So Saturday I did a freebie for my 16yr old little cousin.. His grandfather on the other side gave him a '94 Chevy 1500. Overall pretty solid truck, but the paint definitely needed a little help. 13-14 years of swirls and scratches and no wax and it had never been professionally detailed or buffed or anything. Believe it or not, it was actually a metallic paint and neither he or his dad or grandfather ever knew it..
I basically started at 7am, washed and claybarred it. Pulled out the menzerna (awesome stuff!)... Started off with the SIP on a 5.5" orange low profile pad.. Next went to 106ff on a white pad. Menz glaze over the whole truck, and topped with the wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant.. Basically about 8hrs worth of work.. It was as good as I could possibly get it.. Practically no swirls whatsoever, and I did wonders on all the deeper scratches. And there was definitely no doubt it was a metallic paint now.. I told him to bring it by today and I would teach him a little bit about washing and taking care of it, put a coat of liquid souv on it, and give him some microfibers and quick detailer to keep it looking good.
He took it to the local dirt track last night to watch some racing, so it got covered in some pretty good dust. He said he was going to be busy after work so he was just going to wash it on his lunch break so he could take it to his grandfathers to show him when he got off.. I objected but it didn't do a whole lot of good..
Anyways, I saw the truck this afternoon and was absolutely disgusted.. He washed it with dawn and a dish rag, and then dried with with a dirty bath towel.. One that you definitely wouldn't allow in your house.. New swirls and scratches everywhere... I mean it still looks a million times better than it did, but to see that amount of damage one wash and less than 48hrs after I finished the truck just made me sick..
Oh well... Live and learn I guess.. People that don't take care of them before aren't going to take care of them after, so no more freebies for them.
I basically started at 7am, washed and claybarred it. Pulled out the menzerna (awesome stuff!)... Started off with the SIP on a 5.5" orange low profile pad.. Next went to 106ff on a white pad. Menz glaze over the whole truck, and topped with the wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant.. Basically about 8hrs worth of work.. It was as good as I could possibly get it.. Practically no swirls whatsoever, and I did wonders on all the deeper scratches. And there was definitely no doubt it was a metallic paint now.. I told him to bring it by today and I would teach him a little bit about washing and taking care of it, put a coat of liquid souv on it, and give him some microfibers and quick detailer to keep it looking good.
He took it to the local dirt track last night to watch some racing, so it got covered in some pretty good dust. He said he was going to be busy after work so he was just going to wash it on his lunch break so he could take it to his grandfathers to show him when he got off.. I objected but it didn't do a whole lot of good..
Anyways, I saw the truck this afternoon and was absolutely disgusted.. He washed it with dawn and a dish rag, and then dried with with a dirty bath towel.. One that you definitely wouldn't allow in your house.. New swirls and scratches everywhere... I mean it still looks a million times better than it did, but to see that amount of damage one wash and less than 48hrs after I finished the truck just made me sick..
Oh well... Live and learn I guess.. People that don't take care of them before aren't going to take care of them after, so no more freebies for them.
