Todd@RUPES
07-09-2007, 05:01 PM
This car was built in the dawn of the muscle car period. It is an all orginal 327/350 hp with a powerglide, everything is numbers matching. The car looked like it had been buffed at a hack shop (apparently the person who detailed this car is on autopia, I hope its not true). There was micromarring, swirls, and hologramming (severe) on the whole car.
My job was simply to polish it to perfection and protect it. The hologramming, swirling was so bad that I didn`t even bother to wash the car, I just sprayed it with Meg`s Last Touch and wiped it clean (it wasn`t that dirty to begin and any extra marring would not have mattered).
Process
Menzerna SIP @ 1800 RPM with LC Orange CCS pad
Menzerna 106ff @ 1200 RPM with LC White CCS pad
Zaino Z5pro x 2 (ZFX)
Zaino Z2pro x 1
Zaino Z8
Some befores...
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans001.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans002.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans003.jpg
This pictures shows of the garmet of defects this paint had very well. On the top is swirls and hologramming while the bottom of the picture shows the extreme micromarring.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans004.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans005.jpg
Here is a 50/50, the left side has been polished with Menzerna SIP/Orange pad which removed all of the swirling, but did leave a little bit of micromarring.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans006.jpg
Here is the driver side after one pass of SIP. The gloss was incredible after one pass. However, as you can see from the sky, rain clouds where rolling in :(
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans008.jpg
Here is the hood before, using the flash of the camera
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans010.jpg
After..
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans009.jpg
I worked around the car with the 106ff on the white pad and a I caught a small break in the clouds. Full sun shot on hood.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans011.jpg
I still had two more details this day so it was time to pull the car back in the garage and get the LSP`s on there.
Here are some afters...
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans012.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans013.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans014.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans015.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans016.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans017.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans018.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans019.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans020.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans021.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans022.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans023.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans024.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans025.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans026.jpg
My job was simply to polish it to perfection and protect it. The hologramming, swirling was so bad that I didn`t even bother to wash the car, I just sprayed it with Meg`s Last Touch and wiped it clean (it wasn`t that dirty to begin and any extra marring would not have mattered).
Process
Menzerna SIP @ 1800 RPM with LC Orange CCS pad
Menzerna 106ff @ 1200 RPM with LC White CCS pad
Zaino Z5pro x 2 (ZFX)
Zaino Z2pro x 1
Zaino Z8
Some befores...
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans001.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans002.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans003.jpg
This pictures shows of the garmet of defects this paint had very well. On the top is swirls and hologramming while the bottom of the picture shows the extreme micromarring.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans004.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans005.jpg
Here is a 50/50, the left side has been polished with Menzerna SIP/Orange pad which removed all of the swirling, but did leave a little bit of micromarring.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans006.jpg
Here is the driver side after one pass of SIP. The gloss was incredible after one pass. However, as you can see from the sky, rain clouds where rolling in :(
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans008.jpg
Here is the hood before, using the flash of the camera
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans010.jpg
After..
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans009.jpg
I worked around the car with the 106ff on the white pad and a I caught a small break in the clouds. Full sun shot on hood.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans011.jpg
I still had two more details this day so it was time to pull the car back in the garage and get the LSP`s on there.
Here are some afters...
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans012.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans013.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans014.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans015.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans016.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans017.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans018.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans019.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans020.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans021.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans022.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans023.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans024.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans025.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/tropicaldetail/normans/normans026.jpg