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The Old Grey Whistle Test
• Remove all rings, watches, bracelets, belts and other items that will scratch your paint.
• Wear personal protective equipment as necessary (minimum safety glasses and ear dfenders)
• Ensure a clean surface before polishing, wash, clay and then use isopropyl alcohol (IPA) or a chemical paint cleaner
• Be very patient; strive for but don’t expect instant professional results, it takes practice.
• Use tape to protect any areas that you don’t want polish residue on.
• Use quality inspection (Brinkman) / general task lighting (dual 500w halogen setup)
• Decide on a one, two or three step polishing routine and select a suitable pad.
• After testing a section to confirm this method, Select an area of 18 x 18-inches and tape it off with painter’s tape, as this is an optimal working section to perform a product test spot; this will help establish a process that will produce the best possible finish, once this is established repeat the process over the entire paint surface.
• Starting with the least abrasive polish and / pad combination and then proceed until the defects are removed. This is the polish / pad combination you’ll need to use. Selecting the correct pad / polish combination for the vehicles paint / defects can take just as long as the paint correction process
• Always choose the least intrusive product, it is preferable to polish 2-3 times to restore the paint film surface than to use an unnecessarily abrasive machine polish / foam pad combination.
• Use the correct pad / polish combination to remove the surface defects
• The Optimum or Prima line of polishes have a good working time and are ideal for inexperienced machine polishers
• Always ensure that you start / stop the machine while it has contact with the paint surface
• Don't over use polish; start with an X or a circle on the outside of the foam.
• After the first panel use 2 or 3 pea sized drops for each polishing area
• Limit your polishing area to 12 x 12-inch, a smaller area will allow the lubricants in the polish to fully work and protect from dry-buffing, once you are more accustomed to using to using a machine polisher you can increase this area to 18 x 18-inch
• Use a polishing pad utilizing a soft less dense foam (70 PPI) i.e. LC White with a light abrasive cutting action for the application of micro-fine polishes
• Use a 50% overlap for each polishing area to ensure complete coverage
• Move the pad across the surface at about 2-inch per second (this is very slow but a good novice practice speed)
• Apply enough pressure on the machine to compress the pad 50% (this equates to approx 15 Lbs) if you’re not sure apply pressure until the (orbital) machine almost stalls and then back-off a little
• Use a 1:1 isopropyl alcohol / distilled water wipe-down to inspect your work.
• Wear personal protective equipment as necessary (minimum safety glasses and ear dfenders)
• Ensure a clean surface before polishing, wash, clay and then use isopropyl alcohol (IPA) or a chemical paint cleaner
• Be very patient; strive for but don’t expect instant professional results, it takes practice.
• Use tape to protect any areas that you don’t want polish residue on.
• Use quality inspection (Brinkman) / general task lighting (dual 500w halogen setup)
• Decide on a one, two or three step polishing routine and select a suitable pad.
• After testing a section to confirm this method, Select an area of 18 x 18-inches and tape it off with painter’s tape, as this is an optimal working section to perform a product test spot; this will help establish a process that will produce the best possible finish, once this is established repeat the process over the entire paint surface.
• Starting with the least abrasive polish and / pad combination and then proceed until the defects are removed. This is the polish / pad combination you’ll need to use. Selecting the correct pad / polish combination for the vehicles paint / defects can take just as long as the paint correction process
• Always choose the least intrusive product, it is preferable to polish 2-3 times to restore the paint film surface than to use an unnecessarily abrasive machine polish / foam pad combination.
• Use the correct pad / polish combination to remove the surface defects
• The Optimum or Prima line of polishes have a good working time and are ideal for inexperienced machine polishers
• Always ensure that you start / stop the machine while it has contact with the paint surface
• Don't over use polish; start with an X or a circle on the outside of the foam.
• After the first panel use 2 or 3 pea sized drops for each polishing area
• Limit your polishing area to 12 x 12-inch, a smaller area will allow the lubricants in the polish to fully work and protect from dry-buffing, once you are more accustomed to using to using a machine polisher you can increase this area to 18 x 18-inch
• Use a polishing pad utilizing a soft less dense foam (70 PPI) i.e. LC White with a light abrasive cutting action for the application of micro-fine polishes
• Use a 50% overlap for each polishing area to ensure complete coverage
• Move the pad across the surface at about 2-inch per second (this is very slow but a good novice practice speed)
• Apply enough pressure on the machine to compress the pad 50% (this equates to approx 15 Lbs) if you’re not sure apply pressure until the (orbital) machine almost stalls and then back-off a little
• Use a 1:1 isopropyl alcohol / distilled water wipe-down to inspect your work.