Black Saleen F150 - super detail

Dalamar · Nov 11, 2009

My buddy asked me to detail his truck. It is a sweet truck, and needed some love.

Full detail and being black it took some time, but was way worth it.
It had a few scuffs I had to take care of and was pretty swirled, especially on the hood/front.

basic process:
Wash
Clay
Polish
Rotary polish scuffed areas. I think there were 6 spots that needed the heat.
Polished again agressive.
Polish again light.
Polished the hood 2 more times, you'll see the pics.
Glaze
Jetseal, 2 coats.
Obsessive Detail - Wet Obsession wax

The spread:

about here it started raining, so I washed it and pulled it inside.

Dalamar · Nov 11, 2009

Some type of overspray and crap on the horizontal surfaces.
this is from half of the center of the hood area. about a 2' x 1.5' area.

The paint on the hood and front was softer than the stock panels.
it was very swirled and scuffed up on the hood, front and sides of the front fenders.

This is washed/dried!

Still slightly scuffed. Polished 2 more times.

Aah, that's better!!

After 1 polish

Final

Dalamar · Nov 11, 2009

Here is the side polished 2x.

Here it is Final. see the difference?

Here's some more pics of it done.
I'll get some more tomorrow outside.

SRT Handz · Nov 11, 2009

Looking Great!!!

What polish did you use jeff?

Dalamar · Nov 11, 2009

I used a few.
Scratch and swirl of the first go,
Then I used CG Pro Polish 3n on the scuffs with a ROTARY and a standard orange pad, lake city I think.
then the whole truch with the Orbital on an orange hex pad.

the hood, top of the front bumper and front side fenders I had to polish 2-3 more times. it was bad.

I can totally empathise with the 32 hours you put on that black porche.
I have 24 hours in this job.

edited - was tired

Javi · Nov 11, 2009

OMG you are umm. lol

im drooling, sexiest truck FORD has.

Jeff you did a great job, black aint a piece of cake to detail.

El_Diablo · Nov 11, 2009

i saw the difference.... theres some gay (sandles???) redneck taking pictures in the second one!!!!! CREEPY!!

lol, sorry, couldn't resist..... looks great

Obsessive Detail · Nov 11, 2009

Awesome job Jeff!

Dalamar · Nov 11, 2009

Thanks Javi and Justin.

Lol Diablo. it's called a "dew rag"

Dalamar · Nov 11, 2009

Here are some finished pics:

edit: THIS TRUCK IS FOR SALE - PM ME FOR CONTACT INFO

There. I think that's enough pictures.

atlanticblue98 · Nov 11, 2009

awesome, i love those trucks so much

Naptown_Stang · Nov 11, 2009

WOW! way to go. awesome truck.

Javi · Nov 11, 2009

Dalamar said:

JeremyAlan · Nov 11, 2009

javi said:
im drooling, sexiest truck FORD has.

Beg to differ. Raptor. end of story.

Dalamar. The truck looks awesome! you did an excellent job. 24 hrs is a long time looking at paint on a vehicle

Jeremy

bryand · Nov 11, 2009

was estrada mad u stole his sandals

Dalamar · Nov 11, 2009

Thanks guys!

What's up with hatin' on my sandals?
lol, you guys are funny. there's almost 40 pictures here and you don't like my sandals shown in the reflection of 1 picture.
For the record, this was after a 9 hr work day, and 5 hrs of polishing. I was tired and sweaty, and yes, was wearing sandals, and a dew rag because I need a haircut.

SRT Handz · Nov 11, 2009

Detailing in Sandals FTW. Its easier when your sandals get wet instead of your shoes. My garage is carpeted so I detail barefoot and in my PJ's more than often lol

got5.0 · Nov 11, 2009

SRT Handz said:
Detailing in Sandals FTW. Its easier when your sandals get wet instead of your shoes. My garage is carpeted so I detail barefoot and in my PJ's more than often lol

I do that too... nice pics, love that truck.