| Here is a tidbit of info that may save you rotary (and orbital) users out there some headaches, heartburn and ulcers.
While running my rotary over the rear fender of a red BMW the other day I noticed some drips of water coming out of the seam where the lower rear bumper meets the rear quarter panel. After finishing the area I was working on I bent down to inspect the area and looking down at the now evaporated water run I noticed small particles of dirt dried to the paint.
I thought for a moment of the horrible results if I had buffed over that water drip, picked up those small dirt particles and buffed them into the finish (shock and awe!). What had happened was that I did not remove the standing water in this area during the drying process and the vibrations to the panel from my rotary caused some scratch causing grit to be dislodged and carried out by a run of water.
Haste makes waste and trying to hurry up and get this car done caused me to overlook a very important step in the detailing process, which is to throughly dry all the nooks and crannies. So be careful folks that you do not dislodge any debris that was not removed in the washing step but is dislodge in the polishing steps. Never run your buffer over a lower panel area until you have inspected it. I always wipe the lower panels, along where the body seams meet, out with a MF and some QD just before I pass my buffer over that area. Good habit to form.
I am also documenting a detail on a BMW this coming week and will take some photos of the process, from claying to cutting to polishing and finishing. I hope to post them and I am going to try.....key word here is "TRY" to video a few steps and somehow offer this to anyone interested.
I am not doing this because I think I am better than everyone or anything like that but that I might be able to demonstrate technique visually better than I might do so in text.
Anthony |