Misty Rose along the Misty Mississippi

[THERAPY]

Re: Misty Rose along the Misty Mississippi

mmmmmmmmm..... i like it! great job!

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Misty Rose along the Misty Mississippi

A section of rear fender had been taped over with a few passes of tape to preserve the original condition of the finish and compare it to the first half of "Step One" of the correction. Although the photo does not do the amount of hazing justice, the paint was severely hazed and was less brilliant than the original condition of the paint. After viewing the hazing, Step One was turned into a two cycle correction. Cycle one forceful and at speed 5 and cycle two at moderate and at speed 4. Although the hazing was improved, it was still very obvious.

Step Two of the finishing compound was also done in a two cycle process. First cycle was at moderate pressure and speed 4 and second cycle was at light pressure and speed 3. The hoped goal was to reduce hazing, then throughly wax the finish.

First off, David, beautiful work all around! The Vette looks beautiful sitting down by the river!

Now, if we're reading the above correctly, the D300/Cutting Disc step did an outstanding job of removing the swirls and other defects but left the paint looking pretty hazy, right? In some cases that's going to happen - the black SL55 AMG I did as part of the original write up on the DA Microfiber Correction System hazed very badly with the first step, but a quick follow up with D301/Finishing Disc is all that was needed to remove it. In fact, when I first saw the level of haze created by D300/Cutting I was a bit spooked. But having spent quite a bit of time with Jason Rose during development of the system, and with his comments about this sort of thing potentially happening, I did a quick test and sure enough the haze came out with almost no effort. It really was surprising how bad it was, and how quickly it turned around.

This was how the paint started out.....


... and this is how it finished out.


I regret not having taken a shot of the haze following the D300/Cutting step, but it went from looking a bit scary to what you see above in a single, very quick step.

I should be working on this car again this weekend so I'll see if I can recreate the phenomenon again and document it more fully.

So, long story short; next time you see that level of hazing with D300/Cutting Disc, give the D301/Finishing Disc a quick go over the area and see where it gets you. You might be very surprised at how well it works, and it might save you from multi stepping both processes.

In the long run, however, the results you achieved are beautiful, and that's really what matters to the customer.

[wifpd4]

Re: Misty Rose along the Misty Mississippi

mmmmmmmmm..... i like it! great job!

Thanks THERAPY for your comments.

So, long story short; next time you see that level of hazing with D300/Cutting Disc, give the D301/Finishing Disc a quick go over the area and see where it gets you. You might be very surprised at how well it works, and it might save you from multi stepping both processes.

Michael, thanks for your comments.
I think I often make more work for myself than needed for a project.
Hazing is something I obsess about striving for clarity of finish. I look forward to additional information or links to existing references I should read.