BMW 545i Silver Gray Finished

[Sevenrd]

Beautiful work as always, Toto.

[Totoland Mach]

Originally Posted by ltoman

can i ask - how did you do the headlights, toto?
bomb job, btw!!!

I use the 3M Trizact 3000 grit velcro backed paper and velcro hand pad if the lenses are not too bad. If they are heavily pitted, I use the same 3000 grit on a Snap-On air orbital sander. It's a wet sand product and I also use it on the front bumper area if there are scratches, etc.

After dulling the lenses, I go to a polish pad and Optimum Hyper on the Festool in rotary mode. You could use a Porter-Cable for the same function but it will take longer.

I think the AG folks have a headlight restoration kit that has 2-3 different grades of sand paper and a drill attachment foam pad. Same theory: sand the surface of the plastic lenses and polish out.

Toto

[AL417]

I always enjoy reading your posts and seeing your results in the pics you take. Thanks for taking the time to do this for us. Your work environment is very impressive and your skill level just keeps increasing with every car you do. Keep up the great work!

[sparkie]

Toto as always absolutely beautiful work.

[Woob]

That Festool must be really fun to use. 3M has Velcro backing blocks for Wetsanding?

[Totoland Mach]

3M has a kit for the Trizact 3000 paper which includes a velcro hand pad plus the material pads. It's pretty expensive for the product (I think the dealer said around $30), but it will last quite a while for touch-up wet sanding. Most of the auto paint suppliers handle it.

Festool's biggest feature is the functionality of going from random-orbit to rotary where you need the extra power. It's become a real asset to the shop.

Toto

[kansasdn]

Toto-Another great job--after visiting your shop I came to realize that my knees wished I had one of those lifts---

[Totoland Mach]

Great to see you too!.....that lift is definitely a time saver for working on the bottom half of any car.

Toto