@561detailing]

There were about 5 of us involved in washing and drying the truck and we started around 12pm and finished around 1:30pm. I suppose you could use simple math and multiply 5 guys x 1.5 hours. I would say 7.5 to 8 hours for one person to wash and dry the truck (includes truck & trailer).

We took a short break and started buffing around 2pm. The truck and clean up was completed around 8pm. There were about 13-15 guys total that helped polish the truck, including wheels, tires, chrome, metal, windows and clean up.

If we say 14 guys X 6 hours = 84 hours. That sounds about right to me, approximately 80+ hours for one person to detail the entire truck using and AIO polish/sealant method on the paint.

If you put it this way...wow...but that sounds about right

 

[57BORNTORUN]

I was asked the same question on another site.I said 60-80 hours if I worked more than talked.But then again the FUNNY FARM only releases me on special occasions therefore I have my prioritizes.

To the Guys that polished Mike`s truck...

anybody get the tailgate...who got the tailgate!!!:buffing:

 

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Next up....

Washing this huge truck and trailer!

Stay-tuned for more pictures next week!

Im the MAN Im the MAN Im the MAN Im the MAN Im the MAN

The above post was from last Friday and today is the following Wednesday and I'm just now getting back to the pictures from this project. Been working on and finishing up an offline project and I'm happy to say it's finished.

So back to documenting how we tackled this gigantic project!

After dialing-in our test spot so we have a plan of attack, the next thing was to wash the truck to remove all the loose dirt before machine buffing.



The Autogeek Foam Gun to the rescue!

Here's Frank laying down a rich, thick layer of foam using the Meguiar's Hyper Wash....

Andy and I will follow using Boar's Hair Brushes on extension handles extended as far as they will go!

Andy went down the truck washing the top half and I followed him washing the bottom half. No pictures of the bottom half getting washed as I had to put the camera down.

As soon as we finished washing a section of the truck Frank was ready to come back and start rinsing off the suds...

To dry, I used our studio mops also with extendable handles and wrapped Guzzler Microfiber Drying Towels around the head to reach the high sections.

We had to all work as a team and work fast in order to work the soap, rinse the truck and then dry the truck before the sun could get in our way.

Next we move onto the Tractor....