The story of 3 H's - Horrendous, Horror Story and Hack Detailers...

[Mike Phillips]

Now I see what type of mustang your buffing out tonight

Actually I'm going to save this project for the future but while it was here I removed some paint transfer...


How To Remove Paint Transfer




After you've successfully removed the paint transfer you can apply a protective coat of wax or paint sealant or like
I've done here, machine polished the paint and then machine waxed the paint.

[RaskyR1]

Great Article Mike!


Having started out in a high volume shop myself, I can say I knowingly wrote a few "horror stories", but like you said, it was out of our hands and we simply did the best we could with the tools we had. Actually, time was probably the biggest constraint where I worked.


Rasky

[rsuarez.619]

Looks like a great job for the Class your having soon. Hopefully the owner can wait.
thanks for the education.
rsuarez.619

[Mike Phillips]

Having started out in a high volume shop myself, I can say I knowingly wrote a few "horror stories"

Rasky

A detailer and a writer!


When I use to call on shops I would meet and talk with the detailer or painter's helper and they would usually say something like this...

Here at work we use brand x, but on my own stuff or when I buff out cars on the side I use brand Y...

That was a fairly common conversation... just goes to show that sometimes what you use is out of your control...


Thanks for sharing...

[Mike Phillips]

Just to note... there was a happy ending to this "Horror Story"


Before and After - What you learn to do in our Detailing 101 Class


Below are some pictures showing what you will learn how to do at Autogeek's Detailing 101 Classes...

You can use the skill you learn to restore a show car finish on your own cars or start a part time detailing business and earn a few dollars restoring a show car finish for fellow car enthusiasts...


Here's our demo car, Rob's 2006 Mustang GT Convertible


Rob purchased this from a local dealership withe the DISO already installed at no extra charge.


DISO = Dealer Installed Swirl Option


Here's a few shots taken in the sun. Note how the swirls in the paint closest to the windshield have an almost floating or 3D effect, this is where the term hologram comes from in the context of talking about swirls instilled by a rotary buffer.



Here's a section of the above photo cropped out and in full size...




Mustangs are beautiful cars but not when the paint shimmers with swirls... the paint is supposed to shimmer with shine....



Here's the same car but now were use the flash from our camera to reveal the horrendous swirls...




I don't think I've ever seen a car so swirled out by the mis-use of a rotary buffer...





The zillions of swirls in the clear layer make the paint look hazy and blocks your view of the black paint under the clear top coat.




In this shot we've actually only buffed out just the passenger side of the hood... after getting some before and after shots we then buffed out the driver's side.



Here are the end results...






And here's Rob, the happy owner in his swirl free black Mustang...

[RaskyR1]

Looking the way she's supposed to now!

[Mike Phillips]

Looking the way she's supposed to now!

Seems like it took forever while we were waiting for enough clouds to move out of the way to get the "Sun Shots"...

[slickooz]

Mike what polisher and product did you use to remove them?
Great job by the way.

[Kristopher1129]

I've gotten quite a few heavily swirled up vehicles just like that many times. Usually they're black, and just beaten up. I personally love it when they come in. Cause for one thing...it's an instant up charge. Secondly, they'll pay whatever I ask...cause the word of mouth is out that I can repair these types. It's great! I love Hack Detailers!! lol

[STI4Life06]

I thought the first couple of photo's were of a custom paint job with ghost artwork.

Cliff

funny, thats exactly what I thought lol. Very impressive results none the less