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Jeff and I had the opportunity to work on this freshly completed 1950 Studebaker Champion at the Studebaker Ranch in Show Low. The builder will be delivering the car to the customer tomorrow night (Thurs, 30 July) and wanted us to correct the paint as it was very badly swirled and scratched from the assembly.
The wash took us over 2 hrs as we had to wash it 2x and clay it 4x to remove all of the over spray.
Our wash process:
Meg's Gold Class
2 bucket method
Meg's Detailer's Mild Blue Clay
Clay after 1/2 the roof!!
After washing and claying, it was time to really start the fun!
All taped up and ready to go!
Compounding process:
Damp sanding via PC and 1000 and 300 grit
M105 applied via:
Flex and LC Orange
Rotary and Meg's White Wooly
Right/Left hands and orange Griot's mini
Trunk before damp sanding
Various scratches and swirls before damp sanding and compounding.
We didn't have to damp sand all the areas. We worked on 2 spots on the hood and 2 spots on the right rear fender. The system works flawlessly, and is extremely easy to use. Here is the right rear fender before/damp sand/M105 Process
50/50 shot of rear right fender complete (M205) and untouched panel
Needles to say, the entire surface was swirled and scratched so every inch required anywhere from 1 to 3 passes of M105 prior to polishing with M205
M205 applied via
G110v2 and LC Green (soft)
G110v2 and Megs Black
Left/right hand LC 4" Green
We finished as the sun was setting so we couldn't get any sun shots, but the lighting in the shop was pretty good. The day was long, but Jeff and I really enjoyed working on this car. There was a lot of thought put into the process for almost every inch of this thing. And there were a lot of inches to cover!!!
The builder was extremely happy with the final result and wants us back to work on more cars. We can't wait to hear what the customer thinks.
Here are a few shots of the shop. Thanks for looking
The wash took us over 2 hrs as we had to wash it 2x and clay it 4x to remove all of the over spray.
Our wash process:
Meg's Gold Class
2 bucket method
Meg's Detailer's Mild Blue Clay
Clay after 1/2 the roof!!
After washing and claying, it was time to really start the fun!
All taped up and ready to go!
Compounding process:
Damp sanding via PC and 1000 and 300 grit
M105 applied via:
Flex and LC Orange
Rotary and Meg's White Wooly
Right/Left hands and orange Griot's mini
Trunk before damp sanding
Various scratches and swirls before damp sanding and compounding.
We didn't have to damp sand all the areas. We worked on 2 spots on the hood and 2 spots on the right rear fender. The system works flawlessly, and is extremely easy to use. Here is the right rear fender before/damp sand/M105 Process
50/50 shot of rear right fender complete (M205) and untouched panel
Needles to say, the entire surface was swirled and scratched so every inch required anywhere from 1 to 3 passes of M105 prior to polishing with M205
M205 applied via
G110v2 and LC Green (soft)
G110v2 and Megs Black
Left/right hand LC 4" Green
We finished as the sun was setting so we couldn't get any sun shots, but the lighting in the shop was pretty good. The day was long, but Jeff and I really enjoyed working on this car. There was a lot of thought put into the process for almost every inch of this thing. And there were a lot of inches to cover!!!
The builder was extremely happy with the final result and wants us back to work on more cars. We can't wait to hear what the customer thinks.
Here are a few shots of the shop. Thanks for looking
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