Ok, so a friend of my sister-in-law calls me and asks me if I can detail her durango. I said sure, she drops by, and I gave her an estimate. By the time it was all said and done it came to $500. You shall soon see why. The supplies used are as follows:


Exterior
Wash:

-Plain old DAWN. this truck was nasty, it got treated as such.
-P21S Paintwork Cleaner

Clay:

-Mothers Aggressive Clay system
-Hot, soapy (dawn) water for lube.

Polish:
-Optimum Polish II

-Glaze:
Megs #7 Show Car Mirror Glaze

Wax:

-Megs #26

Sealant:

-Jetseal 109

All products were applied by a 10"orbital and removed by hand with microfiber.

Interior:

OxyClean Laundry Stain remover (carpet)
Megs Leather Conditioner
Megs Dash/Trim Foam Conditioner
Megs Woodgrain Polish

Without further ado...the pix...dont cringe:

Before:


^Right Rear Door (bottom)


^R/R bumber


^this woman CANNOT drive...its quite evident.


^nor can she maintain her vehicle properly...


^jeez...wrecked at both ends...


^wheels are ruined. Before wash...


^AFTER the wash...


^thats all stuff STUCK to the paint finish.

More coming...

^more crap


^the inside was nowhere NEAR as bad


^cupholders EWW!!!


^HUGE expanse of plastic...nice...


^rust on the hood, on a 2006?


^Paint peeling under trim...


^more rust...


^The reason for the rust on the tailgate...

More to come...

^more rust...wow...


^still more...


^Clay!

Annnnnnnd Polish, Glaze, wax, and sealant Prep work!

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^Meguiars #26 on and curing...30 mins oughtta do it, it was humid.

And after:


^Like I said, wheels are ruined...I tried Klasse AIO and the paint cleaner...nothing worked. I even tried clay.


^see...told ya

^The best wheel on the truck...The others were too badly corroded and stained to put in pix.


^reflections...NOICE!


^more


^there comes a point for black trim,w hen its just too badly faded to recover...Mothers Back to Black+Aerospace 303 wouldnt even bring it back...


^Stripes in the carpet.




More cheap plastic, but at least its clean...

Thats all...till next time...

Does this car drive through New York City? That could probably explain the reason for damaged bumpers (aka parallel parking). As far as the rust goes, obviously there's scratches on the car that werent taken cared of right away and since you guys get snow over there (equals salt and grime when it splashes) which would probably explain why there's rust on an 06.

But there should be no excuse for the paint peel though. lol

Cool! What finally took the rust out?

For those wheels, I've found a good thick wax will help. Its pitting of the clearcoat and the wax will fill that pitting in for a time...

Well steve, I ended up getting the rust off with the claybar system. Whats to say it wont return.

Those rust spots arent from scratches nessecarily, most of them are plain old poor craftsmanship. My civic is about 6 months older and doesnt look like this. she is having it repaired by Dodge under their corrosion warranty (10 years, no mileage limit).

As far as the truck, it doesnt drive in NYC, im 6 hrs away from there, its a local truck. And for the wheels I couldnt get them clean to wax them.

Even if you just apply the wax over whatever is on there it will be an improvement, for a while until the wax goes away.

Thats what I always did with cars I detailed that had machined wheels that had been ruined by automatic carwash wheel brushes and cleaners, it looks to me like that possibly has happened there as well. Painted wheels hide it, but its really noticable on machined finish wheels like that. Use an thick oily wax, or use your Meg's #7 show car glaze, that will do it really well. They can be repaired probably, but they need to be aggresively polished with a heavy cut compound and a buffer with a small pad.

Just make sure to explain to the customer that the wheels are beyond repair and that the treatment you gave them was cosmetic and will be temporary.

Yeah that rusting is awful. You live in a heavy rust area but still, you shouldn't see rust like that...

It came out great considering where it was when you started!