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Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

The Ambulance in your write-up is white, do you remember pulling white pigment onto your buffing pad as you buffed on it?

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Thanks for explaining why white is harder than black. +1 Detailing Wisdom for me :props:

As far as i remember there was no paint pulled on to the buffing pads.

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Originally Posted by Malborex

As far as i remember there was no paint pulled on to the buffing pads.

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If you don't see any color or pigment transferring to the face of your pads as you're doing any type of compounding or polishing work this means you're working on a clear coat finish and modern clear coats tend to be harder than single stage paints with the exception of single stage white paint.

Of course, the hardness of clears is all over the board, there are soft clears, medium and hard clears. The point is, with clear coats, the hardness is all related to the resin itself. With single stage paints, its' about the resin PLUS the pigment that's added which will affect the softness or hardness of the resin.

Make sense?

I tel a story about how I worked with this guy on a Ferrari he painted and the clear he used was so hard he could not get his sanding marks out using the 3M system. He asked me to try using the Meguiar's system. Even finishing out at #3000 grit Nikken Finishing Papers neither of us could "safely" remove the sanding marks so he had to repaint the Ferrari.

It was the above experience that taught me to always do a "Test Spot" when sanding down any car, that is sand just a section and then see what it's going to take to remove the sanding marks. You don't want to sand a customer's car down only to find out you can't remove the sanding marks so test first.


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Makes sense, but it's funny how buffing a clear coat is sometimes so hard, but putting scratches in it, is very easy.

Thank you for allowing me to participate again :xyxthumbs: I'm not sure what was better, detailing truckzilla or the great company of the team :xyxthumbs:

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Originally Posted by Malborex

Makes sense, but it's funny how buffing a clear coat is sometimes so hard, but putting scratches in it, is very easy.

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This characteristic is called,

Scratch-Sensitive


It can be hard to wrap your brain around but it is reality.


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I learned a ton in one night and it amazing how far technology has come in detailing, Thanks Guys

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Originally Posted by Juan TW

Thank you for allowing me to participate again :xyxthumbs: I'm not sure what was better, detailing truckzilla or the great company of the team :xyxthumbs:

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Hi Juan,

Sure was great having you here to help out... also, I love that name for this truck...


Truckzilla!


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In this shot, it looks like the guy on the big screen TV is watching Jeff...


http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...nd_Van_034.jpg



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Originally Posted by EXTREME TOYS

I learned a ton in one night and it amazing how far technology has come in detailing, Thanks Guys

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Hey it was great having you here to help out too.

Hope to see you at the next Thursday nigh project... might be yours!


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Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

In this shot, it looks like the guy on the big screen TV is watching Jeff...


http://www.autogeekonline.net/galler...nd_Van_034.jpg



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Hey somebody has to watch Jeff.Just kidding.He`s a machine.:buffing: