Detailing a car truck or tractor

[Pete Judd]

We have a guy in town that does the detail for a hundred bucks. Wash, wax, shampoos the whole insides. Makes them look new. Worth the money, and he makes a good living doing it.

 

[forgeblast]

I was reading about this the other week. Its amazing how they use the detailing clay. Auto detailing clay, detail clay bar, clay lubricant, Pinnacle Poly Clay, Wolfgang, auto detail clay, meguiar's detailing clay, auto clay bar
We live on a dirt road, so I wash a bit, but i also bought my new truck with a sliver that matches modified dust

 

[JRobyn]

I once had a fairly nice but plain GMC Sierra work truck that we sold after only a few years, so I did a good thorough clean and detail before the sale. Evidently my "employees" would let the truck idle with the A/C on full blast on hot/humid days and then pile in to cool off during breaks. The job sites were blasting jobs, where dirt and rock dust abounds. So as soon as they opened the doors, the super-cool interior would condense dust-laden air EVERYWHERE. We had to strip out the seats and everything else that would easily remove from the interior to get the accumulated dust-mud washed out! Actually washed the insides of the seats with low pressure water spray. I was very glad that it just had the vinyl seats and floor matting and not velour/carpet. Disassembled most of the dash to clean everything. What a job. No more employees or work trucks for me.

- Jay

 

[B7510HSD]

Wow I just spent some time on the site that you suggested and I didn't know that paint could be "restored" like new. I am a person who waxes and washes his tractor. My dad was the type of person who would wax everything he owned and somehow that passed on to me. He was not a rich man but would buy Kit carnauba wax and wax his truck and Murray 900$ lawn mower till it shined like new. I would get frustrated as I was volunteered to be the (towel man). Everything got Armour Alled as well. Let me tell you going around a curve with that stuff on the vinyl seat at 50mph you had to hang on other wise you would slide to the other side of the truck. Yep, back then nobody wore seat belts. Fast forward 30 years and that truck still looks new; aside from the now thin paint. I know that tractors are going to get dirty and scuffed from being worked but I want to preserve the tractor for years. I do believe that if you keep your tractor clean and maintained it will last. There are those who don't care and will dispose of it for a newer tractor every few years, "something I cannot afford to do". Fortunately I have a son who I now volunteer to be

"The towel man"

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Bird]

nothing even close to detailing. That kind of cleaning was for my much younger days.

Yep, it was different in our younger days. My Dad owned a service station and of course I worked there. But when I was 18, he used to get annoyed because he thought I spent too much time caring for my 2 year old car (a black and white 1956 Mercury Montclair convertible).

 

[Buppies]

Used to spent Saturday afternoons detailing my 66 Ford Fairlane GT before going out on a date. Those were the days. What I used to do in an hour or two now takes all day

 

[tractorshopper]

My dad is also a wash and wax guy. Always has been. Had a Rally lawn mower for almost 25 years and it still looked new. Bought a JD lawn mower and keeps it immaculate. I was over there a couple weeks ago and a friend of his from church came by and dad had just finished mowing the lawn. The guy was offering condolences since Mom just passed and he looked at the mower and said wow, you just got a beautiful new mower. My dad says, no, I've had it for over 5 years now. It truly looks like it could be in the showroom. I'll say this, he may be **** about keeping stuff up, but his stuff lasts longer than anyone I know.