How I spent my (manual) labor day...
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I don't know how some of you guys do a full detail in 4-6 hours. I'm not even done and I'm exhausted. Granted, I did some non-detail projects first.
Car is 2 years old with 25,000 miles. Shamefully, it's been detailed once in that time (professionally) and probably only washed 10 times aside from that. So - needless to say - it looked horrible. And I made the decision to stop it, and start taking better care of it. I'll never be the full detail every week guy that some of you are - but it'll get this treatment a couple of times a year, and washed at least every other week.
So:
wash, dry, clay, wash, dry
SIP
PO106FF
Finishing touch Glaze
FMJ
High Gloss Acrylic Shield
I still need to finish the front half of the car, but the back half is completely done. then I still need to clean the glass and plastic/rubber trim, interior detail, engine detail, and wheel detail.
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<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_2000.sized.jpg">
<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_1999.sized.jpg">
the front, which isn't done:
<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_1997.sized.jpg">
<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_1996.sized.jpg">
Car is 2 years old with 25,000 miles. Shamefully, it's been detailed once in that time (professionally) and probably only washed 10 times aside from that. So - needless to say - it looked horrible. And I made the decision to stop it, and start taking better care of it. I'll never be the full detail every week guy that some of you are - but it'll get this treatment a couple of times a year, and washed at least every other week.
So:
wash, dry, clay, wash, dry
SIP
PO106FF
Finishing touch Glaze
FMJ
High Gloss Acrylic Shield
I still need to finish the front half of the car, but the back half is completely done. then I still need to clean the glass and plastic/rubber trim, interior detail, engine detail, and wheel detail.
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<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_2000.sized.jpg">
<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_1999.sized.jpg">
the front, which isn't done:
<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_1997.sized.jpg">
<img src="http://oldgallery.kelleyanddustin.com/albums/misc_cars_gto/IMG_1996.sized.jpg">
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which isn't so bad, in a way. I bet it looks better than the pics can show.
You're gonna be hurtin for a couple days if you're not used to that much manual labor, it can put you down.
You're gonna be hurtin for a couple days if you're not used to that much manual labor, it can put you down.
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