(May Entry)First paid job...200K mile GMC Jimmy

[true blue blood]

All I can say is WOW! That thing was a POS for sure, great work and I'm sure its a definite confidence booster

Only thing is I feel bad for the PC pads . Poor guys had no idea what they were in for!

[theeloved1]

Originally posted by true blue blood
All I can say is WOW! That thing was a POS for sure, great work and I'm sure its a definite confidence booster

Only thing is I feel bad for the PC pads . Poor guys had no idea what they were in for!

My pads did get quite the workout...worse than that even was the beating that my claybar took. I wouldn't dare use it on another vehicle....words can not describe how bad the actual texture was on the vehicle from the recycled asphalt being baked onto his truck for a couple days straight. He then went to one of those manual car washes with the bristle brush on the handle...."Chris, I scrubbed and scrubbed with that brush, you can't get that stuff off the paint." Thats how he got all the terrible swirl marks covering the entire vehicle...

Thats also when I introduced him to the wonderful world of claybars. 20 seconds of work on a little area of the hood and it felt like the difference between sliding on an icy road and hitting the dry patch! He was instantly sold on the detail job!! << claybar!

[true blue blood]

Funny you mentioned the clay bar I thought of that later. That thing must have been helluva nasty . You should hit that guy up for a steak dinner also !

[theeloved1]

Originally posted by true blue blood
Funny you mentioned the clay bar I thought of that later. That thing must have been helluva nasty . You should hit that guy up for a steak dinner also !

Its my dad....I'll get "market value" out of it somehow It was my first paid job and family so I think I came out alright...if nothing else, I can print up some of them side by sides and show em around to try and get some side work

[true blue blood]

Didn't realize it was your Dad in that case you can give him more of a hard time about it !

Yeah you definetly have a before and after marketing pic now !

[series1]

Wow! That is amazing! The 2 half and half shots of the hood are awesome.

[theeloved1]

Originally posted by true blue blood
Yeah you definetly have a before and after marketing pic now !

Would be awfully nice to be able to start up that side job thing using the Klasse AIO and other things I'd like to purchase with a $100 spending spree

[PrinzII]

Nice work for a first timer. I've used the 3M Light Cut Compound to remove certain imperfections and it works very well. I also like using Menzerna's Power Gloss with the rotary.

[kleraudio]

Damn good job man!

WOW! Thats all i can say. Makes me want to strive for perfection like that myself.

I do have one question: How slow were you moving the PC to get all the swirls out??

Thanks

Jim

[theeloved1]

um...its hard saying...I only did one application of each of the products. Using the FC Rubbing Compound definately took the longest of all the steps. I used a bit more of that product and just did like 2-3' squares at a time. I rub the pad over the area and spread the product out a bit before turning the machine on. Then, with the PC on 5, I make slow steady passes back and forth in the "horizontal" direction and then work the area in the "vertical" direction. I could be wrong here, but to me, it seems the most important thing is to let the machine do the work. You don't want to puch down on the PC. The pad should actually be making revolutions, which it won't if you're pushing down....from there, I just work the product until its starting to get close to "powdery" at which point I'd crank up the PC and make a quick pass with VERY light pressure. Buff off by hand with a MF.

Followed this up with the same process using the SMR and "worked" the product pretty well in this step too. After that, with the Glaze and the NXT, I didn't really "work" the product much. Really just applied at a pretty decent speed and instantly noticed more shine and pop when buffing out the glaze.

I was asked before about using the SMR and the Hand Glaze...From my 2 experiences, they do completely different things. I still had some minor swirls and webbing after using the FC...these all disappeared with the next step of the SMR. And, as I said, the hand glaze over the SMR made for a VERY noticable difference in "brightness" and reflection. It looked clean, but the glaze gave it a great "pop" immediately.

[WSUcommuter]

Good to see another GM onyx black in bad shape, and the results of good work

[Floriental]

That is amazing - really impressive! It dosen't even look like the same car, it looks like new. Wanna come do my mine?