The Wolfgang Four

[mbkite]

Ok I have everything but the uber compound but my question is what rupes 15 or 21 will give me the mirror like finish..

[Desertnate]

Thanks, Mike!

I had read the thread on the Mercedes, but forgotten you used the Wolfgang products. That was very helpful.

I've got an order coming up, I'll just go ahead and get samples of both. Based on the work done to the Mercedes, Finishing Glaze should do it for me, but I'd rather be prepared rather than stuck and not able to finish the job the way I want it.

[Mike Phillips]

Ok I have everything but the uber compound but my question is what rupes 15 or 21 will give me the mirror like finish..

Either or...

Something that was absolutely mind blowing at SEMA was demonstrating the Rupes Duetto with the Rupes COARSE blue foam cutting pad on a BLACK demonstration panel with the Wolfgang Uber Compound and after,

• Sanding the panel
• Making about 6-8 passes with the Rupes/Uber Compound
• Then wiping off...

The paint was flawless and looked like we just removed a show car wax.


Did this over and over and over and over again for 4 day in a row, thousands of eyeballs watching under incredibly bright lights.

Here's a picture...




Anyone watching we would first have them FEEL a clean, blue Rupes foam cutting pad.

They would always say,

WOW!

Because it feels so aggressive and scratchy. Then do the demo, wipe off the reside and voilà show car finish.


Can I get a witness? We had plenty of forum members stop by the booth and watch the demo.

[jankerson]

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11: Clear Coat Failure
Clear coat failure is the point in which the top clear layer of paint has either de-laminated from the basecoat and is peeling off. Clear coat failure can also be when the clear layer of paint has deteriorated to the point where it's turning a whitish color in the beginning stages to full blown deterioration where it has turned white and is flaking off and the car look like it has a severe rash.

The Clearcoat Failure Photo Gallery Archive

See tons of this around....

[Mike Phillips]

Also remember, this car was buffed out BEFORE the new Rupes Polishers were introduced.

Lady in Red - 1986 Porsche - 4-Step Process



For the "Heavy Correction Step" I used the Duetto with a foam polishing pad and Uber Compound.

Before
































Results from Wolfgang Uber Compound

I took these shots after compounding with Uber Compound and BEFORE machine polishing with the Wolfgang Finishing Glaze. To me the paint looked ready to wax...
















I didn't show the below pictures per instructions from Rupes till AFTER the new Duetto was announced at SEMA...


Here's the polisher I referenced in the beginning of this thread but never actually stated what it was because at the time it was one of the 4 prototypes Rupes sent out in April of 2012 for testing and feedback.














It was also coated with Black Label Diamond Paint Coating before it was introduced...










Here's the product in the bottle in the pictures above with no label...


Black Diamond Paint Coating




Read about it here,


Review: Black Label Diamond Paint Coating



After the coating was applied and the final wipe...
























Here's the walk-around video showing the paint in FULL SUN

[jankerson]

Great thread Mike.

Think you forgot one though...

Should be the Wolfgang 5...

WGUC, WGTSR, WGFG, WGDGPS, and WG Fuzion.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Can I get a witness? We had plenty of forum members stop by the booth and watch the demo.

Didn't see it this year but saw it last year.

[Mike Phillips]

Great thread Mike.

Think you forgot one though...

Should be the Wolfgang 5...

WGUC, WGTSR, WGFG, WGDGPS, and WG Fuzion.

Yeah, I actually use Fuzion over DGPS but the idea for this was to keep it simple, four liquids...


The Wolfgang Four





For anyone that's a paste wax fan...


Wolfgang Füzion is also super easy to apply by hand...












Or machine applied...

[HateSwirls]

IMO the Uber Compound will go down in history as the best compound ever produced.
PERIOD!

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[silverfox]

Mike first suggested to me a few years ago when I was getting my feet wet in DA machine polishing to start out with the WG twins, and boy...they always produce show car results EVERY TIME on EVERY PAINT I've used them on.

I cannot say that about any other brand I've tried...with the exception of Pinnacle...which frankly I think may be a tad better, although the new Uber compound raised the bar a lot for WG.

I think frankly when it comes to polishes (and I do love the DG and Megs lines as well for DDs)...that you do get what you pay for. Just my two cents.