Nica
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Well just like the title says, this one is special. A good friend of mine has a company selling these units and well they (my friend and his partner) were interested on having this vehicle detailed. I turn down a challenge? Never, even though I literally lost some skin (you’ll understand what I mean). Well here we go.
2007 Pierce Contender Pumper, Firetruck
This vehicle is brand new, but was driven to Canada from the US so it did not look new, but that’s where I come in. Since I had never done such a vehicle I did some homework and phoned the manufacture to find out a few things about the vehicle, basically treat it like a normal vehicle. Well when I arrived I got my self set up and began with the rims and wheel wells just like a regular vehicle and it went something like this.
Exterior Process
Rims/wheel wells/Tires:
For the rims I used P21S gel formula agitated with my Swissol wheel brush and the black ShMITT. After rims where cleaned I finished them off first with a Coat of Jetseal 109 (that a good friend was kind enough to send me a sample)
For the wheel wells I used P21S Total Auto Wash full strength
Wheel wells received one coat of Victoria Lite Cleanse and finished off with Victoria Concourse Wax.
Tires and black trims inside the wheel wells received Optimum Tire Shine
Wash:
Prior to begin the wash I had to use PoorBoys Bug Squash twice on the entire front and side view mirrors due to the amount of bugs. Then the entire lower half received P21S Total Auto Wash. Then I proceeded with Meguiar’s Gold Class with two bucket method and the white ShMITT. Rinsed off with Deionized water, actually used Deionized water for the entire job (pre-rinse and final rinse, didn’t want to add/worry about water spots).
Clay:
The vehicle was in desperate need of a good clay, I also didn’t want to add any more micro marring so I went with the Ricardo clay bar. It was the hardest clay job I have ever done, not only because of the size but the bar had a tough time gliding across the paint. A lot of contamination attached on the surface of the paint. Claying took some time to say the least.
Polishing:
No polishing on this one.
Prepping for wax:
Victoria Lite Cleanse, applied by hand with a foam applicator and removed by hand with the Cobra Indigo Polishing Cloth.
Wax:
1 coat of Victoria Concourse wax applied by hand and removed by hand with the Tornado microfiber towel (gray mf towels I’ve posted pictures off).
Exterior plastic peaces/trim:
I used Back Again
Glass:
Victoria Lite Cleanse and then a coat of Victoria Concourse
Observations/comments:
This vehicle was the largest vehicle I have ever done, despite the size it actually wasn’t’ to bad to detail. You know what they say, the bigger they are the harder they fall in this case they bigger they are the better they look hahahaha. I still feel that polishing would have increased on the appearance of the vehicle, it has lots of swirls but the purpose of the detail was to make it look better then new for delivery. More mechanical work needs to be done to it before it’s delivered but both my friend and his partner were very pleased with the results. On another note, I enjoyed using the Optimum Tire Shine but I need to use it some more to get used to it. Not sure if it was just me but it felt as though it was streaking when I was applying it with a micro fiber towel. I remember my good friend Larry giving me some pointers on this so next time I’ll use his tips.
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2007 Pierce Contender Pumper, Firetruck
This vehicle is brand new, but was driven to Canada from the US so it did not look new, but that’s where I come in. Since I had never done such a vehicle I did some homework and phoned the manufacture to find out a few things about the vehicle, basically treat it like a normal vehicle. Well when I arrived I got my self set up and began with the rims and wheel wells just like a regular vehicle and it went something like this.
Exterior Process
Rims/wheel wells/Tires:
For the rims I used P21S gel formula agitated with my Swissol wheel brush and the black ShMITT. After rims where cleaned I finished them off first with a Coat of Jetseal 109 (that a good friend was kind enough to send me a sample)
For the wheel wells I used P21S Total Auto Wash full strength
Wheel wells received one coat of Victoria Lite Cleanse and finished off with Victoria Concourse Wax.
Tires and black trims inside the wheel wells received Optimum Tire Shine
Wash:
Prior to begin the wash I had to use PoorBoys Bug Squash twice on the entire front and side view mirrors due to the amount of bugs. Then the entire lower half received P21S Total Auto Wash. Then I proceeded with Meguiar’s Gold Class with two bucket method and the white ShMITT. Rinsed off with Deionized water, actually used Deionized water for the entire job (pre-rinse and final rinse, didn’t want to add/worry about water spots).
Clay:
The vehicle was in desperate need of a good clay, I also didn’t want to add any more micro marring so I went with the Ricardo clay bar. It was the hardest clay job I have ever done, not only because of the size but the bar had a tough time gliding across the paint. A lot of contamination attached on the surface of the paint. Claying took some time to say the least.
Polishing:
No polishing on this one.
Prepping for wax:
Victoria Lite Cleanse, applied by hand with a foam applicator and removed by hand with the Cobra Indigo Polishing Cloth.
Wax:
1 coat of Victoria Concourse wax applied by hand and removed by hand with the Tornado microfiber towel (gray mf towels I’ve posted pictures off).
Exterior plastic peaces/trim:
I used Back Again
Glass:
Victoria Lite Cleanse and then a coat of Victoria Concourse
Observations/comments:
This vehicle was the largest vehicle I have ever done, despite the size it actually wasn’t’ to bad to detail. You know what they say, the bigger they are the harder they fall in this case they bigger they are the better they look hahahaha. I still feel that polishing would have increased on the appearance of the vehicle, it has lots of swirls but the purpose of the detail was to make it look better then new for delivery. More mechanical work needs to be done to it before it’s delivered but both my friend and his partner were very pleased with the results. On another note, I enjoyed using the Optimum Tire Shine but I need to use it some more to get used to it. Not sure if it was just me but it felt as though it was streaking when I was applying it with a micro fiber towel. I remember my good friend Larry giving me some pointers on this so next time I’ll use his tips.
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hahahaha lol..you got me Gary 
. Oh yea the wheel wells, man they look so good, I was very happy with the rims and wheel wells, glad you liked it Gary. Once they are dirty they don't look so good but when they are clean boy incredable the way the look. The washing part istn't so bad, it just takes a little getting the hang of the roof and not to mention waxing the roof. Thanks for the feed back Gary.
