Awesome. :dblthumb2:
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you are correct mike!, that is the company that makes the 12k grit disc's. i really need to get some 5" or 6" discs here soon. that is my next project now that i do not need any more detailing chemicals....is to work on my own car and get the front end painted...
Lets start a bet on what product will remove 5,000 grit sanding marks...im guessing 205 on white would remove with ease, car pro fixer would be a good contender on a black pad, maybe even pinnacle finishing glaze on a black pad will remove 5,000 grit.
I think MF/M105/G110v2 could even pull out Abralon 4000 grit sanding scratches.
Good lord. I just used 3000 grit for the first time a few days ago and was able to polish out most of it with optimum finish polish by hand. Got impatient and finished it quicker with with optimum polish II.
Could you buff this out this 5000 grit with a cleaner wax? :laughing:
d300 on a mf pad will take care of 5000 no sweat on a D/A.
Hmm I'm curious to see how everything turns out!
Considering that most of the people in this class had never wetsanded by hand or by machine and most had never used a rotary buffer with an aggressive wool pad and compound to remove sanding marks out of an entire car... yes I consider this project very successful
Pictures & Comments from July 10th, 2011 Sunday Detailing 102 - Advanced Class
Here's a few pictures from our most recent Wetsanding Class, the pictures kind of tell the story...
Instead of using demo hoods we have an actual car. It was painted Wednesday night and has a lot of orange peel which should really give our students a great experience learning how to hand sand and machine dampsand.
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All taped off and ready to go!
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Check out Daniel as he practices perfect technique for wet sanding by hand.
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And there's Sergio! I don't think I've seen this guy without a smile on his face.
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Tavares wet sanding the roof by hand.
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Time to show the guys how it's done with the 3M Pneumatic Air Sander.
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Tackling the small areas with the Griot's Garage 3" Polisher, Meguiar's 3" interface and 1500 grit sanding disc.
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And then it was time to break out the trusty PC 7424XP.
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Looks like two professionals in the making right there!
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Sergio and Tavares tackle the roof with the G110v2 and PC 7424XP.
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The students from that class did an awesome job of sanding and buffing the paint and more importantly learned the techniques required to undertake a full wetsanding project especially with a car that had extreme orange peel
The goal of the class is not to make each person an expert, that's not realistic in a one=day class. The goal is to bring up each person's comfort level with the terms, products and techniques used for wetsanding paint and using rotary buffers.
Trying to go from incredibly horrendous orange peel to a show car finish in 6-7 hours with a group of people that are all new to the wetsanding process is a worthy goal but realistically, after the class there was still a lot of sanding to the lower panels left to do and a thorough compounding to make sure all the sanding marks have been removed.
Over the weekend I finished all the sanding, cutting and polishing and I'm happy to say the horrendous orange peel has been removed, the paint polished to a high gloss and she's ready to be returned to the owner. Here's a few pictures before the car leaves today...
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After Shots
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I agree, it was a stellar class to have been a part of and I'm thankful to have also been a part of it.
Here's a close-up of the Extreme Makeover Team for the GTO
From left to right...
Dan, James, Tavares is behind Sergio and myself, then Robert, behind Robert is Nick, then Dan then Eric
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