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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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My husband's truck was needing some attention and since I've been spending all this money on detail stuff I felt I better. He was away for the weekend and I knew it would be a two dayer ,cuz its a giagantic dually.
So I pull out the PC , swirl, amigo,epic all the pads. Some 303 aerospace for the trim, endurance for the tires and metal polish .
I washed the beast and dried it ,there was no beading left. This took about an hour. Then I thought of Ken's saying, whipped out the Hydro
and went around in about 15 minutes , did the trim and was done by 930am.
Here are the results. I had the weekend to party and banked some brownie points, Thanks Detailers Paradise.









 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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very nicely done!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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Hahaha...so did you not use the PC then??
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Wow nice job! I take it the wash took too long and that's why you jsut used Hydro? Either way it looks awesome!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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Cheater!
Looks great though. Nothing makes me appreciate my MINI more than detailing my wife's Expedition. Of course I'm not kenchan lazy - I do it right and Swirl, Amigo and Epic. I leave the Hydro for later washes.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MLWagner79
Hahaha...so did you not use the PC then??
Nope, just hydro, but don't tell him that haha
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Wow, you must have a lot of brownie points, that truck looks great!
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MiniMaybee
Cheater!
Looks great though. Nothing makes me appreciate my MINI more than detailing my wife's Expedition. Of course I'm not kenchan lazy - I do it right and Swirl, Amigo and Epic. I leave the Hydro for later washes.
wooah now, let's clarify that im lazy on my commuters, not on my
hobby cars. hobby cars are well kept, and well nurished...
10+hours invested (closer to 16hrs) per full detail, wash, clay, polish,
2coats of wax, then QD'ed after each drive (yes, each drive). every
5 QD, the car is spray waxed. i dont drive in the rain, i dont take them
to stores, and they are always garaged at night and during the weekday.

who has time to be spending hours after hours on a daily driven car that's
going to get dirty in 5min after you drive? or it rains out as soon as you
finish? i sure don't.

hydro is the answer.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
who has time to be spending hours after hours on a daily driven car that's going to get dirty in 5min after you drive? or it rains out as soon as you finish? i sure don't.
I don't really, either. But I do it anyway
 
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MLWagner79
I don't really, either. But I do it anyway

this is why we are ocd
 
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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I only have daily drivers, so yes I do too.
 
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