firecorgi
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- Nov 20, 2013
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Hi All,
Over the past week I've been working on my truck. I have no "Before" shots due to a camera mishap.
Here are the end results...
Tuff Shine Tire Coating, 3 coats completed over a 4 day period. I had cleaned each tire 30 times in about a month. I hade bought the kit and read plenty of horror stories about what happens if you don't fully clean the tires. I had also bought a gallon of the concentrated cleaner and mixed it 1:1. Thanks to SWANCIYOUTH for the tips!
I started with a Decon wash of Car Pro Snow Foam with Iron remover via pressure washer and Foam Cannon. This was followed up by a Car Pro TRIX treatment, their Iron remover/Tar remover, then a rinse. I had covered the wheels and tires during this portion of the job.
Next I did a wipe down with the Nanoskin Fine pad with Glide Lube, 7:1 mix.
The final wash consisted of CG Citrus Wash, Red, with a little Dawn via Foam Gun utilizing the Nanoskin Fine wash pad.
Next up for polishing, I tried various combos which included HD Adapt and Polish, Menzerna FG 400 and 4000, and Finally Optimum's Hyper Polish and Final Finish. This was completed with the FLEX 3401, large pads, and PC 7424, small 3-4 inch pads. Various LC pads were used.
Chrome was polished with some products I still had from a former vendor. Windows were treated to KLAASE AIO. Black trim received GTechniq C4 Trim restorer. Trim was cleaned with an ISP prior to application
After hours of polishing, I had some Opti Coat 2.0 left over from my wife's car so I coated the hood, roof, and lower rocker panels. The temp was 65 degrees and 35% humidity in the garage. I had coated the wheels about a month prior when I first picked them up.
The rest of the areas, not treated with OC 2.0, were treated with KLAASE SG, via KLAASE ACT's tips! I did two coats and could not be happier.
I tried to capture the flake in the silver but it REALLY looks good in person. The detail was spread out over a few days.
While taking pics, my little buddy Stumpy paid a visit looking for his daily Sunflower Seeds.
Thanks for looking folks!
Over the past week I've been working on my truck. I have no "Before" shots due to a camera mishap.
Here are the end results...
Tuff Shine Tire Coating, 3 coats completed over a 4 day period. I had cleaned each tire 30 times in about a month. I hade bought the kit and read plenty of horror stories about what happens if you don't fully clean the tires. I had also bought a gallon of the concentrated cleaner and mixed it 1:1. Thanks to SWANCIYOUTH for the tips!
I started with a Decon wash of Car Pro Snow Foam with Iron remover via pressure washer and Foam Cannon. This was followed up by a Car Pro TRIX treatment, their Iron remover/Tar remover, then a rinse. I had covered the wheels and tires during this portion of the job.
Next I did a wipe down with the Nanoskin Fine pad with Glide Lube, 7:1 mix.
The final wash consisted of CG Citrus Wash, Red, with a little Dawn via Foam Gun utilizing the Nanoskin Fine wash pad.
Next up for polishing, I tried various combos which included HD Adapt and Polish, Menzerna FG 400 and 4000, and Finally Optimum's Hyper Polish and Final Finish. This was completed with the FLEX 3401, large pads, and PC 7424, small 3-4 inch pads. Various LC pads were used.
Chrome was polished with some products I still had from a former vendor. Windows were treated to KLAASE AIO. Black trim received GTechniq C4 Trim restorer. Trim was cleaned with an ISP prior to application
After hours of polishing, I had some Opti Coat 2.0 left over from my wife's car so I coated the hood, roof, and lower rocker panels. The temp was 65 degrees and 35% humidity in the garage. I had coated the wheels about a month prior when I first picked them up.
The rest of the areas, not treated with OC 2.0, were treated with KLAASE SG, via KLAASE ACT's tips! I did two coats and could not be happier.
I tried to capture the flake in the silver but it REALLY looks good in person. The detail was spread out over a few days.
While taking pics, my little buddy Stumpy paid a visit looking for his daily Sunflower Seeds.
Thanks for looking folks!
