Mike Phillips
08-01-2014, 12:08 PM
From working by hand to working by machine - You can do it. (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/83435-working-hand-working-machine-you-can-do.html)
Hey we all start out in the same place and that's knowing nothing. Most of us started out working by hand, by this I mean polishing and waxing the paint on our car by hand.
Then, with the help of discussion forums like this one many of you reading this made the jump from working by hand to working by machine.
Can I get a witness?
Pictures: 4th Autogeek's Cars & Coffee (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/cars-coffee/82791-pictures-4th-autogeek-s-cars-coffee.html)
At the 4th Autogeek's Cars & Coffee I met Mitch, the owner of a 2003 Mustang Mach 1 in Azure Blue. In the below picture you can see Mitch's Mustang with the hood up and Mitch is the guy with the sunglasses on drinking coffee talking to the guy in the green shirt to his left.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=78468
There were some rock chips in the front and Mitch asked me the best way to deal with them and I recommended the Dr. Color Chip rock chip repair kits sold by Autogeek. Mitch purchased the kit but was a little apprehensive about using it so I invited him to Autogeek and offered to lend a hand.
When Mitch arrived I inspected the paint and it had the normal swirls, scratches and rock chips...
Swirls and scratches photographed using the technique I share in this article (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/tips-techniques-how-articles-interacting-discussion-forums/26917-how-capture-swirls-scratches-etchings-other-surface-defects-your-camera.html).
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79468
Close-up...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79469
Major Rock Chip
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79470
Another rock chip smaller in size...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79471
How to remove swirls and scratches
Now Mitch told me he had never used a machine to polish his car and instead had always worked by hand. I said we're going to change that today and in just a few minutes taught him how to use a simple, entry level dual action polisher called a Porter Cable 7424XP with Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover and a Lake Country Yellow Foam Cutting pad and Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish and a Lake Country Black foam finishing pad.
These are the same polishes that are now used in Wayne Carini's shop so Mitch is in good company.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79472
First we removed the swirls....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79473
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79474
Then re-polished to maximize gloss and clarity....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79475
Then I showed Mitch how much easier and faster it is to machine apply wax...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79476
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79477
Here's what a machine applied coat of Pinnacle Liquid Souveran looks like....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79478
Here's the results after wiping off the wax....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79479
Mitch isn't ever going back to working by hand but I do expect a LOT of people to start asking him,
How did you get your Mustang's paint to look so good?
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79481
Product used....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79480
On Autogeek.net
Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover (http://www.autogeek.net/pin220.html)
Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish (http://www.autogeek.net/pin230.html)
Pinnacle Liquid Souveran Car Wax (http://www.autogeek.net/pinliqsouvwa.html)
Pinnacle Clay Lube (http://www.autogeek.net/pinclaylub.html)
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay (http://www.autogeek.net/ultra-fine-poly-clay.html)
Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher (http://www.autogeek.net/porter-cable-7424xp.html)
Lake Country 5.5" Pads (http://www.autogeek.net/lake-country-beveled-edge-pads.html)
Lake Country 5" Backing Plate (http://www.autogeek.net/lc43125.html)
How to Properly Use the Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher (http://www.autogeek.net/porter-cable-dvd.html)
Dr. ColorChip Rock Chip Repair System (http://www.autogeek.net/dr-colorchip-paint-chip-repair.html)
See how we used the Dr. ColorChip Paint Chip Repair System on Mitch's Mustang here,
How to use the Dr. ColorChip Paint Chip Repair Systems (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/83526-how-use-dr-colorchip-paint-chip-repair-systems.html)
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79586
:)
Hey we all start out in the same place and that's knowing nothing. Most of us started out working by hand, by this I mean polishing and waxing the paint on our car by hand.
Then, with the help of discussion forums like this one many of you reading this made the jump from working by hand to working by machine.
Can I get a witness?
Pictures: 4th Autogeek's Cars & Coffee (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/cars-coffee/82791-pictures-4th-autogeek-s-cars-coffee.html)
At the 4th Autogeek's Cars & Coffee I met Mitch, the owner of a 2003 Mustang Mach 1 in Azure Blue. In the below picture you can see Mitch's Mustang with the hood up and Mitch is the guy with the sunglasses on drinking coffee talking to the guy in the green shirt to his left.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=78468
There were some rock chips in the front and Mitch asked me the best way to deal with them and I recommended the Dr. Color Chip rock chip repair kits sold by Autogeek. Mitch purchased the kit but was a little apprehensive about using it so I invited him to Autogeek and offered to lend a hand.
When Mitch arrived I inspected the paint and it had the normal swirls, scratches and rock chips...
Swirls and scratches photographed using the technique I share in this article (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/tips-techniques-how-articles-interacting-discussion-forums/26917-how-capture-swirls-scratches-etchings-other-surface-defects-your-camera.html).
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79468
Close-up...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79469
Major Rock Chip
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79470
Another rock chip smaller in size...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79471
How to remove swirls and scratches
Now Mitch told me he had never used a machine to polish his car and instead had always worked by hand. I said we're going to change that today and in just a few minutes taught him how to use a simple, entry level dual action polisher called a Porter Cable 7424XP with Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover and a Lake Country Yellow Foam Cutting pad and Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish and a Lake Country Black foam finishing pad.
These are the same polishes that are now used in Wayne Carini's shop so Mitch is in good company.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79472
First we removed the swirls....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79473
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79474
Then re-polished to maximize gloss and clarity....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79475
Then I showed Mitch how much easier and faster it is to machine apply wax...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79476
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79477
Here's what a machine applied coat of Pinnacle Liquid Souveran looks like....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79478
Here's the results after wiping off the wax....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79479
Mitch isn't ever going back to working by hand but I do expect a LOT of people to start asking him,
How did you get your Mustang's paint to look so good?
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79481
Product used....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79480
On Autogeek.net
Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover (http://www.autogeek.net/pin220.html)
Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish (http://www.autogeek.net/pin230.html)
Pinnacle Liquid Souveran Car Wax (http://www.autogeek.net/pinliqsouvwa.html)
Pinnacle Clay Lube (http://www.autogeek.net/pinclaylub.html)
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay (http://www.autogeek.net/ultra-fine-poly-clay.html)
Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher (http://www.autogeek.net/porter-cable-7424xp.html)
Lake Country 5.5" Pads (http://www.autogeek.net/lake-country-beveled-edge-pads.html)
Lake Country 5" Backing Plate (http://www.autogeek.net/lc43125.html)
How to Properly Use the Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher (http://www.autogeek.net/porter-cable-dvd.html)
Dr. ColorChip Rock Chip Repair System (http://www.autogeek.net/dr-colorchip-paint-chip-repair.html)
See how we used the Dr. ColorChip Paint Chip Repair System on Mitch's Mustang here,
How to use the Dr. ColorChip Paint Chip Repair Systems (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/83526-how-use-dr-colorchip-paint-chip-repair-systems.html)
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=79586
:)