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Most of the clay and correction had been done over the past few weeks with washes in between. This afternoon I knocked out the last of it, most only required FMP + Gen4 White Pads on the Flex 3401 with a handful of areas needing work with the orange pad and SHR. There were also a handful of deeper scratches that were addressed with the Flex PE14-2 rotary.

 

As it sits now, this is what the truck has been treated with:

 

  • Door moldings, lower rockers, front / rear bumpers, and roof are fully corrected and under 2 coats of Quick Sealant.
     
  • The hood, front fenders, rear fenders, tailgate, and both drivers side doors have been treated with 2 coats of Machine Super Sealant.
     
  • Faux chrome honeycomb grill sealed with Quick Sealant.
     
  • Both passenger doors have been sealed with a new sealant product I'm working on (don't worry, this ones a long ways off) so we'll see how it holds up.
     
  • Wheels have been clayed, hand polished with Revive, and sealed with Quick Sealant both on the face of the wheel and the inner barrel.
     
  • Glass has been clayed and sealed with Glass Sealant.

 

Today the truck got another 3 bucket wash, a final inspection, a thorough cleaning of the fenders. Dried with Detail Spray drying agent and GWDT. Trim and tires dressed with SVRT & 1:1 SVRT "milk" fender liners all dressed with Invisible Undercarriage Spray.

 

Interior still hasn't needed anything other than a vacuum. A new interior detailer has been used for the dash and door panels since new. Testing is ongoing.

 

Took it out for a quick drive for a couple of shots and wanted to document the paint in its absolute flawless state right now. The 3 bucket wash has proven to be working well, all the previously corrected and sealed panels are still swirl free a few weeks later.

 

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With the glare coming off the silver ice metallic paint only way to capture the sun flare is to set the camera up to see it. These images were captures with an ISO around 1600+/- and an FStop around 18+/-

 

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clayc_989

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Awesome looking paint. I hope to get mine just as flawless.

 

Now that you've gone to a 3 Buckley wash, do you believe the paint can stay swirl free indefinitely or is it just prolonging the inevitable?

Team Adam's

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Awesome looking paint. I hope to get mine just as flawless.

 

Now that you've gone to a 3 Buckley wash, do you believe the paint can stay swirl free indefinitely or is it just prolonging the inevitable?

 

With really cautious washing I'm thinking I'll probably only need occasional touch ups with FMP with maybe a larger correction 1x a year. This will be a daily driver afterall... its already been making heavy load runs from the hardware store so it will be treated like a truck.

 

If it wasn't going to be sitting in parking lots and driven all the time, I'm sure I could keep it flawless, but I'm intending to use it like a truck so it will probably get some imperfections from time to time... the goal is to minimize them with good wash habits.

 

Truth be told, light cleaning probably only will take a 2 bucket... only dragging out the 3rd as needed.

 

Looks good man.

 

Thank you! :cheers:

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Thank you!

 

Its funny... today a customer called to ask a question so I was talking to him on the hands free as I finished the tires with SVRT, we were shooting the breeze about dealer vehicle paint issues, and he asked "if its silver and you can't see the swirls anyways, whats the point of fixing them?"

 

I didn't have a better answer than "because I'd still know they're there"

 

LOL... I'm a sick man :lol:

clayc_989

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With really cautious washing I'm thinking I'll probably only need occasional touch ups with FMP with maybe a larger correction 1x a year. This will be a daily driver afterall... its already been making heavy load runs from the hardware store so it will be treated like a truck.

 

If it wasn't going to be sitting in parking lots and driven all the time, I'm sure I could keep it flawless, but I'm intending to use it like a truck so it will probably get some imperfections from time to time... the goal is to minimize them with good wash habits.

 

Truth be told, light cleaning probably only will take a 2 bucket... only dragging out the 3rd as needed.

 

10-4. I hear ya on the truck part, its a pain keeping everything nice 100% of the time. Do like the idea of only correcting completely once a year....might have to get me another bucket. :cool:

LDM

LDM

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Truck looks great Dylan, not that it surprises me. Some pretty cool spots for the pics too.

Dv3andrs

Dv3andrs

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Looks good! Want to make a trip to Va Beach and help me get my truck under control? I'm going to probably start debadging this weekend and then start working towards a full correction. Enjoy using it as a truck though! Not sure what all you will be hauling, but as a bedliner, the bedrugs class it up pretty good and are still extremely tough.

TK427

TK427

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:cheers:MY GOODNESS MAN!!!:drool:That Metallic really POPS:lurk:

I almost would eat off a truck looking that clean.:lolsmack:

THE Mook

THE Mook

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Truck is ready to party! Looks beautiful man! Welcome to the club of crazy...they'll be a day soon day soon enough, you think you see something, then lose it, then find it and get mad three weeks later all over again!

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That last picture is great! Two points of light hitting it. Wow!

 

Look closer...

 

the point of light closer to the wiper cowl is actually light bouncing off the cab above the windshield. If you follow that line directly to the right in the pic you can see the onstar antenna reflected also.

 

THAT is a reflection like a mirror my friend :thumbsup:

Chase@InsanePaint

Chase@InsanePaint

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Freakin' awesome Dylan!! Any plans for a slight lift? Even just a leveling kit? What about some 33" tires & KMC XD wheels?

 

From one guy who's driven lowered rides & gone to 4x4, to another guy who's driven lowered rides and gone to 4x4.......IT'S JUST AS ADDICTING TO MOD. :)

 

PS - Always love a clean, fully debadged ride.

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