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dsms · 12-18-08, 10:52

Now under the standing halogens

I used Gloss It extreme cut on the cyclo with orange pads to cut out the defects and then followed up with the Evolution polish to refine the paint and bring out that last bit off gloss.

The result

I corrected the rest of the paint usning the Gloss It one step machine polish on the cyclo with green pads

The result after only 1 step, later the finished was jeweled on the makita

Remember that scratched hood scoop?

This is the final shot under the same Fenix LED light

I then corrected the rest of the car

drivers side rear quarter before shots, swirls and light RIDS

After correcting the paint with the gloss it 1 step machine polish on the cyclo with green pads (15-20lbs of pressure before letting up to refine the finish was used on the cyclo)

The paint at this point was just about perfect and finished down 100% LSP ready. I decided to go one step further and I broke out the makita for some extra jeweling.

On the makita I used 3M Ultrafina with the Gloss It EVP prime on a blue lake country finishing pad.

Ultrafina seems to always leave a clean finish but it never really adds gloss or depth IMO on a finish that is already leveled and defect free but UF is just so damn consistant I decided to use it anyway.

I used the EVP prime on the LC blue finishing pad to allow me to repeatedly jewel and burnish the clearcoat to a very wet, deep finish. What the EVP does in addition to lubricating your pad is disperse heat. On the makita i wash polishing at about 1400rpm max but I was not limited to how long i could work the product. The EVP allows you virtually unlimited work time of most polishes. I kept burnishing down the finish till I got 900rpm and then I did some last slow passes.

The results of an extra 3hrs of jeweling the paint was very rewarding. I managed to bring out a deeper, wetter looking finish before even applying the LSP.

Here are some post polishing shots after jeweling and an IPA wipedown

The hood, defect free under the infratech

No LSP yet

The sun came out for a few minutes so I brought the car out after polishing, again a no LSP finish is shown here

The plastic undr the winshield was treated with Gloss It TRV, the trim by the windows was treated with 1Z gummi pledge. Exhaust was cleaned using Noxon

I brought the car back in for the finishing tocuhes including LSP application.

12-18-08, 10:52	#2 (permalink)
dsms Registered User dsms is offline Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,013	Re: dsms detail - 08' Obsidian Black Pearl Subaru STi Now under the standing halogens I used Gloss It extreme cut on the cyclo with orange pads to cut out the defects and then followed up with the Evolution polish to refine the paint and bring out that last bit off gloss. The result I corrected the rest of the paint usning the Gloss It one step machine polish on the cyclo with green pads The result after only 1 step, later the finished was jeweled on the makita Remember that scratched hood scoop? This is the final shot under the same Fenix LED light I then corrected the rest of the car drivers side rear quarter before shots, swirls and light RIDS After correcting the paint with the gloss it 1 step machine polish on the cyclo with green pads (15-20lbs of pressure before letting up to refine the finish was used on the cyclo) The paint at this point was just about perfect and finished down 100% LSP ready. I decided to go one step further and I broke out the makita for some extra jeweling. On the makita I used 3M Ultrafina with the Gloss It EVP prime on a blue lake country finishing pad. Ultrafina seems to always leave a clean finish but it never really adds gloss or depth IMO on a finish that is already leveled and defect free but UF is just so damn consistant I decided to use it anyway. I used the EVP prime on the LC blue finishing pad to allow me to repeatedly jewel and burnish the clearcoat to a very wet, deep finish. What the EVP does in addition to lubricating your pad is disperse heat. On the makita i wash polishing at about 1400rpm max but I was not limited to how long i could work the product. The EVP allows you virtually unlimited work time of most polishes. I kept burnishing down the finish till I got 900rpm and then I did some last slow passes. The results of an extra 3hrs of jeweling the paint was very rewarding. I managed to bring out a deeper, wetter looking finish before even applying the LSP. Here are some post polishing shots after jeweling and an IPA wipedown The hood, defect free under the infratech No LSP yet The sun came out for a few minutes so I brought the car out after polishing, again a no LSP finish is shown here The plastic undr the winshield was treated with Gloss It TRV, the trim by the windows was treated with 1Z gummi pledge. Exhaust was cleaned using Noxon I brought the car back in for the finishing tocuhes including LSP application.