The wife and I tackled one our local volunteer Fire Department's firetruck (one of their 5) last Saturday. Basically, $400 + the cost of materials (about $200).

Process:

1) Treat all diamondplate with some Busch Aluminum Wash (more less an acid)

2) Polish all diamond plate and polish-able metal with Meguiar's All Metal Polish and a Mother's Powerball.

3) Pressure Washed the truck

4) Handwashed the entire truck

5) Dry

6) Clean interior top to bottom with Simple Green, various brushes, protectant, etc....

7) M105 Ultra Cut Compound on a Lake Country Hydro-Tech 5.5" Cyan cutting pad paired with a Meguiar's G110V1 Dual Action Polisher--settig 5-6

8) M205 Ultra Finishing Polish on a 5.5" Lake Country Hydro-Tech Tangerine Polishing Pad paired with a Meguiar's G110V1 Dual Action Polisher--setting 3-4

9) Collinite 845 Wax on a 5.5" Lake Country Hydro-Tech Crimson Finishing Pad paired with a Meguiar's G110V1 Dual Action Polisher--settig 1-2

10) Meguiar's Tire Shine on the tires

11) Cleaned Glass

Inside the bay



This door had bad waterspots all over it before this:



4 hours of polishing diamond plate:



Sara cleaned the entire interior, she done awsome!



The shine that M105, M205, Collinite 845 provides

 

I still have to go back this week and hit the front bumper this week, ran out of polish

 

Very nicely done. How did the powerball hold up to the diamond plate?

 

nice work, looks good! Did you have any "before" pictures?

 

I was abke to do have the diamond plate before it failed. It just didnt polish as good. Also having the aluminum wash (acid) helps because it eats away alot if the oxidization.

I have one pic, but its hard to tell from it. I was on a time scheduke so i didnt get but that one pic before

 

My backs killing me just looking at all that work .

Nice job though.. Looks great!

 

Nice job, looks awesome. That diamond plate is a royal pain to work on. I usually just pick one of my oldest foam pads - one that I'm willing to throw away - and go for it.

Was the Chief happy?