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O.K. so I am a professional detailer, and mobile detail business blah blah blah... I just started getting into the jeweling process, as this is the only thing I have not mastered yet!!!! Ive been trying it more and more lately on test panels and on family members cars, and I always end up with very very very faint swirls, I mean almost to the point where you have to dance around the car to see them, and thats after IPA wipedown, all rotary no DA.. So my question is what can I do to correct this? Longer jeweling process? More product less product? Prime the pad better? Less pressure? Any advice from the pros would be nice!! thanks in advance
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Re: Look Ma no DA!!!
If you're just picking up the rotary and are already able to get your holograms down to the point you describe, that's a fantastic start!
What liquid are you using for the final polish, what pad, and what speed are you running at? Can you describe your final process in a bit more detail? That will give us a chance to chime in and see what you might want to tweak ever so slightly.Michael Stoops
Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.
Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy.
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Re: Look Ma no DA!!!
The project was a 2008 Ford Taurus (non metalic black). It was covered in water spots and etchings everywhere, and I mean everywhere, due to sprinklers...
Decontamination:
1. wash (foam gun, two buckets/ grit gaurds, two wool mits
2. clay (meguiars aggressive)
3. degrease ( 4:1 in the foam gun)
4. IPA (1:1)
Buffing:
5. rotary, wool, m105, 1500 rpm, 1 pass, left to right top to bottom, moderate pressure, slow arm speed, 1.5' x 1.5' area, IPA ( this removed the etchings and cleaned the paint perfectly, but of corse left nasty swirls, trails, and holos)
6. rotary, flex heavy polishing pad, m105, 1500 rpm, left to right top to bottom, 1 pass, moderate pressure, slow arm speed, slow arm speed 1.5' x 1.5' area, IPA ( thise refined some of those nasty swirls, trails, and holos, and made them not as bad)
7. rotary, flex light polishing pad, m83, 1500 rpm, moderate pressure, left to right top to bottom, drop down to 900 rpm, machine weight, left to right top to bottom, slow arm speed 1.5' x 1.5' area, IPA ( this removed the nasty holos and trails, but left light maring to the surface)
8. rotary, flex finishing pad, m205, 1500 rpm, moderate pressure, left to right top to bottom, drop down to machine weight at 1500 rpm, left to right top to bottom, slow arm speed, drop down to 900 rpm, moderate pressure, left to right top to bottom, drop down to machine weight at 900 rpm, left to right top to bottom, slow/ moderate arm speed, 1.5' x 1.5' area, IPA ( this removed all the marring, but left the most faint holos i have ever seen, they almost looked like what i would say waxing streaks, i literally had to bob my head back in forth in the most exact position to to see them)
9. I applied m21 with a DA and I dont know if this REMOVED or HID the faint swirls left behind in the burnishing stage, because i did not remove the wax.
The finish was awesome, it looks so good, to someone whose not a detrailer they would people very impressed/ more then pleased with the job. But i know in the back of my head when that wax wears off, those holos may appear again.... Im two inches away from OCD, with cleaned flawless paint.. so I want to do it right!! I would like to be able to acheive a perfect finish before protection...Comment
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