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A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
Will be coating a couple Hellcats in next 2 weeks.
To save me time during testing phase, what was your experience re paint?
These cars are in great shape--babied, few swirls and if there is such a thing, passed baggie test.
I`m thinking I can get away with just doing a polish. And then coat.
My initial thoughts:
Rinse-less wash
Clay
ultra fine or fine polish
coating prep
Coat
Tom
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
I have found on my Challenger that the paint is very soft. It'll scratch even with the softest MF. However, being soft means it corrects with very little effort using a fine polish. I've had the best luck using a perfecting pad instead of a correcting pad. Starting with the least aggressive approach has usually ended up being all I needed. Good luck! Take some pics of those monsters!
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
We’ve done 4 hellcats... all black, all brand new, all with considerable defects from the factory.
1 metallic black 2015 model - medium, easy to work with paint.
3 jet black 2016 models - very soft paint.
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
1. Rinseless wash with your preferred product. I primarily use N-914, D114 and ONR.
2. Decontaminate with Pinnacle ultra fine clay. This does a great job on Mopars that are well maintained.
3. Polish with M205 and a white polishing pad. This will remove minor defects, especially with the color that is named "Pitch Black" because it is so soft. On pearlescent paint, like Phantom Black, Redline Red and Granite Crystal Metallic, you may need something a bit more aggressive like a medium cutting pad. I always get a fantastic result by using M205 on Mopars. When deeper defects need to be removed I find myself using Griot's Fast Correcting Cream more often than not.
4. Remove oils with preferred product. I like to use a mixture of N-914, IPA and distilled water during the compounding and polishing steps. When the abrasive work is complete I use Optimum Paint Prep to remove whatever else remains on the paintwork just to be safe.
5. Coat with preferred product. This year I used CQuartz, the new McKee's coating and CSL on a number of different Mopars and they worked perfectly, matte vinyl graphics and all.
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
Perfect...! Thank you very much...
This weekend will be the lime green with matte hood.
The following weekend will be the plum crazy purple with matte hood...
Will be using:
McKee's rinesless wash N-914
Clay with Pinnacle clay and McKee's lube
Polish using Rupes white pad and white ultra fine polish. If too soft--will bump up to yellow-fine polish (That's game plan for moment)
Paint prep for coating---McKee's N-914 diluted to paint prep ratio 1 to 8
McKee's new coating
Wheels coated using Pinnacle Black Label wheel coating
Tires will be coated using McKee's tire coating
Thank you very much for the "mind prep and insight " before diving into the Hellcats!
Tom
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
Originally Posted by TMQ
Perfect...! Thank you very much...
This weekend will be the lime green with matte hood.
The following weekend will be the plum crazy purple with matte hood...
Will be using:
McKee's rinesless wash N-914
Clay with Pinnacle clay and McKee's lube
Polish using Rupes white pad and white ultra fine polish. If too soft--will bump up to yellow-fine polish (That's game plan for moment)
Paint prep for coating---McKee's N-914 diluted to paint prep ratio 1 to 8
McKee's new coating
Wheels coated using Pinnacle Black Label wheel coating
Tires will be coated using McKee's tire coating
Thank you very much for the "mind prep and insight " before diving into the Hellcats!
Tom
Sublime Green and Plumb Crazy Purple are not soft. They're medium hardness. You may need to work a at any sort of defects just a bit more than on something as soft as Pitch Black. If the Rupes polish doesn't do the deed don't be worried about stepping up the aggressiveness.
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
Originally Posted by osiapstndp
Sublime Green and Plumb Crazy Purple are not soft. They're medium hardness. You may need to work a at any sort of defects just a bit more than on something as soft as Pitch Black. If the Rupes polish doesn't do the deed don't be worried about stepping up the aggressiveness.
This is good to know!
Thanks...
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
I never trust threads like this. I have seen paint systems change rather often on factory finishes. Best bet is to go in with an open mind and make your own conclusion when you get a hold of the vehicle.
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Re: A pair of Hellcats---soft, med or hard paint?
Originally Posted by Dr Oldz
I never trust threads like this. I have seen paint systems change rather often on factory finishes. Best bet is to go in with an open mind and make your own conclusion when you get a hold of the vehicle.
I agree...Will do series of tests to get what I'm looking for. But you are correct.
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