Deep Gloss Auto Salon: Avalanche Resurrection

Deep Gloss Auto Salon
Avalanche Resurrection​

This truck was brought to me for an emergency 911 visit. The owner had recently moved to Michigan from Alabama and had new sod installed at his home. New sod needs to be watered multiple times daily (2-3 times).

The owner of this vehicle was out of town for a week and his truck was getting sprayed 3 times a day with water from his sprinkler system. It was the middle of the summer when this was occurring. Little did the owner know (due to the fact that he recently moved there) that he had very hard water and the hot summer sun had baked the minerals into his paint, glass, trim etc.

I got a frantic call from the owner saying that he and his son had tried everything they could think of to get rid of the hard water spots that were all over his truck with no success. It was so bad he could not even see out of the windshield and had to have the vehicle towed to my location. When he arrived it became clear just how bad the mineral deposits were… When rubbing my bare hand over the paintwork it felt and sounded like I was rubbing my hand on sandpaper.

The owner was very pessimistic that his paint could be saved and had already begun looking into a repaint. I was able to get him back on the road that day by taking care of his windshield. After doing his windshield I did a test spot to show him what I could accomplish and to calm his nerves, but was not able to get him in for a detail until about 5 weeks later.

Wash Process:
Foam Cannon with APC/ Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
1 bucket wash APC/ Chemical Guys Citrus Wash

Tires:
Amazing Roll Off
Surf City Dressing

Rims:
Meguiars Wheel Bright (Neutralized with DG 902)
Duragloss 501

Glass:
Surf City Clearly Better

Mineral Removal Process:
Danase Water Spot Remover
4” orange pad
Polishing pal

Correction Process:
Makita 9227
M105 with 3M wool pad
M105 with Orange LC Pad
M205 with White LC Pad
Menzerna 85rd and Black LC Pad

Bed Cover and Trim:
Cleansed with APC
Protected with Chemical Guys

Paint Protection:
Bilt Hamber Auto Balm

Here is how the vehicle arrived to me for correction:








Not too bad right!!!!???? Let’s take a closer look (the devil is in the details):










Now you have an idea what I was up against!

Let’s move on to how it looked after the deposits were removed:

Before:


After:


Before:


After:


Before:


After:


50/50 of bed:


Let’s see some straight on sun shots!









So, now that you see that we were officially in swirl city and that the unforgiving sun has shown the level of correction achieved, let’s get on to the final after beauty shots:
















Thanks for looking!

 

Wowzers!!! How long did it take to remove the water spotting and did you clay before or after?

 

Holy poop! That was a mess mang! Awesome job bringing it back to life! What was the paint like (soft-hard)? Just curious because I haven't done a US car in a while... everything here is hard as diamonds!

 

Wow, in the last photo I can see the swirls on the the PT Cruiser in the reflection. Top notch!

 

Nice save, that was a real mess! :worship2::thumb: Thanks for sharing with us.

 

Big correction, huge SUV... awesome work!!!

 

Looks great!

What a PITA that must have been... mucho $$$...

 

Great Job Jason.

 

That looks great, I bet the owner was extremely pleased!!

 

what an amazing turn around.........

 

what cg product did you use on the plastic parts...i have the exact same truck and have been using 303 but want to try something else

 

Ya know, I am just getting around to posting some of my work from last year so I don't really remember how long I worked on just the water spotting... Opps, knew I forgot something.. clayed after!

Ya, holy poop was ALMOST what came out of my mouth when I saw this beast!

Thanks Man

Most GM paint is Medium to hard..... Not quite as hard as what you see day in and day out

Ha ha,.... Now that's funny!

Thanks Aesop:headbang:

DLR thanks man!

Dave, thanks for the kinds words..... To be honest I was REALLY glad this thing had so much plastic trim...lol

Thanks man..... The owner didn't understand why the quote was so high until he saw the finished product... when he saw it he all became clear to him

Dana, thanks a lot maestro

Thanks Nissaner... He was quite pleased:thumb:

Phil... Thanks a lot buddy

Good to see you back around!

If I had my druthers I would have used either a trim dye or black wow BUT the owner did not want to incur the extra cost so instead CG trim gel was used which, for as bad as this trim was in it was merely a band aid.

 

great job! i would have passed out if i came home to find that.

and your correct i have ridden past your house a zillion times (on my bike)

Google street view shows the forsale sign and the road construction worker standing in front of your street it is funny.

 

great save an what a shine you got out of it way to go.

 

Superb work there Jason! How do you like the Danase Water Spot Remover?

 

Thanks Jedidiah...

When I 1st saw the vehicle there were some choice words that went through my head....lol

Yep, that's where I am at... Figured if you have came to my "hood" to bike you would have passed by me.... If you ever see me out and about stop on by!

Thanks Twisted!

Thanks Denzil....

I really like the Danase WSR... Really saved me a lot of time on this job!

 

That thing was seriously gross. Great turnaround! :thumb:

 

Ya, the mineral deposits were pretty tenacious...

Thanks:thumb:

 

Jason...I must be losing my mind...I thought I had posted on this before?? No, I know I'm right b/c I went and ordered the Danase product after seeing this post. I think this is a repeat. Certainly don't mind seeing it again though. Good work before, good work now.

 

an amazing recovery! that was pretty horrendous. :applause: