<<Rotary Fest 2010! 80+ pics!!!>>

[gto_don]

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Bob
Wanna thank you again for the day, your hospitality and generosity. I had a blast working that hood and learned alot (far cry from pro) about the rotary, wet sanding and product/pad mixing. I would recommend this to anyone. Let's do it again soon. I bet the guys at the junk yard would take that hood back in a second and sell it for DOUBLE the $$ he would had sold it for previously. Let's get that blue one I picked out and work it.

You Rock Dude............and it was a pleasure meeting your wife!

Don

[Mary S]

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Wow, thank you so much for the testing and sharing all those pictures of your results! It is great having a hood to practice on, and also to test things out.

I have been thinking I might be able to make a deal with one of the local used auto parts suppliers to get junk parts that are too damaged to resell, so I can get practice with different softness of clear coat, and also with single stage. It doesn't bother me if there are dents. In fact, I might use them to help learn paintless dent repair one of these days, become a full-service car cosmetics expert

[MrCLRider]

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Thanks for the series of pictures.

How much pressure do you think you were using compared to say a G110? What speeds were you using? Is the yellow pad just a 8707(don't know exact number) pad?

Thanks again man.

[ClearlyCoated]

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Great photo-documentation and a great instructional resource for anyone wanting to learn rotary buffing. I'm bookmarking your thread for future reference! Thanks guys!

[Ryan_Bihun89]

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Great way to learn. I wish i could do the same.

But i only weight 138 pounds, how can i go out of a store $300 lighter hahahaha, i would have died.

Great job man.

I think after the 2k grit paper, you could have used 3k paper.

Also i saw your motion in the picture doing straight lines usually you turn the sandind pad like an angle of 20* degrees and then you do straight lines from there.

Great try btw.

Keep it up

[J. A. Michaels]

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very cool. Great idea. That is the right way of learning. On a practice panel.

[Rthario]

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Okay, more like 58 pictures. But it felt like thousands !

[Rthario]

While attending a detailing clinic put on by Meguiars a few weeks ago I met Don (gto don). Don and I were both really interested in learning to rotary buff. While the class was not specifically geared towards rotary use, Stephanie did take the time to work with us specifically. Thank you.

After leaving, I decided this was something I really wanted to do so I called up Rick at ADS and purchased a Makita rotary kit. I contacted Don to see if he was interested in practicing with the rotary.

As I left ADS today $300 lighter, I went straight over to Glendale Auto Parts where I met Don. We walked the junk yard looking for a victim....I mean candidate. We eventually settled on a metallic red hood from a late nineties Dodge Intrepid.

Here is our challenger!





Here it is after a Last Touch wipedown.





And some sun shots.









We decided to run and get lunch so before we left, I put some 1k and 2k sanding paper in the bucket to soak.



Back from lunch, we prepared to get started. I think Don put some 105 on his Orange Chicken too.



We taped up the panel and got ready to start.



We clayed with Last Touch and Mild clay.







Here is Don prepping the surface.



Don wanted to try just 105/205 combo with an aggressive wool pad and a polishing pad.





I decided that I was going to wetsand the adjacent panel with 1k then 2k then follow with the 105-wool, 205-polishing pad combo.



Here is one pass of 105-wool.



And after the 205-polishing pad.



There was a ton of orange peel so we were excited to see what sanding could do.

After the 1000





Here I am working the 2000



Don wanted to try sanding too.



After the 2000





So then I hit it with the 105-wool. My new Makita is SWEET.



Checking for heat.



Big difference already.







Buffer HOG !



I think I see a difference...



Now on to the 205-polishing pad.





Now we are talking !



Thats nice!







I wanted to try the PRC on a panel that had not been sanded yet. Here is the result. Need some more aggression for this paint im afraid. Great product though.





We then sanded another panel. Here is the uniformity! The Mikes would be so proud.



This is the panel in the picture above. Note this is after only ONE pass with 105 and the aggressive wool pad.





And closer.



For the lower half of the same sanded panel we decided to try the foam cutting pad.



One pass.



second pass.



We then followed up with 205 on the polishing pad.



Don still wont let me touch the buffer. He is having too much fun.



Not too shabby.





Next, we put down some M7 by hand.



We then sealed that area with M21-finishing pad on the rotary, then M26 by hand, then wiped with M135 synthetic spray detailer. Here are the results.







Here are some random shots from after we pulled the tape.





I want to thank Don for all the effort he put into this project. I know we both learned a lot and are eager to learn more.

Thanks to everyone who looked at this.

Please let us know what you think. We appreciate all constructive criticism.