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That could work but that's not going to happen in 1.5 hours I don't think for a full car.
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Re: Quickest method of paint correction for production work.
If you only have 90 minutes
Use your FLEX
Focus your correction efforts on the hood and trunk lid
M205 on a White Polishing Pad
Everything gets a quick pass with D151
Just do the best you can with the time allotted
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I just did a quick correction (about 4 hours) on a patrol vehicle with 142,000 miles on the odometer. I did wash and clay (real clay) and the clay was black and brown with surface contaminants like I have never seen before. I tried to make the paint look presentable with the flex DA and was wasting a lot of time. I ended up going over the paint with Meg 105 and a yellow smart pad on a flex rotary followed with meg#9 and an orange pad with the rotary. I was not looking for perfection but meg 151 didn't show the results I was looking for. I'm pretty sure this is the first time since 2009 that the paint appeared smooth and shiny without a million swirls. It was also a black and tan color so the black would show mistakes. I think it would be difficult to do any type of correction in 90 minutes but an experienced detailer could definitely make the paint look better in that time. A rotary can get you in trouble very quickly but will get the job done way faster especially if removing noticeable scratches. A few quick passes and they vanish!
Mark
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Axrow, IMHO, the quickest way would be to get a rotory and a flex. Hit the car with the rotory at bad spots, then finish with the flex 3401. "If you put in hollgrams at the bad spots, take them out with the flex. So basically, learn the rotory in bits and peices untill you no longer leave halos/hollograms. And, WLAH! That is your training my kind sire.
"I've seen a good quality car wash look better than some guys complete detail jobs."
Mike Phillips 10/21/09
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Re: Quickest method of paint correction for production work.
If you're blowing over the car in a hour and a half, then more material is being removed then necessary...I see this ALL the time. Clients bring me their Mercedes' that they had detailed a few weeks earlier because the swirls have come back or are worse then before they took the car. I check each client's car prior to touching it, you would be SHOCKED by the amount of clear left after these "detailers" buffed the car. I would NEVER do production work, and try to sell it as high-end paint correction. I do every car like it's my car, would I blast over my car with a rotary in a hour, NO WAY!
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Re: Quickest method of paint correction for production work.
Originally Posted by markm
I just did a quick correction (about 4 hours) on a patrol vehicle with 142,000 miles on the odometer. I did wash and clay (real clay) and the clay was black and brown with surface contaminants like I have never seen before. I tried to make the paint look presentable with the flex DA and was wasting a lot of time. I ended up going over the paint with Meg 105 and a yellow smart pad on a flex rotary followed with meg#9 and an orange pad with the rotary. I was not looking for perfection but meg 151 didn't show the results I was looking for. I'm pretty sure this is the first time since 2009 that the paint appeared smooth and shiny without a million swirls. It was also a black and tan color so the black would show mistakes. I think it would be difficult to do any type of correction in 90 minutes but an experienced detailer could definitely make the paint look better in that time. A rotary can get you in trouble very quickly but will get the job done way faster especially if removing noticeable scratches. A few quick passes and they vanish!
Mark
They vanish alright, along with your clear-coat
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Re: Quickest method of paint correction for production work.
2013 Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track Edition
2015 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 2016 Pearl White Nissan Altima SR
2019 Nissan Rogue SL
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Re: Quickest method of paint correction for production work.
D151 With an LC Orange Cutting Pad will do the trick.
2011 Nissan Altima Sedan 3.5S Burgundy.
+1 Mobile Detailing
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Re: Quickest method of paint correction for production work.
The sad part is that within a short time the new owners will likely have them on their way back to the original condition.
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