'65 Cobra: Exterior correction (D300 MF)

[MrCLRider]

Re: '65 Cobra: Exterior correction (D300 MF)

Sir that looks fantastic!

[Michael Stoops]

Re: '65 Cobra: Exterior correction (D300 MF)

The catch being that the car was already at the auction sitting in lane one, cleanliness and speed were an important factor, and I had one evening to get it done.

Detailing off site, especially at a place were a bunch of car jockeys can come by and interrupt your work is not something I like doing. I also don't like packing up all my stuff and it seems like you always find a need something you didn't pack.

This paint was actually a nightmare to work on. The D300 left a very noticeable haze/marring but it was the only product I had that cut remove the defects without generating a lot of dust. I had to clear up the haze with M205 on a polishing pad, and then I followed up with P2 to ensure there were no holograms and to amp up the gloss. The paint was very scratch sensitive and new DI Great White towels were used on the finishing steps and wax removal.

The above are all signs of a true professional, regardless of the fact that detailing is NOT your full time job. To be thrown into an environment that you don't normally work in, and to have those types of restrictions on you - time, no dust, delicate paint, etc - can play havoc with anyone. But you sized things up and selected the right tools for the task, and for the paint, and recognized potential shortcomings in that plan. The end result proves all of this.

Awesome work, Chad, and not just because of the way the paint looked when you were done.

[STG]

Re: '65 Cobra: Exterior correction (D300 MF)

I saw '65 Cobra in the title of this thread, so I looked inside. You did a great job, but that's no "classic." It's a replica and not a Superformance replica.

Superformance replicas are manufactured by Hi Tech Automotive in South Africa in a pretty big factory and painted using PPG paint.

I don't recognize the replica you worked on, but one thing's for sure. Any advice for detailing Superformance paint doesn't apply to that black home built kit that was painted at a body shop or in a garage using god knows what.

This is a Superformance replica:

[RaskyR1]

Re: '65 Cobra: Exterior correction (D300 MF)

Thanks everyone!

The above are all signs of a true professional, regardless of the fact that detailing is NOT your full time job. To be thrown into an environment that you don't normally work in, and to have those types of restrictions on you - time, no dust, delicate paint, etc - can play havoc with anyone. But you sized things up and selected the right tools for the task, and for the paint, and recognized potential shortcomings in that plan. The end result proves all of this.

Awesome work, Chad, and not just because of the way the paint looked when you were done.

Thanks Mike!

I saw '65 Cobra in the title of this thread, so I looked inside. You did a great job, but that's no "classic." It's a replica and not a Superformance replica.

Superformance replicas are manufactured by Hi Tech Automotive in South Africa in a pretty big factory and painted using PPG paint.

I don't recognize the replica you worked on, but one thing's for sure. Any advice for detailing Superformance paint doesn't apply to that black home built kit that was painted at a body shop or in a garage using god knows what.

This is a Superformance replica:

I honestly think this comment is silly, and I'm not sure why it was posted.

Paint is paint, be it PPG, BASF, DuPont, Sherwin-Williams, or HOK...it all comes down to the person applying it, and the guy cutting and buffing it.

The paint on this car (aside for some remaining orange peel) was actually pretty nicely done, and definitely was not done in a garage (way to clean).

The Backdraft Racing replica's use PPG as well, not that it matters IMO. I'm not going to pretend to know the differences between them all, whether it's Superformance, BDR, or a FFR, they're all still replicas, and I'd be happy to own anyone of them.

[STG]

Re: '65 Cobra: Exterior correction (D300 MF)

Thanks everyone!





Thanks Mike!




I honestly think this comment is silly, and I'm not sure why it was posted.

Paint is paint, be it PPG, BASF, DuPont, Sherwin-Williams, or HOK...it all comes down to the person applying it, and the guy cutting and buffing it.

The paint on this car (aside for some remaining orange peel) was actually pretty nicely done, and definitely was not done in a garage (way to clean).

The Backdraft Racing replica's use PPG as well, not that it matters IMO. I'm not going to pretend to know the differences between them all, whether it's Superformance, BDR, or a FFR, they're all still replicas, and I'd be happy to own anyone of them.

What's silly about expecting to see a real CSX3000 when "'65 Cobra" is in the thread title and you used "classic" to describe it?

Another poster wrote about getting advice prior to detailing a Superformance replica. How was that post relevant to your job?

[RaskyR1]

Re: '65 Cobra: Exterior correction (D300 MF)

What's silly about expecting to see a real CSX3000 when "'65 Cobra" is in the thread title and you used "classic" to describe it?

Another poster wrote about getting advice prior to detailing a Superformance replica. How was that post relevant to your job?

I guess I can see your point there...but it is in fact a clone for a classic '65 body and it sounds better the having that as the title rather than '"new Cobra clone".


It's possible I'm just inferring your post wrong, and I did not recall the above comment when I read it.

You comment just sounded snotty...in that a paint job done by some average guy building his own kit could not compare to that of the painters at Superformance because they use PPG.

All paint respond differently and in Bob's question to Mike, it had to do with using the MF system on after market paint, and I'm sure it had nothing to do with the type of car or who it was made/painted by. His post was relevant in that he wanted to use the MF system on non-OEM paint, which Mike suggest he would likely have issues with hazing...Which I obviously had.


If I took your original post wrong I apologize.


Cheers,
Rasky