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The experiment requires that you continue.
My wife was gone for the evening so I decided to be brave and try my hand at some manual wet sanding. The panel I was working with was white with heavy orange peel, so it was very difficult to photograph, especially under the lighting conditions that I had to work with, the following is my best effort to document my covert operation.
Heavy orange peel, no good.
Also some very major RIDS that need to be addressed. At this point I am hoping that they will be taken care of during the sanding phase.
First things first, I need to tape off the sides and high points on the panel I am working on, this ends up being more challenging than I was expecting. My tape was too big, so I decided to score it down the middle, the experiment requires that you continue.
The pannel is taped and ready to go:
Preparation of the sandpaper, Meguires 1000 and 1500 grit.
Wanted to test the new Flex Rotary and try to take out 1500 grit sanding lines. The experiment requires that you must continue.
Polishes that will be used, Menzerna Power Gloss on purple compressor, followed by Super Finish on LC Hydro-Tech tangerine.
This post sponsored by liberal amounts of ...
After the first two rounds of sanding, the tape lines disintegrated, but the experiment requires that you continue, so this will not set me back.
The surface has been knocked down quite a bit by now and I am realizing that sanding by hand is a very large undertaking. I sill have more work to do:
Another round of sanding, still more needed:
Finally, sanding with 1000 is done ... hopefully I have enough time to clean up before the wife comes home.
Uh-Oh, I think I sanded a bit too much on a body line, and I really thinned out the paint ... too late at this point, no matter what, the experiment requires that you continue.
Start polishing with the new Flex rotary and a purple compressor pad
Results of the first attack with Power Gloss and Kompressor (4-5 section passes)
The experiment requires that you continue .... more power gloss, another 4-5 passes:
Still not quite good enough, must continue, another round of power gloss:
The results are looking good:
Time for another sponsor message:
Now working in the Super Finish with tangerine pad, again 4-5 section passes. First look:
Looks good, lets go for another pass, then a jeweling pass at 600. Making sure to take breaks, this panel has the tendenacny to get warm quickly.
The final shots of the results after an IPA wipedown
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Shiniest washing machine ever!
(nice work and wishing I had thought of that to practice on sooner)
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Good idea. My test panel is my girl's car. Once I start, the experiment will require that I continue. Funny and informative post. Thanks!
Enrique - Amateur Detailer Extraordinaire
"Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content." - Durant
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Hilarious! I was wondering the whole time " what in heck is that" haha.
I don't want it to look wet, I want it to look Soaked!
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Just showed this to "Her."
The comment was, "Don't even think about it!"
Now, how come I can attack her car (which cost a whole lot more than the washer), but not the washer?
45 years of marriage, and I still don't get it.
Bill
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I think you see the theme developing.
You caught me by surprise too. I was trying to figure out a car/truck/SUV/Van that had a panel with ridges forming an "X". .
Enjoyed your use of humor and your "assistant" - the Laughing Lab was perfect for the job at hand.
As others have pointed out the principles and techniques are the same. The old adage is that practice makes perfect.
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Now that's just creepy. Last night I was fixing my washer (poor college student with no money) with all the parts strewn about, and I looked up at the dryer which sits on top of the washer.
I looked up and thought "Man, that paint looks terrible."
The next day you post this. . .Nice job!
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