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09-08-2014, 08:30 PM
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30129First Major Correction Attempt (FMCA)…Advice Help?
Hx: I been “detailing” cars for years right yet once I started reading forums and watching videos I discovered (like many others…misery needs company) why the sheet metal was not popping on the 2 yrs in the family 996 Carrera or the 7 years with us Toyota SUV…both dark colors. As well …I was contributing to it with using sub-par techniques and materials to clean…polish and “detail”. I commited to studying videos and forums and purchased the PC xp(Quick note about PC…do they sound different after a few hours of use? Getting warm is normal? I used 14G extension. Is changing speeds while working an area a problem?) and kit and decided to start with the black Toyota truck(poor abused oxidized…swirled up baby finally getting some love) for practice. Here is what I learned ; discovered so any advice or comments appreciated…
1. Prep the area for space…in garage…well lit/vented…supplies…power supplies…safety.
2. Plan an early start…I’m slow anyway but 2 hours/6 sections on a hood seemed about right using 2-3 steps cause its labor intensive. I got the Wolfgang 3.0 Twins with Orange and black paids as well as white using both 6.5 and 5.5 inch pads. Along the research I got couple other product sets…105/205 from MeQ and some Ultimate HyperPolish…I learned the difference between 1-step and 2-step products. Products really secondary to technique but they can all behave differently. Don’t fuss but truck had some bird etchings and I used some Meg85 with a orange pad with minimal improvement.
3. Finding the right pressure started with a bathroom scale( Junk’ video) was easy to duplicate on flat surfaces…vertical is another story.
4. Pads and Rags. I started doing an inventory of my rags I had been using for wash-dry-polish and they were not passing the test for “plushness” that I had learned from the Junkman. They were made in China but I also had a few that passed (I had somehow had some blue and grey 70/30 blends..quite nice).
Actually some of the fancy ones(Mequires Gold…Cobra Gold …the blue and orange edgeless are gr8 but gotta keep turning them.) I’ve since purchased based on “new knowledge” aren’t so “plush”. I learned that with any product you have to evaluate the effect on the paint and process as you go…make adjustments in product amount…cleaning and Keeping buildup off the pads and rags helps with the process of polishing and cleaning paint.
The dimple pads and raised soft edge pads did well as I also learned from the videos to prime…clean as you go…and preserve. The “hex-logics” are “wow”; they get hot and one had the backing come off. I hope they send me a replacement.
5. So after 16 hours to do the black truck…10 to do the white car(slower than it sounds cause its hard to see o n the white. I also experimented with the 105/205 combo two step and the one-step ultimate HyperPolish. Humidity effects the way sometimes the compounds dry slower or “diminish” . Well here are some pics so bash at will….See the taping job on white car
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I edited these pictures as much as MSF allowed
Sorry they are first and not last
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30129First Major Correction Attempt (FMCA)…Advice Help?
Hx: I been “detailing” cars for years right yet once I started reading forums and watching videos I discovered (like many others…misery needs company) why the sheet metal was not popping on the 2 yrs in the family 996 Carrera or the 7 years with us Toyota SUV…both dark colors. As well …I was contributing to it with using sub-par techniques and materials to clean…polish and “detail”. I commited to studying videos and forums and purchased the PC xp(Quick note about PC…do they sound different after a few hours of use? Getting warm is normal? I used 14G extension. Is changing speeds while working an area a problem?) and kit and decided to start with the black Toyota truck(poor abused oxidized…swirled up baby finally getting some love) for practice. Here is what I learned ; discovered so any advice or comments appreciated…
1. Prep the area for space…in garage…well lit/vented…supplies…power supplies…safety.
2. Plan an early start…I’m slow anyway but 2 hours/6 sections on a hood seemed about right using 2-3 steps cause its labor intensive. I got the Wolfgang 3.0 Twins with Orange and black paids as well as white using both 6.5 and 5.5 inch pads. Along the research I got couple other product sets…105/205 from MeQ and some Ultimate HyperPolish…I learned the difference between 1-step and 2-step products. Products really secondary to technique but they can all behave differently. Don’t fuss but truck had some bird etchings and I used some Meg85 with a orange pad with minimal improvement.
3. Finding the right pressure started with a bathroom scale( Junk’ video) was easy to duplicate on flat surfaces…vertical is another story.
4. Pads and Rags. I started doing an inventory of my rags I had been using for wash-dry-polish and they were not passing the test for “plushness” that I had learned from the Junkman. They were made in China but I also had a few that passed (I had somehow had some blue and grey 70/30 blends..quite nice).
Actually some of the fancy ones(Mequires Gold…Cobra Gold …the blue and orange edgeless are gr8 but gotta keep turning them.) I’ve since purchased based on “new knowledge” aren’t so “plush”. I learned that with any product you have to evaluate the effect on the paint and process as you go…make adjustments in product amount…cleaning and Keeping buildup off the pads and rags helps with the process of polishing and cleaning paint.
The dimple pads and raised soft edge pads did well as I also learned from the videos to prime…clean as you go…and preserve. The “hex-logics” are “wow”; they get hot and one had the backing come off. I hope they send me a replacement.
5. So after 16 hours to do the black truck…10 to do the white car(slower than it sounds cause its hard to see o n the white. I also experimented with the 105/205 combo two step and the one-step ultimate HyperPolish. Humidity effects the way sometimes the compounds dry slower or “diminish” . Well here are some pics so bash at will….See the taping job on white car
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I edited these pictures as much as MSF allowed
Sorry they are first and not last