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I just started Wheeling... Are you telling me I`m doing it wrong? I read the C&D article and started going to town...
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TroyScherer
I just started Wheeling... Are you telling me I`m doing it wrong? I read the C&D article and started going to town...
How has it worked out for you so far?! :rockon
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mrclean81
Growing up around body shops in the `80s and 90`s, Id have to agree. Compound + wool = done
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When I started using a rotary with compounds, wool was the only thing you had, late 60`s
I learned how to work wool to a very good finish, to date I still use wool for some cars.
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mrclean81
Same here. I still use them all the time. I decided collision repair wasn`t my thing in 99, and even then I hadnt ever seen anyone use a foam pad to finish with. Imperial glaze or Liquid Ebony was used by hand to mask the swirls.
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I`ve forgot about IHG by 3M that`s stuff was the bomb for swirl masking! :D
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mrclean81
Same here. I still use them all the time. I decided collision repair wasn`t my thing in 99, and even then I hadnt ever seen anyone use a foam pad to finish with. Imperial glaze or Liquid Ebony was used by hand to mask the swirls.
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We used to use 3M Pink fill n` glaze. A heavy cut wool pad for compounding and a lambs wool pad (clean sometimes0 for `finishing`.
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Todd Helme
How has it worked out for you so far?! :rockon
It is going well. Actually slowly teaching my self Rotary polishing to be a more rounded and better detailer.
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Back when I worked in a recon dept it was a Dewalt rotary, huge wool pad, and some pink stuff from Ardex.
Did the car in about 20 minutes and sent it on its way.
scary.....
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Reality33
Back when I worked in a recon dept it was a Dewalt rotary, huge wool pad, and some pink stuff from Ardex.
Did the car in about 20 minutes and sent it on its way.
scary.....
They used to give us 1 hour to compound and polish the car. Squirt 3M Fill n` Glaze all over the car. Use a wool pad and rotary to buff it, then squeeze some more 3M Fill N` Glaze over the car (never wiped off the old residue) and buff with a Lambswool. Finally buff of the glaze and pressure wash the crack and send it to the `detailer` to clean the windows and get an additional coat of Imperial Hand Glaze by hand.
Re: Body shops about to be very busy!
Leeches were once used for numerous medical ailments. Technology and knowledge has changed and, while there are still some viable uses for leeches, there are now much better and safer methods for 99% of those ailments.
Next month in C&D: "Tune Your Carburetor Like The Pros"
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dwgcmc
Leeches were once used for numerous medical ailments. Technology and knowledge has changed and, while there are still some viable uses for leeches, there are now much better and safer methods for 99% of those ailments.
Next month in C&D: "Tune Your Carburetor Like The Pros"
You missed the last part. "How to Tune Your Carburetor Like The Pro using your ears."
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Todd Helme
You missed the last part. "How to Tune Your Carburetor Like The Pro using your ears."
A hammer might be a more appropriate analogy.
I just can`t wait to hear all the mechanics talk about having to fix all the Toyota Camrys and Honda Civics after the owners tried to tune their own carburetors.
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dwgcmc
I couldn`t believe what I was reading. Found this on another forum and had to bring it to everyone`s attention.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features..._a_pro-gearbox
I can`t wait to get that first phone call to correct someone`s mistake. I will have to tell them there is nothing I can do and that they just cost themselves 5 times the money of a detail by a pro.:wall:rofl
OMG! Who wrote that advice - Expert Village? :lmfao
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Todd Helme
They used to give us 1 hour to compound and polish the car. Squirt 3M Fill n` Glaze all over the car. Use a wool pad and rotary to buff it, then squeeze some more 3M Fill N` Glaze over the car (never wiped off the old residue) and buff with a Lambswool. Finally buff of the glaze and pressure wash the crack and send it to the `detailer` to clean the windows and get an additional coat of Imperial Hand Glaze by hand.
haha wow... you guys were tops compared to us lol
I remember after "polishing" we would send them up to the "detailers" where they had to remove all the excess sling from the Ardex polish and clean the windows and wot. No final wax stages for us haha.
It really was cringe worthy.