IW845/DWG/Wetsand/Constructive criticism welcome!

[Carbon Blue]

FINALLY! I had an open weekend to detail my love that has served me beautifully for the past 6 years and 73,520 miles since new purchase. As graduation from college approaches I find myself becoming more busy by the day and by some miracle I had an open weekend. What better way to blow off the steam by spending a few days detailing! My makita rotary arrived about 2 weeks prior and I finally got to test her out. After reading and searching through many threads about tips and tricks on how to use a rotary I can finally say that iam VERY impressed with the correction capability that it has to offer. The speed it does it by is bar none MUCH faster than any pc or udm can handle. I did experience some problems with the white LC pad skipping with SIP. I had my hand on the head (not bail handle) of the rotary and the other on the trigger with the speed lock on.

I spread SIP on a white LC at 8-900 worked it at 1200 then began polishing at 1500 then brought it back down incrementally to 1000-1200. I followed it up with UF SE using the same speeds but this time i burnished all the way back down to about 900 on a LC GREY pad.I used a 50/50 IPA after each panel was polished and brought the car back out into the sun to inspect my work. After the application of UF SE I used a Blue LC pad and IW 845 on the whole car which I let dry to a complete haze for an hour or so. The following day I applied DWG to further improve upon its clarity,slickness and depth and of course it did wonders!Im open to any advice or constructive criticism that you guys have to offer as I want to improve and further hone my skills on using a rotary. Cheers!


after a dawn wash


mild swirling on the rear bumper


doin some prep work


Left side uncorrected/ right side SIP (car was in really good shape )


Both sides polished


spreading SIP at 8-900


Fully spread and worked at 1200


after a 1500 then burnished back down to about 1000-1200. Should it look like this??


pulled out into the sun to check my work (After a 50/50 IPA wipe down) very VERY slight hazing


pulled out into the sun after an IPA wipe down to check my work after SIP

[Carbon Blue]

driver side door handle with some swirling/RIDS


2000 grit 3M Imperial wet sand


After- 3M rubbing compound/SIP/ UF SE


UF SE


Before-passenger side door handle


scratch below the handle was just too deep to remove


After compounding with some slight buffer trails/hazing


After SIP


Closer pic of the above-rear passenger side quarter panel after SIP (almost lsp ready)


DWG/IW845

[Carbon Blue]

The morning after


swirl free


swirls busted


DWG/IW845


messing around with the camera settings


I love carbon blue!

[Denzil]

Great work! Detailing your car "can" be so relaxing, hehe.

[Carbon Blue]

thanks Dnezil!

[DW849]

Car looks good. Are you using any kind of pad/block for the sandpaper when wetsanding - or just your hand and the sandpaper?

[evolutionwc3]

Carbon- the car looks great- especially after just receiving the rotary! The blue flake really pops in those final pics! I pretty much have the same question as DW849 as it looks like the wetsanding was done by a single finger. Be careful, as this will produce uneven spots very easily.

[2000firebird]

looks really good! how did you do that last picture in ps?

[Carbon Blue]

thanks everyone, I used a piece of wood that was very thin which could explain why it may look uneven. I sanded in one direction only and did not go back and fourth. But yes I need to find a new sanding block.

2000Firebird
I used a color accent setting on my camera.

thanks again everyone

[twitch]

Nice work Carbon! Good job on stepping up to the rotary and getting your issues worked out.

For sanding you should pick up something like this:
Sanding Backing Pad E7200 Product Information
It's made of a somewhat stiff foam rubber, if you didn't know that already.

The car came out great!