08 Silverado WT

[GerryC]

Detailed my dad's 2008 Silverado Work Truck today, this thing gets abused. It sits outside 24/7 and rarely gets washed. When it does, he takes it to the drive through...just because it's convenient and cleanliness on something that hauls scrap metal every week isn't exactly a priority lol.

 

Few befores:

 

 

 

 

Started with the wheels, tires, and wheel wells, using Adam's APC and DWC,

 

 

 

Moved on to a strip wash using the Gilmour Foam Gun filled with a mixture of APC and CWS, topped off with water.

 

 

After the wash and rinse. while the truck was still wet, and using WW as a lubricant, I clayed the whole truck. This is after only half of the tailgate:

 

 

After claying, I rinsed everything down again and moved on to drying. I hate drying paint that has no wax on it.

 

Now to inspect the paint...it's tough to see swirls on any grey metallic paint, and my phone didn't pick them up at all, but you can just see how wide the sun beam is, completely unfocused, and the paint is rather hazy

 

 

Before moving on to polishing, I dressed the tires and trim with SVRT and IOS, and the wheel wells with UCS.

 

Hit the whole truck with FMP and the white pad on the Porter Cable 7424 (non xp) at speed 5, then followed up with MSS and the grey pad on speed 3. Yes I even climb up and did the roof.

 

While the sealant was curing I used GC on the inside and outside of the windows, MP1 and MP2 on the muffler, and BG on the rear bumper and the badging. I tried to talk him into debadging but as soon as I said "fishing line" it was out of the question.

 

Afters:

 

 

 

 

Here is the same spot on the hood as the earlier "before"pic

 

 

[camaro2ssblack]

Looks great