Unfortunately I don't get much time to post many C&B's. Actually I kind of suck at them. My Photography skills are lacking as well as the equipment I can use. But this car is worth showing off.
First off to brag a little bit. This is the fifth time a car I have done has won Best of Show. The other five have come at Concours De Eleganse events but I am just as proud of this one. I believe this show was the Z Nationals down in Georgia. The GTR also won Peoples Choice award. Maybe one day I will actually own a show car instead of just working on them.
This car came to me with the chicken pocks. It was being worked on when a wasp flew into the garage. The mechanic grabbed a can of OFF and sprayed it everywhere in the garage. Every drop that landed on the car either pitted the paint or in places the spray was heavy, it bubbled up. The damage was so bad the owner was going to repaint the car. He brought it to me with the hope that wetsanding would cure the problem. Honestly I had no idea if it would. I tried taking pictures of the damage but couldn't seem to capture the problem. The camera couldn't focus in for some reason.
I started with 2000 grit paper and bumped up to 2500 on a second pass.
The fenders, the hood and the door had the most damage. The roof had a few bumbs.
The clear on these cars are like nothing I have ever seen. It is a bit nerve racking having to sand so deep to rid the paint of all the defects. The owner did have my back since he was planning on repainting the car.
Experiment looked like it was going well so I taped and got down to business.
Meg's M105 was doing a pretty good job a leveling the sanding marks.
Couldn't be more pleased with the result. At this point I know that the customer is going to be pretty happy since he treats this car like his baby.
Megs
m105
Menz SIP,
Wizards Finish Cut
3M Ultrafina
Z3
topped with
Fuzion
Sorry but the weather around here has really sucked. I don't think I have seen the sun in two months. So these are the best I could do.
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