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    Junior Member Malborex's Avatar
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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek View Post

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

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

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

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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

    Quote Originally Posted by Malborex View Post

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

    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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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

    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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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

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

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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

    Quote Originally Posted by Malborex View Post
    Makes sense, but it's funny how buffing a clear coat is sometimes so hard, but putting scratches in it, is very easy.

    This characteristic is called,

    Scratch-Sensitive


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



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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

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

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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

    Quote Originally Posted by Juan TW View Post

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

    Hi Juan,

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


    Truckzilla!



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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

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







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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

    Quote Originally Posted by EXTREME TOYS View Post

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

    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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    Re: North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek View Post
    In this shot, it looks like the guy on the big screen TV is watching Jeff...






    Hey somebody has to watch Jeff.Just kidding.He`s a machine.
    "Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line"

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