Jayfro
07-28-2019, 02:23 PM
Whole heartedly…YES, it is Bubba Proof with a small asterisk that I’ll get to later.
The victim: My best friends 2010-11 Black Audi S4 that is a Tunnel of Swirl Queen!
We recently went to Vegas, stayed a few nights, played a couple of rounds of golf, etc…he picked-up the tab on everything including airfare which was completely unexpected so this was the least I could do to thank him for that gift.
The paint was in poor shape, swirls all over the car, the doors were worse than the hood/trunk.
The Process: Two Bucket thorough washing that included Car Pro Iron-X and Blackfire’s Fine Clay Mitt. The Iron-X did a fantastic job on the car, cleaned up about 50-60% of the roughness on the paint and the Blackfire Fine Clay Mitt finished it off with just a little bit of effort…there was not a bead of water to found on the car afterwards!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/f93e8bf5124447919fac3e364e362739.jpg
The inside of the Wheels looked like they hadn’t been touched in years, I wiped my finger on the inside of the wheel and I couldn’t get through the muck!! I decided to use Mequiars Ultimate Wheel Cleaner since they were so dirty, (I had beadmaker brake buster on standby). Typically, when I’ve applied the wheel cleaner it normally takes about 30-60+ seconds to show the purple run-off, this took about 15 seconds, I actually had to apply it to the wheel twice to be able to get everything cleaned up…this took about an hour on the wheels where they were acceptable, they still need a little work that we’ll get in the next week or so.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/38e2184603e46fc567951c72a953ed80.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/a3ecdfcdd551dd19e36a98a38a629737.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/222cde1be43e938b9ababf2e72c1242b.jpg
The Test Spot – I used both Blackfire One Step and Pinnacle Advanced Compound (PAC) to see what would work the best. I used a LC Orange Pad with the BF One Step and LC White Pad with the PAC just to see what they would do…this is my first time working with any kind of Compound so I was little/lot cautious. The One Step actually did a better job than the PAC so I switched to a new LC Orange Pad and reapplied the PAC since I wanted to see what the PAC could really do…obviously the PAC cut better than the One Step…but not by much, probably 20-25% better…which says a lot about the BF One Step!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/77356b1570f48845f6ada1ad8bace6d8.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/b1e39a56d00d731c0e9babf043306a9d.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/27ed0fe2dcc7dd690e3ca7785f096248.jpg
The Decision – Given that I wanted to do a great job for him, wanting to gain experience using different products, purchased the product just for this project, I moved forward with the PAC and Polish. If this was not my best friend, it would’ve been BF One Step in New York Second and everyone would’ve been happy!!
Time to Work – Primed the pads and used three dime to nickel size drops, made approx. I did four section passes on speed 5-6, two passes left and right and two up and down. All of the horizontal surfaces went very smooth, very little if any dusting. The PAC was very easy to wipe off. The vertical surfaces were a lot more work since they were butchered up pretty good, so I slowed down the arm speed and made one or two additional passes. It took about five – six hours to complete the compound, if I was more comfortable with MF Pads, I'm sure this would’ve been much faster. My overall experience with PAC was very very good and would highly recommend to anyone especially for anyone new to detailing…my knowledge of other compounds is…zip at the time!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/be3fef512818dd142c5b5d37c686d849.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/92114c1013c00a0263d06c14fdbd4ad1.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/108611ac35acd1ab0daa6af96100f5a1.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/37bc7553f613e5a21958283bddf6295b.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/341211271f657f463a0d0fe2e859846a.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/b21395ab7bb1f89a8784d92e571441c4.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/582caf714e4f6b2c5bfcb1fa60f9d07f.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/b67d786f4c61819c72f7c356c00c360a.jpg
After Compounding….So far so good!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/efcb75986f364732e51680972a66dae6.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/e19e3db467e7e1db7e81878dfc9ba71e.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/495bf521de0d78321705ec6d1d3f2499.jpg
The PAC performed very very well!!
Time to Polish – Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish (PAP) is supposed to be Bubba Proof, after the test spot I was starting to second guess this. I used the LC White Pads, made four section passes, again up and down and side to side.
After the test spot I pulled the car back into the sun so I could have a better view with better light…I'm not sure this was good idea but thank goodness I did it, It appeared my section pass was marred…I freaked out! I immediately pulled the car back in the garage, got on AGO, and searched the forums on applying PAP…it seemed like most people used three to four passes at normal speed, then two more passes with lower speed.
I went back and followed this advice, made another test spot, pulled the car back in the sun and it seemed a little better but not what I was expecting, when I was wiping the PAF it looked like the marring was still there but the odd think was the marr was moving, WTH?
It turned out that the MF I was using was not adequate for wiping polish, so I switched to a different type of MF Towel, applied a little more pressure and….BAM the shine/gloss was there!! I found that PAF is somewhat oily which is fine, again this is my first time using a dedicated polish so I'm not sure if this is normal or not, the end result was worth it!!
I used the wonderful Sonax PNS as the LSP, amazingly enough it went on very easily considering the temperature and humidity.
Unfortunately, by the time I was wrapping everything up around 7:30PM, the sun was starting to go down.
This is the final result.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/085841811a3f207f54f71fb23b23970e.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/7b0d1db057bd0e99b4ca19eb0c7fa72f.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/6b8d220550b094ed3f1460a46c4b8736.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/c2ca53f2ddcc80a33a4854dff47f49f6.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/d0996144e5e11e946cad4efd27f7d3cf.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/16a227581d65c04c0c980abc914967f4.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/1cd0e9077207b6d91a0002f51dd518e7.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/78a74ae422fd39ebc5ecdeb00f055d8c.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/0376340b0a1c01b6d4ea1024f975fcc0.jpg
Remember, you got have fun. The headband was a lifesaver, no sweat dripping into your eyes and burning the crud out of them or onto the car! I did try to find the old red white and blue headband..no luck!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/01d5b14af8ce3c5fedeb3ac214a890cf.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/304ac7b9a786e29d3b1cb87516d3fa7c.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/9b978063a8407793c43d30837d03a923.jpg
My overall experience using Pinnacle’s Compound and Polish was extremely positive and I would recommend both of them to anybody wanting to safely strive for perfection. From start to finish, that included washing, compounding, and polishing, it took around 12-13 hours over two days.
As a newb, I started this project very intimidated to say the least since I did not know what I was getting into and if I could get out safely…I think I did very good job, of course there’s room for improvement but I'm very happy as well as my best friend….he said it made his car faster!
The next question is, would I do another 2/3 step? They would have to be a very special person or they would have to pay me a lot of money!!
I want to thank everyone on AGO that gave me the confidence to do this project and of course to Mike Phillips with the product recommendation…it is Bubba Proof!
Jay
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The victim: My best friends 2010-11 Black Audi S4 that is a Tunnel of Swirl Queen!
We recently went to Vegas, stayed a few nights, played a couple of rounds of golf, etc…he picked-up the tab on everything including airfare which was completely unexpected so this was the least I could do to thank him for that gift.
The paint was in poor shape, swirls all over the car, the doors were worse than the hood/trunk.
The Process: Two Bucket thorough washing that included Car Pro Iron-X and Blackfire’s Fine Clay Mitt. The Iron-X did a fantastic job on the car, cleaned up about 50-60% of the roughness on the paint and the Blackfire Fine Clay Mitt finished it off with just a little bit of effort…there was not a bead of water to found on the car afterwards!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/f93e8bf5124447919fac3e364e362739.jpg
The inside of the Wheels looked like they hadn’t been touched in years, I wiped my finger on the inside of the wheel and I couldn’t get through the muck!! I decided to use Mequiars Ultimate Wheel Cleaner since they were so dirty, (I had beadmaker brake buster on standby). Typically, when I’ve applied the wheel cleaner it normally takes about 30-60+ seconds to show the purple run-off, this took about 15 seconds, I actually had to apply it to the wheel twice to be able to get everything cleaned up…this took about an hour on the wheels where they were acceptable, they still need a little work that we’ll get in the next week or so.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/38e2184603e46fc567951c72a953ed80.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/a3ecdfcdd551dd19e36a98a38a629737.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/222cde1be43e938b9ababf2e72c1242b.jpg
The Test Spot – I used both Blackfire One Step and Pinnacle Advanced Compound (PAC) to see what would work the best. I used a LC Orange Pad with the BF One Step and LC White Pad with the PAC just to see what they would do…this is my first time working with any kind of Compound so I was little/lot cautious. The One Step actually did a better job than the PAC so I switched to a new LC Orange Pad and reapplied the PAC since I wanted to see what the PAC could really do…obviously the PAC cut better than the One Step…but not by much, probably 20-25% better…which says a lot about the BF One Step!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/77356b1570f48845f6ada1ad8bace6d8.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/b1e39a56d00d731c0e9babf043306a9d.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/27ed0fe2dcc7dd690e3ca7785f096248.jpg
The Decision – Given that I wanted to do a great job for him, wanting to gain experience using different products, purchased the product just for this project, I moved forward with the PAC and Polish. If this was not my best friend, it would’ve been BF One Step in New York Second and everyone would’ve been happy!!
Time to Work – Primed the pads and used three dime to nickel size drops, made approx. I did four section passes on speed 5-6, two passes left and right and two up and down. All of the horizontal surfaces went very smooth, very little if any dusting. The PAC was very easy to wipe off. The vertical surfaces were a lot more work since they were butchered up pretty good, so I slowed down the arm speed and made one or two additional passes. It took about five – six hours to complete the compound, if I was more comfortable with MF Pads, I'm sure this would’ve been much faster. My overall experience with PAC was very very good and would highly recommend to anyone especially for anyone new to detailing…my knowledge of other compounds is…zip at the time!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/be3fef512818dd142c5b5d37c686d849.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/92114c1013c00a0263d06c14fdbd4ad1.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/108611ac35acd1ab0daa6af96100f5a1.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/37bc7553f613e5a21958283bddf6295b.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/341211271f657f463a0d0fe2e859846a.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/b21395ab7bb1f89a8784d92e571441c4.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/582caf714e4f6b2c5bfcb1fa60f9d07f.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/b67d786f4c61819c72f7c356c00c360a.jpg
After Compounding….So far so good!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/efcb75986f364732e51680972a66dae6.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/e19e3db467e7e1db7e81878dfc9ba71e.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/495bf521de0d78321705ec6d1d3f2499.jpg
The PAC performed very very well!!
Time to Polish – Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish (PAP) is supposed to be Bubba Proof, after the test spot I was starting to second guess this. I used the LC White Pads, made four section passes, again up and down and side to side.
After the test spot I pulled the car back into the sun so I could have a better view with better light…I'm not sure this was good idea but thank goodness I did it, It appeared my section pass was marred…I freaked out! I immediately pulled the car back in the garage, got on AGO, and searched the forums on applying PAP…it seemed like most people used three to four passes at normal speed, then two more passes with lower speed.
I went back and followed this advice, made another test spot, pulled the car back in the sun and it seemed a little better but not what I was expecting, when I was wiping the PAF it looked like the marring was still there but the odd think was the marr was moving, WTH?
It turned out that the MF I was using was not adequate for wiping polish, so I switched to a different type of MF Towel, applied a little more pressure and….BAM the shine/gloss was there!! I found that PAF is somewhat oily which is fine, again this is my first time using a dedicated polish so I'm not sure if this is normal or not, the end result was worth it!!
I used the wonderful Sonax PNS as the LSP, amazingly enough it went on very easily considering the temperature and humidity.
Unfortunately, by the time I was wrapping everything up around 7:30PM, the sun was starting to go down.
This is the final result.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/085841811a3f207f54f71fb23b23970e.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/7b0d1db057bd0e99b4ca19eb0c7fa72f.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/6b8d220550b094ed3f1460a46c4b8736.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/c2ca53f2ddcc80a33a4854dff47f49f6.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/d0996144e5e11e946cad4efd27f7d3cf.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/16a227581d65c04c0c980abc914967f4.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/1cd0e9077207b6d91a0002f51dd518e7.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/78a74ae422fd39ebc5ecdeb00f055d8c.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/0376340b0a1c01b6d4ea1024f975fcc0.jpg
Remember, you got have fun. The headband was a lifesaver, no sweat dripping into your eyes and burning the crud out of them or onto the car! I did try to find the old red white and blue headband..no luck!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/01d5b14af8ce3c5fedeb3ac214a890cf.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/304ac7b9a786e29d3b1cb87516d3fa7c.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190728/9b978063a8407793c43d30837d03a923.jpg
My overall experience using Pinnacle’s Compound and Polish was extremely positive and I would recommend both of them to anybody wanting to safely strive for perfection. From start to finish, that included washing, compounding, and polishing, it took around 12-13 hours over two days.
As a newb, I started this project very intimidated to say the least since I did not know what I was getting into and if I could get out safely…I think I did very good job, of course there’s room for improvement but I'm very happy as well as my best friend….he said it made his car faster!
The next question is, would I do another 2/3 step? They would have to be a very special person or they would have to pay me a lot of money!!
I want to thank everyone on AGO that gave me the confidence to do this project and of course to Mike Phillips with the product recommendation…it is Bubba Proof!
Jay
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk