Pinnacle vs. The Beast (chrome polishing fun!!!)

[natewood70]

This customer has an 06' F-250 on a 12 inch lift... He is in need of a one stage correction with some light defects in the paint which we are scheduling at a later date and just requested a wash and wax... When I saw how his wheels looked, I couldn't leave them how they were given to me! Spent somtime getting to know my wadding polish very well... Here is the procedure:

Wash:
2 bucket method
Megs Gold Class

Wheels:
Soaked with Diluted dodo juice BOB solution
Washed with Daytona Speed Brushes and lug nut brushes

Dry:
THE ONE....THE ONLY...GUZZLER!!!!

Clay:
Wolfgang Poly
Dodo Juice BOB dilution for lubrication

Wax:
Pinnacle Souveran on Red LC pad

Tire Dressing:
Pinnacle Black Onyx Tire Gel

Chrome Polishing:
Eagle One Nevr-Dull

On to the pictures!!!! Not to many dirty body panel shots... it is what it is....

Pinnacle vs The Beast

Every Paint Panel looked like this (hasnt been washed in over a month)

Chrome was just as bad

Wheels were caked on red... yummy

After the wash the paint was still filthy... this is just from the tailgate

Onto the fun with chrome!

Bumper before:

Bumper after

So you think it looks pretty and shiny?

Think again....Caked on brake dust after wash

Wiping with fingers to show it wont come off

No removal on fingers

After wipe

After wadding polish

After polish with one coat of tire dressing for conditioning

After with one more coat of tire dressing

Think I forgot about the exhaust? He is replacing the entire exhaust in 2 weeks, so the scratching in the tip didnt matter to him.

After rear

After front

After side

All done!!!

Thumbs up for the reflectivity!!!

Thanks for checking it out everyone!!!! Any feedback, comments, emotional outbursts are always welcome!!!! :dblthumb2:

 

[mleach82]

Looks great!

 

[natewood70]

Thanks mleach!!!!

 

[trhland]

awesome!!!! i have the same truck but an f350. u picked a great wax thats for sure .. nice work!!!

 

[TWEEDERTWEEK]

Great job on that massive truck, looks great.

 

[natewood70]

trhland - yea, I love souveran... I wish it was sunny out so you could see more, but the paint still looked nice and glossy!

Tweed- man, I'm 6'4 and usually have no problems, this one I had to bust out the step ladder lol

 

[SeaJay's]

Nice work!

 

[natewood70]

Thanks SeeJay!!!! It kicked my ass spending 1 1/2 hours on the chrome alone.....

 

[SeaJay's]

I can imagine! My brother just bought himself a 06 F-350 dually. It's lifted 4 inches. It's enormous! He wants me to detail when I got to Texas to see him. Going to take me all damn weekend!

 

[natewood70]

I can imagine! My brother just bought himself a 06 F-350 dually. It's lifted 4 inches. It's enormous! He wants me to detail when I got to Texas to see him. Going to take me all damn weekend!

Good luck man... he better be getting you a case of beer...at least... lol

 

[trhland]

trhland - yea, I love souveran... I wish it was sunny out so you could see more, but the paint still looked nice and glossy!

Tweed- man, I'm 6'4 and usually have no problems, this one I had to bust out the step ladder lol

i love to see guys still useing souveran . its great. my trucksan 06 dark mattalic stone. an souveran looks insane on it.. we have had the worst winter here i cant wax crap sucks. i have2 ubs of souveran im dying to use. is that truck urs by the way?

 

[john F]

Came out great! I need me a truck like this.

 

[natewood70]

i love to see guys still useing souveran . its great. my trucksan 06 dark mattalic stone. an souveran looks insane on it.. we have had the worst winter here i cant wax crap sucks. i have2 ubs of souveran im dying to use. is that truck urs by the way?

No the truck isn't mine... I drive an Altima... seems that truck would fit me though lol....

 

[natewood70]

Came out great! I need me a truck like this.

Thanks John!

 

[Spicy McHaggis]

Looks awesome, and great job on the wheels! I have a question though.

Why didn't you try something a little stronger on the wheels to get them cleaner berfore you polished them? I think a wheel cleaner would have gotten some more of that caked on dust off and made it easier for you to polish.

not bashing, just wondering...no matter what you still did a great job and it looks fantastic!

 

[Rsurfer]

Super job Nate. Never Dull is great on metal. Did you use anything after, like a sealant?

 

[natewood70]

Looks awesome, and great job on the wheels! I have a question though.

Why didn't you try something a little stronger on the wheels to get them cleaner berfore you polished them? I think a wheel cleaner would have gotten some more of that caked on dust off and made it easier for you to polish.

not bashing, just wondering...no matter what you still did a great job and it looks fantastic!

It was like that roughly 2 months before when he called me to wash and wax his truck. I tried DP wheel cleaner and didn't even come close to removing it. The customer was looking into purchasing a new set of wheels and told me he didnt expect it to come off. Recently business hasnt been very good to him and he could not put his money into a new set of wheels so I gave it a shot with the wadding polish. It worked like a charm!!!!

 

[trhland]

No the truck isn't mine... I drive an Altima... seems that truck would fit me though lol....

ok cool. trust meu dont want tha truck the diesel is a killer. its 360 a gallon were i live. it kills me .

 

[natewood70]

Super job Nate. Never Dull is great on metal. Did you use anything after, like a sealant?

Thanks man! I sealed them up with PB's wheel sealent... Sorry I forgot to mention that...

 

[Spicy McHaggis]

It was like that roughly 2 months before when he called me to wash and wax his truck. I tried DP wheel cleaner and didn't even come close to removing it. The customer was looking into purchasing a new set of wheels and told me he didnt expect it to come off. Recently business hasnt been very good to him and he could not put his money into a new set of wheels so I gave it a shot with the wadding polish. It worked like a charm!!!!

It most certainly did work very well. rops:

Too bad DP wheel cleaner couldn't help you out.