Road trip to Charlotte area, plus got to detail with weekend warrior

Sure, why not let someone with some vision and good ideas do it. I know what I like but I'm no Tim the Tool Man.



When my house is finished I'll have someone come out and help me design it and install the cabinets, bench, etc.
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by bretfraz [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Sure, why not let someone with some vision and good ideas do it. I know what I like but I'm no Tim the Tool Man.

When my house is finished I'll have someone come out and help me design it and install the cabinets, bench, etc. [/b]</blockquote>
Ditto. That goes for the stackable washer in the corner. :D
 
I was highly recommended on another forum to someone in the Charlotte area. They where looking for someone to get a Big Black B!tch aka 2009 Escalade ESV Premium as defect free as possible. They also wanted a Caddy EXT in silver (thank god) cleaned up.

I knew I would need some help on this one, so I gave David Strum a call. I would be getting my a$$ kicked on Tues and Wed, so he normally works his FT job then, but would do his best to help out.

After I put 10 hours in on Tues, I started at 7am on Wed. David showed up at 1pm. I thought I saw a red cape and a large letter S on his shirt when he walked up. :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

David, It was great to finally meet you in person! Thank you very much for the help.

Hopefully the client will be sending me some outside sun shots of the BBB. We did not get done with it till 10pm at night.

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Here is David and myself doing our best Rydawg and Rickrack impression. :devil:

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Hey Bryan... Both vehicles look great. I've done a few of those BB-Biatches!!!!! That rock-hard clear is some of the most difficult to correct. What machine/pads/product did you use?

Again, nice work, especially on that Black Monster! Looks better than new.:biggrin:
 
Luster said:
Hey Bryan... Both vehicles look great. I've done a few of those BB-Biatches!!!!! That rock-hard clear is some of the most difficult to correct. What machine/pads/product did you use?

Again, nice work, especially on that Black Monster! Looks better than new.:biggrin:
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Thanks Bill! As soon as I get some sun shots from the owner, I will do a full writeup.

Here is what we where dealing with:

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The final polishing step was not done yet, that is why it still looks hazy.

I started out with surbuf/M105/Festool FEQ 150 via KBM. This would cut 80% of the defects out quickly, but the RIDS where just a PITA. More then a few applications where required. Took me 4 hours to compound out the right side. A followup with flat orange/M205/festool is required after doing extended compounding with the surbuf. Then I would follow with black/M205/festool.

I switched to tangerine/M105/festool via KBM on the hood and left side. It was a new tang pad and it took about 20 mins of polishing to break the pad in. I had to apply a lot of pressure with slow passes, but the nice thing about the festool is that it will not slow down. As long as I used heavy pressure, made slow passes and kept the pad clean. This would cut out all of the defects and since the tang pad finishes better then the surbuf, only a followup with black/m205 is required.

Sometimes the tang pad works better then the surbuf on some paints.

I was using the festool is r/o mode. I felt the head getting hot after a while. I removed the BP and found that a seal had failed and grease was escaping the "transmission." So that will be going in for repair.

David let me us his flex to finish out the last panel. The flex will still get the job done with its forced orbit motion. Just still need to make slow passes. I'll have to try out the festool in forced orbit mode for more then a few mins when I get it back.
 
The Festool definitely got the job done! I've actually done some of those with a PC! A wool pad will cut the swirls, but it's still 2 full days work with a PC, heavy pressure and a lot of muscle. (Then there is the one-week recovery period afterwards!:banghead: I ain't gettin' any younger!:doh::rofl:)
 
Let me just say that Bryan is just as nice of a guy in person as he is on the forums. I learned a lot of "little things" I had just never thought of before working with him. It was truly an honor working with someone of his caliber.:rockon:
 
weekendwarrior said:
Let me just say that Bryan is just as nice of a guy in person as he is on the forums. I learned a lot of "little things" I had just never thought of before working with him. It was truly an honor working with someone of his caliber.:rockon:
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Hes got all sorts of little tips, picked up a few myself in just reading his posts. Very nice you 2 worked together!
 
gmblack3 said:
David let me us his flex to finish out the last panel. The flex will still get the job done with its forced orbit motion. Just still need to make slow passes. I'll have to try out the festool in forced orbit mode for more then a few mins when I get it back.
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I hadn't used the Flex 3401 in a while until recently. After trying a couple other 2mode DA's that I expected to like better, I was drawn back to the Flex. It's certainly a well built, effective, smooth polisher.
 
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