Cleaned and Detailed a 1998 Freightliner Firetruck

dixie_boysles

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The wife and I tackled one our local volunteer Fire Department's firetruck (one of their 5) last Saturday. Basically, $400 + the cost of materials (about $200).

Process:

1) Treat all diamondplate with some Busch Aluminum Wash (more less an acid)

2) Polish all diamond plate and polish-able metal with Meguiar's All Metal Polish and a Mother's Powerball.

3) Pressure Washed the truck

4) Handwashed the entire truck

5) Dry

6) Clean interior top to bottom with Simple Green, various brushes, protectant, etc....

7) M105 Ultra Cut Compound on a Lake Country Hydro-Tech 5.5" Cyan cutting pad paired with a Meguiar's G110V1 Dual Action Polisher--settig 5-6

8) M205 Ultra Finishing Polish on a 5.5" Lake Country Hydro-Tech Tangerine Polishing Pad paired with a Meguiar's G110V1 Dual Action Polisher--setting 3-4

9) Collinite 845 Wax on a 5.5" Lake Country Hydro-Tech Crimson Finishing Pad paired with a Meguiar's G110V1 Dual Action Polisher--settig 1-2

10) Meguiar's Tire Shine on the tires

11) Cleaned Glass

Inside the bay

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This door had bad waterspots all over it before this:

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4 hours of polishing diamond plate:

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Sara cleaned the entire interior, she done awsome!

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The shine that M105, M205, Collinite 845 provides

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