LOL never say no one because I know I would watch a 12 hour video more than once . :props:
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All my life when I've detailed cars I pretty much start early and don't stop till the final wipe... It's not a great "style" but doing projects like this one takes both a lot of time and concentration and every minute you're goofing off, or getting a glass of water, there's work not being done.
There were two runs, one on the driver's side lower body panel and one on the passenger side lower door and I knocked these out after the fact using a Unigrit Block. Didn't what the "time" it took to interfere with the "big picture" of capturing the entire process from start to finish on video.
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Subbed to watch the master over and over again!
Mike,
I recently purchased the Flex PE14 rotary buffer and it came with the 6" flexible yellow backing plate. I noticed that you were using an extension on your Flex and what seemed to be a different type of backing plate. What exactly did you use and any particular reason?
I'm just a novice at detailing but I assume that wet sanding removes the clear coat and only the base coat remains. It must be more important that a good coat of wax/sealant be maintained on the base coat after wet sanding.
The extension you saw started out in the detailing world as an
Adapter
See this thread...
I use it as an extension to get get the body of the buffer away from the buffing pad so I can,
A: More easily see what I'm buffing.
B: Get into tight, intricate areas.
C: Clean pads easier when using a pad washer.
See these articles for very thorough and in-depth information on the above...
Trend: Backing Plate Extensions for Surgical Precision Buffing
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Surgical Buffing
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...lBuffing01.jpg
Video: Tip for cleaning pads in a pad washer
I took this picture some time ago to show how you can use an adapter or extension on a rotary buffer to make cleaning a pad easier when cleaning pads in a pad washer.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...xtension01.jpg
As for the white backing plate it offers a lot of flex or cushion so I prefer it for this reason. The yellow one you recieved is also a flexible backing plate just not as much cushion as the white one.
See this article...
Trend: Flexible Backing Plates for Rotary Buffers
Good questions and we'll be using a lot of these tools tonight when we sand and buff the 1928 Model A here at Autogeek.
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All of the clear coat is not removed. It is just the "peaks" of the orange peal that is removed to level down to the "valley's". At that point the clear coat is polished back to a brilliant shine. This all must be done delicately as the clear coat is SUPER thin.
Good question Frank...
Pefect answer Kevin...
By the way, Frank lives in South Florida and he joined us last Thursday night and has his first chance to see what wetsanding is all about...
Pictures: 1928 Model A - Wetsand, Cut and Buff at Autogeek
Frank's First Time
Here's Frank learning all about how to wetsand, cut and buff fresh paint here at Autogeek's Show Car Garage!
This was Frank's first visit to our Thursday night gigs and he picked an great night to join us as not only did he get to see the entire process from sanding, cutting, polishing and machine waxing a very cool traditional hot rod but he also was able to helps us restore the original paint on a 1956 Chevy Bel Air.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler..._Coupe_022.jpg
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