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fdizzle
10-30-2006, 10:51 PM
Detail for Repeat Customer . . .



Tried Improving My Camera Skill this time . . .



Process:



Wash w/ MG GC

Clay w/ Pinnacle Ultra-Poly

Yellow LC pad w/OHC Rotary & PC w/ 4`` spot buff pads for small areas

White LC pad w/OP x2 Rotary & PC w/ 4`` spot buff pads for small areas

Black LC pad w/Automagic Express Wax PC w/ 6`` LC pads



what we were dealing with . . .

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p233/fdizzle_photos/CIMG0526.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p233/fdizzle_photos/CIMG0528.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p233/fdizzle_photos/CIMG0529.jpg



results . . .

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p233/fdizzle_photos/CIMG0537.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p233/fdizzle_photos/CIMG0541.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p233/fdizzle_photos/CIMG0548.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p233/fdizzle_photos/CIMG0533.jpg



The use of the Rotary and the 4`` pads made such an improvement on removing defects from the BMW paint. FAST05STANG and I did a 4 door 3 series last month for this customer, and we could not touch the defects with the PC using 6`` pads. This account we have is mainly arranged for used car prep for customer delivery. . . .complete defect removal is not a priority here . . as the type of detail and the ammount charged negate spending 6 hours polishing paint . . . but the investment and use of the rotary and spot buff 4`` pads for the PC sped up our detail time significantly, and produced much beter results on this particular paint than the PC with 6`` pads alone on its own
fdizzle
10-31-2006, 09:06 PM
i see . . . no love hu? you guys are killing me. at least give me some camera tips . . . .
gmblack3
10-31-2006, 09:21 PM
Paint looks great and swirl free.



Make sure you get a few whole car shot next time. :xyxthumbs
fdizzle
10-31-2006, 09:53 PM
ahhh. . . . is that why im not getting kudos . . .



man i tell you taking pics is so hard, you guys all make it look so easy . . . .



im also pressed for light, now that we lost daylight . . . ugggggggggg. guess ill halft to start at 7am next time . . .





BTW - love the legend. Cant beleive thats your "beater"
Ron Harris
10-31-2006, 09:56 PM
The finish looks good. The swirls did`nt look bad enough to use compound. Have you ever used the LC orange pads with the Optimum Polish. You would be suprised what you can remove. I do a lot of BMW`s with the orange pad and polish.
Eliot Ness
10-31-2006, 09:58 PM
:xyxthumbs Looks like it came out pretty nice, that`s a much better used car prep than most buyers would get. I`d also like to see some shots of the whole car next time.



I agree 110% with the use of 4" pads on a PC.... they make a world of difference.
fdizzle
10-31-2006, 10:13 PM
honestly man . . . the OC/orange pad did not improve the swirils with a rotary @1700RPM, slow passes. . .



I used yellow lc pad and OHC @ 1700 RPM, mainly because of how hard the clear is . . . .



The Optimum line is fantastic and the OP actually took out the buffer trails and holograms that existed prior to us detailing the vehicle . . I left some buffer trails with the rotary from the OHC/Yellow combo which also were handled with the white pad and OP . . . .



thanks for the advice guys . . . i was really pressed for time to try different combos . . .



one thing i didnt mention, i did use some OP mixed with the OHC since we were working in the sun . .
Joshua312
10-31-2006, 10:34 PM
Looks great! I hear you on taking pictures, I suck at taking great pics and the people here make it look so easy where as I can never get the right angle or settings on my camera. None the less the car looks great, good job!
paul34
10-31-2006, 10:48 PM
In the third to last pic my first thought was "why did he take a picture of the sky? Isn`t this supposed to be about the car?" :chuckle:
Mr.Cool
11-01-2006, 12:26 AM
Great turn out the car looks ........shiny!!!!!!!



I tryed OHC for the first time over the weekend to remove a serious scratch my mother made on her car she look at it the next mournig and forgot what side it was on. :woot2:

it came out good enough for her but looking out comes like just makes want to practice more :waxing:



I love the OHC i should of picked up some polish but at the time didnt think i needed it.
Scottwax
11-01-2006, 01:40 AM
Wait until you try the new OHC-you can tell you have the new version because it is blue-ish. Even more cut and finishes down better.



Really nice job on that 325. :)



Isn`t it odd though, that rotary swirls come out more easily than halo swirls?
fdizzle
11-01-2006, 02:02 AM
i looked at the hood and when i saw the hologram i almost S^%$ myself. Never seen one that bad. Someone obviously polished the car before my customer bought it from acution. The buffer trail came out much eaiser than the hologram. Took two "passes" w/ yellow & OHC @ 1700 rpm......Thanks for the advice scott, i am gonna hit up danease for some new OC and OHC. . . . could you give me some suggestions for use of my old formula optimum line . . . ?



will have better, full car shots next detail . . . still trying to improve those camra skills . . .



thanks again everyone for the comments. . . means a lot . . . .
HondaGuy
11-01-2006, 02:06 AM
Looks good. Whos Muscrat is that in the background?
fdizzle
11-01-2006, 12:10 PM
hehehe . . . thats my buddies . . FAST05STANG



05 GT, Borla full length, basani x pipe, shorty headers (not sure which brand), foose nitrous 20`s w/ eibac sporrtline and tokiko adj. shocks . . power tune and intake OTW . . not a bad little ride. Did you notice its black . . . along with his mom`s car and his F-150. Needless to say, I hate helping him maintain those cars. We are just cursed with black. I will be jumping up and down when we get somthing silver, or light grey . . .