Enhancing the Metal Flake on a Silver Accura

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by 2hotford
Hey Jeff,

I do suggest hitting it again with the #80, perhaps even twice. Like I said, I would bet, doing #80 twice more will do the trick.

The visual difference from #7 on a lighter color is less than on a darker color. However, I have always liked the slight richness that it does indeed add to any paint, including light colors.

Tim

Well, after having talked to the owner he did not want to sink anymore time into it. I told him it would take me an additional 3 hours or so to run the #80 over it twice. It was his wife's car and it's a daily driver so it's understandable. We were able to pull enough out of it that he was already impressed anyway.

I tried to pull a little more off of if by using the #3 on it with a 8006 pad set @5. Hoped to get a little more "umph" out of it as opposed to my normal method which is #7 with a 9006 and a speed of 3.5-4. Problem was it was a pretty breezy day so the product was drying up a little quicker than I would have liked. I would have been able to work it a tad longer if not for that.

We did get a first coat of #21 on it. He won't be able to get back next week for the second coat. He had to pick the wife up at the airport so the rest of the day was spent doing a quickie detail so the wife would be impressed. I am sure she was. The thing looked very good even though I wanted to go a step further.

This has pushed me to the point that I am anxious to start practicing on the beater with the Rotary. Had I been confident in my Rotary skills I would have hit his car right off with that and would likley have been able to get more out of it than the multiple passes with the PC would have gotten me. I think I am going to hold back on volunteering to do anyone else's vehicle until I get the Rotary confience level up. Looking forward to that.