imported_Jakerooni
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A good repeat client of mine brought this to me last summer. He bought it off ebay I think and had it shipped to him. When it came in he was taken back by the swirly swirls and such... (go figure LOL) so he calls me up and ask me if I can help. I tell him to bring it by the shop and let me have a stab at it. Holy crap I think this thing spent the last 5 years in the swirl o matics...
I give it a bath and get to really inspecting what I'm up against...:help:
Not to bad eh??? Yea right let's look just a bit closer there.
That's right.. Front to back top to bottom just hit to high heaven and back. And then it gets even worse.
Well I figure what the h.e.l.l. Going to have to break out the sandpaper do get the job done right.
Then I start getting into the polishing. First pass with some sythnetic compound starts breaking up the swirls quite nicely. I have an odd method of being able to work the wheel backwards that seems to be more effective for me than most other ways. It's hard to explain but keep reading you'll see what I'm talking about.
Holgens are out keeping me honest here. (I really love these things)
Starting the second pass.
A good comparision shot of the hood after 2 passes and the fender untouched still.
And here what I'm looking for are any swirls NOT induced by me. as you can see my cutting wool pad is definatly doing it's job.
you can see the "Mirror" starting to break out... This is where it starts getting fun.
Next up was some nice polishing. And lastly I swtiched to my Ultrafina SE I do beleive I ended up doing two passes with the UF. But I pulled it out to check it and the mirror was shining nicely.
Only very minute hazing here that wiped off clean from a MF towel.
The deck lid
and the front.
I think it came out pretty good considering the palate I had to start with. I really enjoyed doing this one. It's one of my favorite clients he always brings me fun cars that have interesting challenges. He loved it when he picked it and in fact he sold the car 6 months later and came back in and just out of nowhere gave me another $50 because the guy buying the car couldn't beleive just how glossy the paint was. He told me it made it extreamly easy to sell and I should be rewarded. Thanks for reading.
I give it a bath and get to really inspecting what I'm up against...:help:
Not to bad eh??? Yea right let's look just a bit closer there.
That's right.. Front to back top to bottom just hit to high heaven and back. And then it gets even worse.
Well I figure what the h.e.l.l. Going to have to break out the sandpaper do get the job done right.
Then I start getting into the polishing. First pass with some sythnetic compound starts breaking up the swirls quite nicely. I have an odd method of being able to work the wheel backwards that seems to be more effective for me than most other ways. It's hard to explain but keep reading you'll see what I'm talking about.
Holgens are out keeping me honest here. (I really love these things)
Starting the second pass.
A good comparision shot of the hood after 2 passes and the fender untouched still.
And here what I'm looking for are any swirls NOT induced by me. as you can see my cutting wool pad is definatly doing it's job.
you can see the "Mirror" starting to break out... This is where it starts getting fun.
Next up was some nice polishing. And lastly I swtiched to my Ultrafina SE I do beleive I ended up doing two passes with the UF. But I pulled it out to check it and the mirror was shining nicely.
Only very minute hazing here that wiped off clean from a MF towel.
The deck lid
and the front.
I think it came out pretty good considering the palate I had to start with. I really enjoyed doing this one. It's one of my favorite clients he always brings me fun cars that have interesting challenges. He loved it when he picked it and in fact he sold the car 6 months later and came back in and just out of nowhere gave me another $50 because the guy buying the car couldn't beleive just how glossy the paint was. He told me it made it extreamly easy to sell and I should be rewarded. Thanks for reading.