1959 Chevy Truck Detail

[Stevens Detailing]

I was hired by Palmer's Customs to remove the fine swirls from the paint of this truck so they could deliver it to the customer. They were having trouble achieving a swirl-free finish, they told me to "see what you can do."













Tools used:
My new G110v2

buffers

oh wow, nice shirt!

Trying to figure out what the paint is going to respond to...very soft clear!!





My first step ended up being #105 w/ 9207pad. I know, weird huh...





After just #105 w/ #9207 pad:

[Underdawg736]

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Awsome job! Love the reflections! How long did it take you?

[Michael Stoops]

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Sounds like the clear was as strange as the clear on the Superformance Cobra we did a few months ago. Every now and then an approach outside the norm is what it takes to get the job done - and what keeps this game so interesting!

Very nicely done.

[J. A. Michaels]

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That was a different process. Thanks for posting the first half of the thread.

[Daniel Kinder]

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Truly a great reflection shot!



One nice polishing indeed!!!

[enzodetailing]

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where did you get that soap foamer? i like it

[KC's]

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ma ma mia

awesome custom ride & works guys

[Stevens Detailing]

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Awsome job! Love the reflections! How long did it take you?

20 hrs.

[yalerd]

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That's a fantastic job!
Love how it looks.

[TLMitchell]

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My first step ended up being #105 w/ 9207pad. I know, weird huh...

There's something else I'll have to try on my super-soft Harley black finish. I tried Nick Chapman's unconventional method of a yellow LC pad in order to get 205 to finish without micromarring on that black Colorado. Close but no cigar for my application.

What did you finish with?

Nice work!

TL

[Stevens Detailing]

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There's something else I'll have to try on my super-soft Harley black finish. I tried Nick Chapman's unconventional method of a yellow LC pad in order to get 205 to finish without micromarring on that black Colorado. Close but no cigar for my application.

What did you finish with?

Nice work!

TL

I was hoping no one would ask ...I had to finish it with p106f from Menzerna. I absolutely love #205 but the clear on that truck didn't. My LSP was 2 coats of #21.

[Michael Stoops]

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There's something else I'll have to try on my super-soft Harley black finish. I tried Nick Chapman's unconventional method of a yellow LC pad in order to get 205 to finish without micromarring on that black Colorado. Close but no cigar for my application.

What did you finish with?

Nice work!

TL

For very delicate paint you may want to dry M205 on a W9207 black foam finishing pad via rotary at slow to moderate speeds. We've done a few black Cobra replicas for Superformance and the paint on these things is crazy soft. A yellow pad on a D/A with almost any liquid will haze the surface. We just did another over the weekend and all it needed was M205 with the W9207, whether D/A or rotary applied. This particular paint seemed to prefer the action of the rotary, light pressure only, and about 1500 rpms. With this liquid/pad combo it came out beautiful. One coat of M81 Hand Polish and a coat of M26 and we were done.

[Ojai]

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Great job. Love the reflections.