Greg Gellas
09-01-2009, 09:41 PM
So....My buddy who will be unamed...you know who you are :p....Well he has a 335 JET BLACK :( It is a very difficult paint to work with....He did come over in the evening so I couldn`t get any sun shots, but you can see lower on the hood what I was dealing with ALL over the car. I was just going to try to fix what I could tonight and he will come back tomorrow to finish up...He had gone over it with his rotary and left quite a few holograms and buffer trails. :o
I had to first strip off the opti-seal he had applied to the car....So I washed it with some citrus wash and clear....He was very concerned about water pooling in the mirrors and lights....I pulled out my rigid shop vac and blew out all the areas, that thing rocks..:thumbsup:
This is what I ended up with...
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0151.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0150.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0152.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0154.jpg
I decided I would just attempt to burnish or jeweling the paint to remove the trails and holograms....I used some MENZ 85 on a black pad with a UDM....I followed up with some blackfire wet diamond....The paint really came out nice except he does have some water etching, but I wasn`t about to get into that with the time I had..Maybee another day :thumbsup: I didn`t need to really remove anything other than the holograms and trails and working the 85 in quite a bit, it worked well. I was marring the paint with certain MF towels so I had to be extra gentle...
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0162.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0158.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0164.jpg
You can barley tell there is a clear bra on there now...
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0163.jpg
I had to first strip off the opti-seal he had applied to the car....So I washed it with some citrus wash and clear....He was very concerned about water pooling in the mirrors and lights....I pulled out my rigid shop vac and blew out all the areas, that thing rocks..:thumbsup:
This is what I ended up with...
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0151.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0150.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0152.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0154.jpg
I decided I would just attempt to burnish or jeweling the paint to remove the trails and holograms....I used some MENZ 85 on a black pad with a UDM....I followed up with some blackfire wet diamond....The paint really came out nice except he does have some water etching, but I wasn`t about to get into that with the time I had..Maybee another day :thumbsup: I didn`t need to really remove anything other than the holograms and trails and working the 85 in quite a bit, it worked well. I was marring the paint with certain MF towels so I had to be extra gentle...
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0162.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0158.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0164.jpg
You can barley tell there is a clear bra on there now...
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/highrev1/335JetBlack/DSC_0163.jpg