This is 1969 Aston Mini Cooper. The first thing I though when I saw it for the first time was, "They`re sure are a lot of swirls in that toaster!"
How could a tiny car have so many swirls???
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dawZEeNPc&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Mini Cooper 1, Superior Shine Auto Detailing[/ame]
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12-09-2009, 09:25 PM #1
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These swirls were deep! I decided to colorsand the the worst areas with 2000 grit sand paper.
The first thing you will notice her is that the color sanding "slurry" is red. That means that I am working on a single stage finish and NOT a two stage being color topped with a clear coat.
Notice here the nice even uniform appearance to this freshly color sanded fender.
It was awkward polishing on such a little vehicle but I managed.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlc9aj7hhY&feature=channel]YouTube - Mini Cooper 2, Superior Shine Auto Detailing[/ame]The second mouse gets the cheese!
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12-09-2009, 09:30 PM #3
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Here you can see how much brighter the finish gets after a good compounding with #85.
BEFORE-
AFTER-
I chased the #85 / wool combo with #85 and yellow foam pad.
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12-09-2009, 09:32 PM #4
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Its a small car but it took more work than I expected. Polishing below my knee caps didn`t help either -LOL!
She now wears her shiny red coat with pride!
My buddy Frank was very happy with the shine on his lil car!!
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12-09-2009, 10:02 PM #5
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Nice work
But if youre going to speak in that accent, you need to put the letter "u" in "color" lol.
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12-09-2009, 10:21 PM #6
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Cool little car, and great detail of course as always. :2thumbs::2thumbs::2thumbs:
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LMAO. Great video, great car. great detail
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Great work Joe! The gloss is stunning. No RACATAC on this one?
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12-10-2009, 04:13 PM #9
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Holy swirls batman!!!
Great job bringing her back to life!!
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12-10-2009, 05:11 PM #10
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Haha, between this and your explanation of why its dangerous to use a PC on speed 1 I think your very funny.
Video mockumentary or not this is awesome work on such a cool car!
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The bad news is that it is low and difficult to polish. The good news is that it only took me 15 minutes to detail. :LOLOL
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i can imagine for some that has their head 2 feet over the car. great job.
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12-10-2009, 08:43 PM #13Forza Auto Salon
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Hilarious Joe. Pound for pound, inch for inch. She`s a beaut.
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12-11-2009, 04:21 PM #14
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such a small car, how long did it take you total?
did you stop at 85?
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12-11-2009, 04:41 PM #15
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Good one Joe. Hey that wool pad is almost half the size of the hood!
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