Nice job! Does the audi and BMW use this Clear? Family members want me to work on their cars one is a 2010 Audi and the BMW is a 2002. Did they use that clear in those years?
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Looks great Mike!
So what Pad/Product did you use?
From my short expiriance, i found that removing Swirls is the easier part on these hard German cars,
The problem is that once swirls are removed, a new "layer" of RIDS is relieved.
In the attached picture you can see a black VW Golf after first pass with Meg's DA MF cutting pad/D300.
You can clearly see that swirls were removed but from that stage clearing up the RIDS is the bigger challenge.
how do you recommend handling ceramiclear cars that are "infested" with RIDS?
(I know and implement, Small working area, pressure on the machine, cleaning the pad after each section, slow movement, overlapping)
Nice job! Does the audi and BMW use this Clear? Family members want me to work on their cars one is a 2010 Audi and the BMW is a 2002. Did they use that clear in those years?
I'm not sure all the makes, models and years of all the cars being painted with PPG Ceramiclear or some version of it. I have a tip for finding specifics out about any car in this article,
From my short experience, i found that removing Swirls is the easier part on these hard German cars,
The problem is that once swirls are removed, a new "layer" of RIDS is relieved.
That's what most people discover too and if the car in question is a "daily driver" then it's usually best to learn to live with the deeper scratches because removing them mean removing more paint and factory paint is already too thin to start with. See my article here,
When do RIDS Show Up?
As mentioned above in my accounting of a story that plays itself out with almost ever customer and most if not all detailing classes, RIDS show up after you perform the first cleaning or compounding step.
In most cases, and especially if the paint has been neglected or abused, the paint will be filled with hundreds of thousands of light or shallow swirls and scratches. At this point, when you look at the paint you don't really see the RIDS because the are masked or camouflaged by the hundreds of thousands of deeper scratches.
AFTER you compound or use some type of paint cleaner or cleaner/polish over the paint, then wipe off the residue... then the RIDS show up.
This isn't always true for all RIDS as deeper RIDS will show up easily to your eyes even when surrounded by hundreds of swirls, like this... note the straight-line scratches in a few random directions included in the mass cobweb swirls throughout the paint.
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how do you recommend handling Ceramiclear cars that are "infested" with RIDS?
(I know and implement, Small working area, pressure on the machine, cleaning the pad after each section, slow movement, overlapping)
First, for the reasons I outlined in the article below I would be very wary about removing RIDS out of a car with a Ceramiclear finish on a "Daily Driver".
Evaluate the customer and after that their car. If the customer is just the "average joe" with a "daily driver" then educate them that removing enough paint to remove the RIDS will also be removing UV inhibitors designed to protect the paint from the sun.
IF the car is a daily driver then chances are good the car will continue to see wear-n-tear and there will be more RIDS in the future and to try to continually remove all the deeper scratches is kind of pointless... for a daily driver. UNLESS the customer is from this day forward going to take care of the car like it's a show car.
If the car is a show car and the owner is aware that they need to be careful not to instill swirls and scratches AFTER you remove them then here's some tips here for removing RIDS
"if the car in question is a "daily driver" then it's usually best to learn to live with the deeper scratches because removing them mean removing more paint"
Factory paint is thin, so it's always a good idea to use the least aggressive products to get the job done and learn to live with the deeper defects versus remove them by removing the precious thin layer of clear that came from the factory.
Remove the shallow swirls and scratches and then make sure everything that touches the paint into the future is the highest quality you can obtain...
Avoid inflicting swirls and scratches so you won't have to remove them. Also avoid anyone or anything that would inflict swirls and scratches for the same reason.
YEAH!!!!!!! Lets see I tried to record Autogeeks Garage yesterday and ended up recording UFC. It said Autogeeks garage? If the garage uses a chain link ring and beats the snot out of each other then its a rough place to work. I do believe the microfiber towels are softer for cleaning blood off the face but....HEHE
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