Long write with a lot of cars: F40/Scuderia/Corvette/360/430/Porsches, etc
- Thread starter Todd@RUPES
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Streetlife
Gleam Master Detailing
Amazing write up, and as always Todd. Good to have you back man.:bigups
Barry Theal
New member
Welcome back Mr. Bella. Gees bro, Did you forget a car lol. Todd as always exceptional work a fine portfolio. Glad to see your staying busy.
imported_d00t
New member
Outstanding work, Todd!
E300Diesel
New member
Great Job and pictures to match Todd! Nice to see you able to post here again! :goodjob
Old Pirate
AMG Classic Car Detailing
Glad to see you back again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:drool:
blucpe
New member
nobody's got anything on you, your work is stellar. in the words of robert de niro in the motion pic "analyze this", you, your good you, you got a gift".:goodjob
corrswitch
New member
while in Canada, did you go to the Royal Ontario Art Gallery? cuz these cars would fit right in 
Todd@RUPES
Just a regular guy
TSC17 said:
Thank you very much Todd. Honestly I cannot keep up with you and the quality you present your work (mind blowing, I am a huge fan) so I really appreciate the compliments!
Leadfootluke said:My Internet just committed suicide trying to load all of those images
Looking good Mr. Helme, keep up the quality work!
Sorry Luke, I thought it was a little much but I'm glad your computer is okay!
Nikku said:
Thanks Nick! I may be back in Canada twice in April, once to Toronto and once elsewhere. I'll let you know as it would be an honor to meet you!
MuttGrunt said:
Thanks Mark, I really appreciate the kind words!
Pats300zx said:Good to see you back Todd. Looks like you have been busy
Thanks Pat! It's good to be cleared of the boohockery (I just made that up) and nice to see a lot of old faces!
gmblack3a said:
Grazie amico! E 'bello essere di nuovo e vi ringrazio per i complimenti!
rcrobbins said:Amazing write up and details. This is rather refreshing for the forum readers. Keep up the hard work and try not to raise the bar too high on us!
Thank you RCobbins! I think the bar is pretty high as it is, I don't think I can even approach it at this point. There are so many people doing such great work!
Barry Theal said:
Hey Barry, thanks dude! Also a big congrats to you! :waxing:
Todd@RUPES
Just a regular guy
D Tailor said:
Lol thanks buddy, I am really luck to get to work on the automobiles I do and do not take it for granted. Thank you so much!
SilverJag said:
Thank you Silver Jag for taking the time to view them and post a reply :up
seech said:
Thank you very much seech!
d00t said:
Thanks Aaron! I have seen some of your recent work and it is off the charts, I am glad I will be able to reply to it now!
RickRack said:
Thanks Rick, trying to keep up with you of course (wish me luck)!
michakaveli said:
Thanks! Some of the pics are a little 'jagged' because I used a batch process to resize some of them (I got lazy towards the end) and selected a lower quality size. Opps. It's nice to be back!
zoomzoom mazda5 said:
Muchas gracias mi amigo favorito!
blucpe said:
I don't know blucpe, I don't think anybody has anything on your gorgeous Corvette. Blue+Corvette=perfect in my eyes!
corrswitch said:while in Canada, did you go to the Royal Ontario Art Gallery? cuz these cars would fit right in
Wow, thank you corrswitch!
Todd@RUPES
Just a regular guy
bert31 said:
I agree Bert. I learned (kinda) a little trick from Kevin that seems to work very well for getting M105 to finish down better with a PC (of course pad/paint dependant).
When applying M105 with a PC you should get a pretty stellar finish provided the pad isn't overly aggressive. Likely not LSP ready but pretty good. As paint is polished off the surface it contaminates the polish causing the abrasives to stick or clump. These clumped abrasives can begin to scour the paint surface as they are more abrasive and less even.
One thing Kevin recommended I do is after I polish a section, don't wipe off the residue, but instead clean the pad (using compressed air or a pad brush) thoroughly then repolish the section using speed 3-4 and about half as much pressure. Work fairly quickly making about two passes over the area, then wipe away the residue.
By clearing away the contaminated paint and reducing speed you can usually refine the surface to the point of being near LSP ready, needing just a light final polish for maximum gloss.
Thank you for the compliments!
Accumulator
Well-known member
[Insert usual :bow regarding TH0001's work...]
TH0001- Glad to have you posting again, love the detailed descriptions of what you did on each car.
Nice that you and David Fermani got to work together, that'd make for quite a team!
Also nice to see that somebody besides yours truly appreciates SRP
How did you like their wax on that particular paint? Did its look lean towards depth or was it on the, uhm..."bright/reflective" side?
And...I thought I was the only person still doing that rotary-then-RO thing when polishing. Works well with certain products, huh?
Is it just my imagination, or are you using the rotary a bit more these days?
Lots of Qs, but then I haven't checked out your work in a while
TH0001- Glad to have you posting again, love the detailed descriptions of what you did on each car.
Nice that you and David Fermani got to work together, that'd make for quite a team!
Also nice to see that somebody besides yours truly appreciates SRP
How did you like their wax on that particular paint? Did its look lean towards depth or was it on the, uhm..."bright/reflective" side?And...I thought I was the only person still doing that rotary-then-RO thing when polishing. Works well with certain products, huh?
Is it just my imagination, or are you using the rotary a bit more these days?
Lots of Qs, but then I haven't checked out your work in a while
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
It was an absolute pleasure to work with you Todd. Glad to see you sharing your Bella Machina's here.