NattyBumppo
08-17-2003, 10:14 PM
Whew, taking the rotary skills to graduate school today and not even something that was planned.
Subject A; a black Mercedes, the long beast that is like a towncar with a Mercedes emblem. Don`t ask the number or model cause I don`t recall. I think it was an S class.
Subject B; a brand new black Audi A4 Avant.
The problems.....a feline felon! This cat has made a habit of sleeping on the hood of these cars in their garage. The Benz has the scars from almost 3 years of this cat and the Audi.....well it isn`t even a month old and already the hood is scratched to hell.
My assigned task...fix the Audi and make the Benz as good as I can. I was reluctant at first but I`ve finally grown comfortable enough with the rotary to give it a go on black paint and cars of this caliber. All work except final wax done with rotary.
The Audi regiment; Spray and Wipe, SSR3 with medium cut pad, one pass SSR2 with light cut pad, SSR2 with soft polish pad, SSR1 with extra fine polish pad then final finish with a special new paste wax that will make its debut here at Premium AutoCare in a few weeks.
The owner of the Audi nearly passed out after the pass with SSR3...being a pretty heavy compound it left a hazed finish. No doubt the medium cut pad helped too. I must say, I was a TINY bit worried myself:eek: . But after the second pass with SSR2 man did the paint glow. Then after the SSR1 I almost wanted to stop there but I still had the wax. End result, only the faintest hint of one or two cat claw marks were visible (maybe about 1/2 inch in length)and this under flourescent lighting and looking at one very odd angle. THe owner was ecstatic. Maybe one more pass with SSR2 and cutting pad would have gotten it totally but he was glowing almost as much as the paint finish. It was absolutely liquid!
Now the battered war horse..the Benz. Same regiment only I added a second pass with SSR1 (kind just because I like it so much). After the rotary polishing it was almost impossible to keep a mf towel from slipping off the hood.
The car still showed a few scars from this darn cat but considering the years this thing has been calling the Benz` hood home, the improvement was nothing short of spectacular.
Funny side story....the Audi owner started cleaning the windows and asked what I had. I gave hime an MF and Spray and Wipe. He commented on how great it worked. Then he started going over the roof, then doors and before you know it he had SPray and Wiped the rest of the car. LOL. He ended up keeping my almost full bottle of Spray and Wipe. :(
Kinda feeling good about my rotary techniques now. A brand spanking new black Audi finish and I took it from hazed compound to a liquid pool with relative ease....with some elp from Poorboy.
Now I`m going for a cold beer!
Natty
Subject A; a black Mercedes, the long beast that is like a towncar with a Mercedes emblem. Don`t ask the number or model cause I don`t recall. I think it was an S class.
Subject B; a brand new black Audi A4 Avant.
The problems.....a feline felon! This cat has made a habit of sleeping on the hood of these cars in their garage. The Benz has the scars from almost 3 years of this cat and the Audi.....well it isn`t even a month old and already the hood is scratched to hell.
My assigned task...fix the Audi and make the Benz as good as I can. I was reluctant at first but I`ve finally grown comfortable enough with the rotary to give it a go on black paint and cars of this caliber. All work except final wax done with rotary.
The Audi regiment; Spray and Wipe, SSR3 with medium cut pad, one pass SSR2 with light cut pad, SSR2 with soft polish pad, SSR1 with extra fine polish pad then final finish with a special new paste wax that will make its debut here at Premium AutoCare in a few weeks.
The owner of the Audi nearly passed out after the pass with SSR3...being a pretty heavy compound it left a hazed finish. No doubt the medium cut pad helped too. I must say, I was a TINY bit worried myself:eek: . But after the second pass with SSR2 man did the paint glow. Then after the SSR1 I almost wanted to stop there but I still had the wax. End result, only the faintest hint of one or two cat claw marks were visible (maybe about 1/2 inch in length)and this under flourescent lighting and looking at one very odd angle. THe owner was ecstatic. Maybe one more pass with SSR2 and cutting pad would have gotten it totally but he was glowing almost as much as the paint finish. It was absolutely liquid!
Now the battered war horse..the Benz. Same regiment only I added a second pass with SSR1 (kind just because I like it so much). After the rotary polishing it was almost impossible to keep a mf towel from slipping off the hood.
The car still showed a few scars from this darn cat but considering the years this thing has been calling the Benz` hood home, the improvement was nothing short of spectacular.
Funny side story....the Audi owner started cleaning the windows and asked what I had. I gave hime an MF and Spray and Wipe. He commented on how great it worked. Then he started going over the roof, then doors and before you know it he had SPray and Wiped the rest of the car. LOL. He ended up keeping my almost full bottle of Spray and Wipe. :(
Kinda feeling good about my rotary techniques now. A brand spanking new black Audi finish and I took it from hazed compound to a liquid pool with relative ease....with some elp from Poorboy.
Now I`m going for a cold beer!
Natty