Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Continued....
Test Spot
Next up we're going to do what I call a Test Spot.
I actually coined this term for the detailing industry and it's very rewarding to see it used widespread throughout not only the detailing industry here in the United States but also the world.
Test Spot - The story behind the story...
How to do a Test Spot
Doing a test spot is easy, First the idea is to TEST the pad, product, tool and your technique to one small area and MAKE SURE it's working to remove the defects and make the paint look like you hope and dream about before repeating the procedure to the entire vehicle. If your process, (that's the product, pad, tool and technique), works in one small area chances are good duplicating it over the rest of the vehicle will give you the exact same results.
If the product, pad, tool and technique doesn't produce the results you were hoping for in your test spot well then you'll be GLAD you tested to a small area FIRST and you didn't buff out the entire vehicle with the process you thought or were hoping would work.
And "yes" I have met detailers and enthusiasts that did NOT know to do a test spot and went on to buff out an entire car using "something" only to find out after they wiped off the "something" the paint looked scoured or swirled-out or micor-marred.
So always TEST FIRST and dial-in your process before buffing out an entire car. You'll be glad you did and it only takes a few minutes.
IF you find the first product, pads and tools of choice are not working, then you can test something else until you dial-in a system that you can verify works. If you get into trouble - well that's what this forum is here form. If you're not a member and reading this as a lurker, then get off the fence and join in the fun.
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Time to get to work...
Here's a picture of me doing the test spot using the RUPES Easy Gloss System. The compound/polish, pad and RUPES BigFoot orbital polisher worked flawlessly and removed the oxidation, swirls, scratches and water spots leaving behind a true show car finish.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_025.JPG
We had people joining in this night that had NEVER used a machine to polish paint before. So here's a little dramatic technique I use to show them just how safe RUPES polishers, pads and products are.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_026.JPG
Safe enough for the skin on my hand.... safe enough for the paint on your car....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_027.jpg
:)
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_028.JPG
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This is Dion and this is his first time machine polishing....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_029.JPG
First a little demonstration on how to hold and move the polisher....
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_032.JPG
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_031.JPG
Then a little guidance on how little pressure to use and how slow of an arm speed to move the polisher over the paint plus the overlapping crosshatch pattern to make when buffing out section of paint.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_030.JPG
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_033.JPG
Then I turned Dion loose because really... it's not that hard...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_034.JPG
Doing good!
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_035.JPG
And here's the results...
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...dra_EM_036.JPG
Here's the same picture above only I've drawn some lines around the section he buffed and drew circles around the light reflections in the paint. You can easily see the difference between before and after results.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...ra_EM_036m.jpg
Dion picked up on machine polishing fast... I know he's hooked now...
:)
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Great job by the team. The truck came out looking great. The Rupes UHS is a nice one step compounding polish to work with that gives great results.
Re: RUPES EASY GLOSS System - EXTREME MAKEOVER - 2006 Toyota Tundra - YEARS of neglect!
Damn Mike, you guys killed it. Too bad AG isn't on the West Coast. I'd be like Frank, always there. Good times fellas!