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Another busy TNOG but with plenty of experienced regulars on hand to help teach the newcomers a thing or two. And of course, Rasky (aka Chad) was in town on business so he stopped down to hang out in our garage for a while too.
Scott brought in a beautiful Mustang GT with some not so beautiful swirls and holograms in the paint.
Out in the sun the paint is looking great now - the swirls are gone and so are the holograms. You can still see two very light holograms on the left side running through my forearm reflection. That's fine though, because we didn't buff that side yet! The right side is where we buffed, and the paint is beautifully glossy once again.
We gave Scott some basic instruction on using Ultimate Compound with a W8207 polishing pad, and he took to the DA like a seasoned prol
Rasky was in town on business and he brought along some local co workers. Everyone seemed happy that the light worked. Or something.
A little claying was needed on the Vette.
We then went over the DA Micorfiber Correction System with the owner of the Vette and then got to work.
What the heck do you suppose this is?
Or how about this? A paint stirring stick? Nope, it's the gas gauge from a 1927 Fort Model T - you literally stick this into the fuel tank to read the level.
Mario, the owner of the '27 Ford, wanted to impart a bit of shine without completely ruining the patina on the car. We opted for some simple hand application of M07 Show Car Glaze. The paint isn't original, but it is single stage and very old.
Half the hood done by hand, the other half left alone. All kinds of issues are present with this paint so perfection was not the goal. And that little oil lamp looking thing a couple of images back? It's quite literally the oil lamp that inserts into the bottom of the lamp housing on either side of the windshield base. Halogens are not an option here.
Scott continues to correct the hood of Mustang, nicely juxtaposed against the timelessness of the Model T.
Philip brought in his Lexus IS that some "pro" had tried to do a headlight restoration on. That process involved sanding and then spraying a clear coat of some sort over the sanding marks. The results were less than stellar, as you can see sanding marks and some weird bubbling in the clear.
So we decided to sand the surface down and start fresh. 1000 grit and 3000 grit via air powered mini DA, then M105 followed by M205 on air powered mini rotary.
Close up after the fact and the bubbles are gone, as are the sanding marks.
The hood of the car also had a lot of water spots, scratches, swirls, etc.
We opted for the DA Microfiber Correction System here due to the severity of the defects. After giving Philip a run down of proper technique, we let him give it a go. He's never used a DA before.
Here you can clearly see the tape line splitting the image in two across the center. The lower half is still full of scratches but the upper portion is defect free. That's the result of a complete novice using the DA Microfiber Correction System.
Here's a close up of one of the previous images that had been showing all the water spots and swirls.
For as bad as this was, things got decidedly worse on the drivers door. A bad etching from a bird dropping has been driving the owner nuts for a couple of years and nothing he tried would make it go away. And being right next to the door handle it's kind of hard to miss.
Some aggressive work with the DA Microfiber System and the situation is much improved. In certain light, at certain angles, you can still detect the very faintest shadow of the problem, but in most cases you can't see it at all.
Thanks for making this a great night everyone! It's always great to see new users get really excited about using a DA buffer to bring their paint back to the level they expect.
Scott brought in a beautiful Mustang GT with some not so beautiful swirls and holograms in the paint.
Out in the sun the paint is looking great now - the swirls are gone and so are the holograms. You can still see two very light holograms on the left side running through my forearm reflection. That's fine though, because we didn't buff that side yet! The right side is where we buffed, and the paint is beautifully glossy once again.
We gave Scott some basic instruction on using Ultimate Compound with a W8207 polishing pad, and he took to the DA like a seasoned prol
Rasky was in town on business and he brought along some local co workers. Everyone seemed happy that the light worked. Or something.
A little claying was needed on the Vette.
We then went over the DA Micorfiber Correction System with the owner of the Vette and then got to work.
What the heck do you suppose this is?
Or how about this? A paint stirring stick? Nope, it's the gas gauge from a 1927 Fort Model T - you literally stick this into the fuel tank to read the level.
Mario, the owner of the '27 Ford, wanted to impart a bit of shine without completely ruining the patina on the car. We opted for some simple hand application of M07 Show Car Glaze. The paint isn't original, but it is single stage and very old.
Half the hood done by hand, the other half left alone. All kinds of issues are present with this paint so perfection was not the goal. And that little oil lamp looking thing a couple of images back? It's quite literally the oil lamp that inserts into the bottom of the lamp housing on either side of the windshield base. Halogens are not an option here.
Scott continues to correct the hood of Mustang, nicely juxtaposed against the timelessness of the Model T.
Philip brought in his Lexus IS that some "pro" had tried to do a headlight restoration on. That process involved sanding and then spraying a clear coat of some sort over the sanding marks. The results were less than stellar, as you can see sanding marks and some weird bubbling in the clear.
So we decided to sand the surface down and start fresh. 1000 grit and 3000 grit via air powered mini DA, then M105 followed by M205 on air powered mini rotary.
Close up after the fact and the bubbles are gone, as are the sanding marks.
The hood of the car also had a lot of water spots, scratches, swirls, etc.
We opted for the DA Microfiber Correction System here due to the severity of the defects. After giving Philip a run down of proper technique, we let him give it a go. He's never used a DA before.
Here you can clearly see the tape line splitting the image in two across the center. The lower half is still full of scratches but the upper portion is defect free. That's the result of a complete novice using the DA Microfiber Correction System.
Here's a close up of one of the previous images that had been showing all the water spots and swirls.
For as bad as this was, things got decidedly worse on the drivers door. A bad etching from a bird dropping has been driving the owner nuts for a couple of years and nothing he tried would make it go away. And being right next to the door handle it's kind of hard to miss.
Some aggressive work with the DA Microfiber System and the situation is much improved. In certain light, at certain angles, you can still detect the very faintest shadow of the problem, but in most cases you can't see it at all.
Thanks for making this a great night everyone! It's always great to see new users get really excited about using a DA buffer to bring their paint back to the level they expect.
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