stilez
09-11-2004, 10:59 PM
I wanna start off by sending my thoughts and prayers out to anyone who was affected by 9/11. I still think about it til this day and have loved one who were affected.
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Today I had a pretty full day. I started off with my car since my client needed his Maxima and Harley detailed in the afternoon.
My hood has been bothering me since it was repainted a year ago. It wasn`t wetsanded very well...IE: There were sanding tracers everywhere, fisheyes here and there, and a good amount of paint pits. From the info I`ve learned here, Autopia, and Meguiar`s, I was ready to wetsand the whole hood. Here`s what it looked like when I started:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02724.jpg
Light scratching, marring...Pitting, fisheyes, and wetsanding marks.
I grabbed some of my 2000 grit papers and let them soak in a bucket of water and 1 oz of Mother`s Gold Wash. I filled up my sprayer with .5 oz of S+W and the rest water. I started wetsanding front to back until the area was smooth using the papers and a small foam sanding block. I sprayed constantly when sanding to keep any residue out of the sandings tracks. I then went to 4000 grit, 6000, 8000, and finally 12,000 (courtesy of Deanski :) ). The surface looked like dull glass (that smooth).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02733.jpg
The top right corner was my original testing area.
After I did each half of the hood, I polished it out. I used my rotary and LC cutting pad @ 1900rpm using Menzerna Powergloss with overlapping passes. This stuff cut up pretty quick and left a pretty glossy, smooth surface. Most of all, the reflections were much more crystal clear :) .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02736.jpg
Next, I had to increase the gloss level and remove the light swirling from the cutting pad/powergloss. I used Menzerna PO-85RD polish (ceramiclear polish). I believe it is a 1.5 out of 5 for cutting and a 5 out of 5 for gloss. Anyways, I used it via rotary and polishing pad @ 1100 rpm. This stuff blew me away with it`s gloss. Like nothing I`d ever seen before.
Finally for my LSP. I chose FMJ (courtesy of Sopranos16 :) ). I applied with a foam applicator by hand in thin coats. I let it sit about a minute and removed with an MF. It came off very easily and left a very slick surface. The thing that most impressed me with this product was the depth and gloss I achieved. As you can see in the pics below, the relfections are crystal clear. You can see the wrinkles in my shorts (awaiting for a groebuck comment :D ) and the spikes in my hair :lol . In the second pic, the clouds are very visible and my house reflects very clearly.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02743.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02744.jpg
More vehicles coming...
_______________________________________________
Today I had a pretty full day. I started off with my car since my client needed his Maxima and Harley detailed in the afternoon.
My hood has been bothering me since it was repainted a year ago. It wasn`t wetsanded very well...IE: There were sanding tracers everywhere, fisheyes here and there, and a good amount of paint pits. From the info I`ve learned here, Autopia, and Meguiar`s, I was ready to wetsand the whole hood. Here`s what it looked like when I started:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02724.jpg
Light scratching, marring...Pitting, fisheyes, and wetsanding marks.
I grabbed some of my 2000 grit papers and let them soak in a bucket of water and 1 oz of Mother`s Gold Wash. I filled up my sprayer with .5 oz of S+W and the rest water. I started wetsanding front to back until the area was smooth using the papers and a small foam sanding block. I sprayed constantly when sanding to keep any residue out of the sandings tracks. I then went to 4000 grit, 6000, 8000, and finally 12,000 (courtesy of Deanski :) ). The surface looked like dull glass (that smooth).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02733.jpg
The top right corner was my original testing area.
After I did each half of the hood, I polished it out. I used my rotary and LC cutting pad @ 1900rpm using Menzerna Powergloss with overlapping passes. This stuff cut up pretty quick and left a pretty glossy, smooth surface. Most of all, the reflections were much more crystal clear :) .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02736.jpg
Next, I had to increase the gloss level and remove the light swirling from the cutting pad/powergloss. I used Menzerna PO-85RD polish (ceramiclear polish). I believe it is a 1.5 out of 5 for cutting and a 5 out of 5 for gloss. Anyways, I used it via rotary and polishing pad @ 1100 rpm. This stuff blew me away with it`s gloss. Like nothing I`d ever seen before.
Finally for my LSP. I chose FMJ (courtesy of Sopranos16 :) ). I applied with a foam applicator by hand in thin coats. I let it sit about a minute and removed with an MF. It came off very easily and left a very slick surface. The thing that most impressed me with this product was the depth and gloss I achieved. As you can see in the pics below, the relfections are crystal clear. You can see the wrinkles in my shorts (awaiting for a groebuck comment :D ) and the spikes in my hair :lol . In the second pic, the clouds are very visible and my house reflects very clearly.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02743.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02744.jpg
More vehicles coming...