Well I hosted my fourth detail meet on Saturday, April 16. There was a decent turnout for the event, and a huge thanks goes out to Brent Gray at Dupray industries for allowing me to use the garage and for providing excellent barbeque and drinks. There were members from a few different forums that attended, providing a good mix for the event.
We started by trying out the steam cleaner for cleaning up the rims. The Hill Injection does an awesome job at blasting away the brake dust and oils that sit on the rims. Here are a few shots of a forum member using the machine.


Then I cleaned the leather seats

Shot of the unit

Then we did the driver’s side mat


Brent showing the steam action

End result

Then we cleaned the headliner, we started with this



Ended with this

This is the towel after the first corner

Claying action

A little John Deere green over spray

Checking the paint, good old GMC thick clear

Paint Before shots, very bad, never polished, or washed with care


Explaining the difference in pads

Wool compounding

After a few rounds of compounding


Everyone giving it a try


Some polishing

Taping off the pin stripes

The start

Work in progress

Finish after polishing steps

The hood looking a little better, you can see the difference from the fender (untouched) and the hood.

The truck still has a lot more to be done to it, but it was a good example on how to correct paint, and using different types of compounds and polishes.

 

looks like fun and a chance to get good experience.. wonder if there's anythign like that in atl/southeast..

 

Wow, looks like it took alot of the dirt out. Thanks for sharing.

 

great work

 

You should have posted an invite in the Canadian section. I would have liked to attend and see your handy-work!!!

What happened to Nikku btw?

 

Very cool, I would be interested in hosting something like this in the central Florida area.

 

Lmao how come no one from toronto even got invited? HATERS!

 

Must have been a secret Detail Meet. It is too bad no one was notified in the Canadian section.


Too bad, we always have enjoyed the very informative and Detail meets Picus has hosted. It would have been nice to check out another.

 

sorry guys, I offered it to the forums I sponsor first, and there was limited availabilty due to space restrictions. If I throw another one I will put something up on here for sure, maybe at the end of May if someone wants to donate a location for the day.

 

As far as Nick (Nikku) he had back issues and he was persuing other interests last time I talked to him.

 

wish they did this kind of stuff in stl