He's my neighbor detail!

HOOVER · Jun 21, 2016

Good day!! Title is correct. My neighbor seeing what's been rolling out the garage said if you want to do mine, go for it! This truck has been well taken care of and only has 58,000 original miles. Main goal was to revive the paint as everything else is beautiful. Won't spend a ton of time on what was used as it is pretty much the same as always. Truck had heavy contamination upon prep stage. Iron X and Sonax wheel cleaner shots.

Hood shot...

Prep done!!

Sun shot of bed and general condition of paint.

See what I mean.....VERY well maintained!! I touched nothing!

From all the environmental fallout, there was pitting on hood and roof. During test section, I made two passes and made a huge difference in paint clarity but not pitting. I felt it was best to not go more aggressive and settle for what one main pass compounding would produce. Good call as the paint is 17 years old!!

General defects....hard to see with this color....overall great shape for age!!

Small area that was spot painted years ago...it blended perfectly during compounding!!

Swirl finder pen...hard to see scratches on camera..

Getting ready to go!!

Kind of a 50/50 on hood...top half compounded..

Just cleaning and bringing clarity back...

Above the emblem is not compounded yet...look at the color difference!! SO much lighter!

Ahhhh....

Found clarity!!!

Correction finish wax...

Told you it was a 1999...hahahahh..

Clear to seal!!

Paint,windows,rims and all chrome coated with Sonax Netsheild

Final shots...sun was not so great..

Thank you so much for looking!! Neighbor said it did not look this good when he drove it off the lot with 7 miles on it!!! Fellow detailers and newbies....NEVER give up on chasing your dreams!! Do what you love and do it WELL!! Times will be busy and they will be slow, but keep on putting out nothing short than your best and the business will grow!!

Have a great evening and live your dream!!

Hoover