1999 vw bettle wiith some sanding barry theal presidential details

Barry Theal

Barry Theal

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Ok guys todays post is a hacked up 99 VW Beetle this was the worst I had seen in a while. On my last post I said I wasn't gonna do another write up until I had this special car. Well the car I'm talking about won't be here for a few more days so I thought this would keep you guys happy for now. This car has seen the the tunnels of death one to many times. It came to me from a dealer buddy of mine who got it on a trade in and said Barry Just take care of the paint my guys will do the rest. Anyway enough rambling on. lets get these pics flowing.



The Process

Complete Decontamination of paint using Ardex Fall out remover.

Dry sanding 1200 3M Trizact D/A

Ardex 1500 was used on every step I used Pads for abrasion



Rotary Meg Double sided white wool pad

Rotary Meg Yellow/white wool pad

Rotary SM Arnold green foam pad

Rotary SM Arnold Black foam pad

Rotary SM Arnold white foam pad

Ipa wipedowns consisting of 50%

LSP was Miligore Primo





The before shots.



Here you can see it really don't look that bad right?

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Lets take a closer look at this.



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At this point I decided to get the paint level enough to start with it fresh so I dry sanded with a D/A using 3m trizact 1200



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Here are a few pics along the way



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Here are a few camera shots of the flash to show true correction.



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Here are three pictures inside. It was waxed at this point just not fully detailed.



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Here are the final shots outside.



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Here the beetle is in her hole waiting for delivery!



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Thanks guys for looking I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. I love when I get a chance to pull out that D/A makes it a little more interesting. lol May you all be blessed :2thumbs:
 
Apollo_Auto said:
Dude, I've never seen anyone polish turds as well as you do... you da man!
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thanks buddy! I love these jobs. I get tired of just polishing nice cars or lightly swirled ones. I love a good challenge



Legacy99 said:
Awesome job Barry. At what point do you decide to dry or wet sand?
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Truthfully a lot of things come into play when I decide to do this stuff. Dry sanding is a fast way for removal, but you have to deal with polishing out pigtails which can be very tough, usally time and money play my biggest factor. dry sanding isn't for a novice though that I can tell ya.
 
Great Job Barry. As Apollo said, what a turd to start with.



Any measurements beforehand with a PTG? :buffing: Did you have a good amount of paint to play with?
 
wonderful job. Yes, if you can disclose the hours it took, that would great.



What did you do for the bumpers and the areas not wet sanded?
 
jswhitley said:
damn barry how do u do it? looks awesome man!
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thanks for the kind words



michakaveli said:
Great Job Barry. As Apollo said, what a turd to start with.



yea this one was ruff



Any measurements beforehand with a PTG? :buffing: Did you have a good amount of paint to play with?
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No I hardly ever use one. I took off enough to get threw the swirls and rids.



chaboy said:
how many hours did this take?
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about 11 hours total roughly



alexjn1 said:
amazing... to think that a car in that kind of condition can be brought back to such a high quality.
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thank alot yea a lot of paint can be saved when done right.



corrswitch said:
wonderful job. Yes, if you can disclose the hours it took, that would great.



What did you do for the bumpers and the areas not wet sanded?
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I left the bumpers go, both of them were resprayed before and both were previous sanded, you could see this from the dirt in the paint was sanded flat. so i wasn't risking chances.
 
That is remarkable!! What a turnaround. I've been trying different combos with my Dub and I could only wish it looked even half as good as that. Well done!
 
nice turn around bro - not the coolest of cars, but they have some serious curves and allow some beautiful reflection shots. awesome turn around and i look forward to seeing the next one!
 
ohiostate said:
Fraking Amazing Barry!!!!!!!!!!
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thanks bud!



MuttGrunt said:
nice turn around bro - not the coolest of cars, but they have some serious curves and allow some beautiful reflection shots. awesome turn around and i look forward to seeing the next one!
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thanks man! yeah it had some curves for sure.

ReLoaDeD BuLLiT said:
absolutely amazing turnaround man. great work. that beetle was hammered! looks like they dry sanded it themselves first. :X
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yeah there were some pigtails in the paint from the repaint on a few panels



dheath said:
uh-mazing

in-credible

fuh-nominal
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thanks man

Pats300zx said:
Wow Barry....What a comeback.. !!!!!! Awesome job...
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thanks pat
 
DAMN barry I think that car was worse then the turd your brought in for the detailing class. Id bet you added at least a grand to what that car is worth. Amazing
 
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