Vehicle is a 2005 ford Escape, with about 18k on the clock .. Owner iwas looking for some help with the paint on his Escape. Since time was short, this was an exterior, paint only job.

Process:
- Wash with Meguiar's Gold Class
- Wheels done with Meg's wheel brush
- Clay.. and clay.. and clay.. and clay.. (you get the idea)
Used Meguiar's Mild Detailing clay, and QD for lube (over two bottles of QD)

- DCPC on the hood
- Meg's # 80, PC, 8006 pad @ 5.0 speed x 2 on the hood
- Meg's #26, PC, 9006 pad @ 3.5 speed, removed by hand
- Meg's Hot Shine High Gloss Tire Spray


total time on this detail was a little over six hours .. I have been doing this for over 25 years, and the hood on this SUV was as badly in need of claying as any I have ever seen .. I actually found my self wishing I had picked up some agressive clay.

I spent almost three hours claying this vehicle, almost two hours on the hood alone. the current owner bought this truck used, and it was obvious that the original owner had done nothing to take care of the paint. There was a tremendous amount of overspray, tree sap, road tar and some other things that I was unable to identify.

Didn't have time to take a ton of pictures, due to time constraints on both ends .. but here is what I did manage.


Here is a shot of the hood, AFTER washing


and a close up of all of the junk on the hood paint

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Now for some after shots

remember the hood ?


and finally, a nice reflection shot off of the hood..



There are a few more pics in my gallery .. if anyone is interested ..

a fun day, but now I am off to have a beer ..

 

damn is all i have to say is nice work... that is what black is suposed to look like. great work

 

Nicely done... Technique with the right products yields stellar results.

 

Figured it had to be black.....

 

Awesome work. I see your close to me, do you do this as a profession or just for friends? Might be able to bring ya some work if your interested

 

Wow. Nice results.

 

thanks .. used to do it as a profession, now I do it on the side, partly as a hobby, but mainly to support my hobby ..

I am always willing to take on a few more .. just shoot me an email

 

Wow that looks great... nice job.

 

apparently I have to have atleast 100 post to PM anyone, so I guess I will hit ya back in 50 something more post

 

you can still send him an email though can't you? I think you can email, just not PM. Just click on his name and go to send email instead of PM.

 

I believe that is correct .. or email me .. me email is my username here @ houston.rr.com

 

can I bring my truck by??

 

Sure .. I'd love to see your truck in person ..

I love your wheel/tire combo .. looks awesome ..

 

I live in San Antonio, but have relatives in Humble. How much would you charge to clean up an 02 SuperCrew FX4? You might just have another taker!

 

shoot me an email . .