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Our first class of the new year and..... it was raining. We normally cancel classes when rain is forecast, and we knew it was going to be raining all weekend, but we just couldn't bring ourselves to cancel the first class of the year. Good thing we didn't because we had a full house, with over 30 people in attendance!
A good bit of rain and we see that someone is keeping a nice coat of wax on their car!
Our demo vehicle, however, was a different story. It's a 2011 that experienced some collision damage and a subsequent respray on the front end. But that respray was in desperate need of some TLC. We started, as usual, with clay.
This is from just a very small area on the hood - it definitely needed to be clayed.
Once the surface contaminants were removed, the swirls, scratches and water spots were even more evident.
We put our new DA Power System to good use as a starter, here with the foam cutting pad and Ultimate Compound.
Next step was Ultimate Polish on the polishing pad. Smiles all around - yes, this is as fun as it looks!
A quick application of Ultimate Wax to finish it off.
Next up, the G110v2 DA buffer. We stayed with Ultimate Compound for the defect removal step.
There were a few really deep RIDS so we attacked them a bit more aggressively. When doing this it is important to stop every now and then and check for heat build up.
We polished and waxed with Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Wax, each with its own finishing pad.
The DA Microfiber System came up in discussion so we pulled it out for a demo of what it can do for the RIDS. It worked great on the RIDS but it also caused a slight amount of hazing on this respray.
A quick look with the swirl finder light shows a huge improvement in the finish - the swirls are almost totally gone other than a few really deep marks, but the increase in clarity is remarkable. Look at the reflection of the overhead lights in the upper left corner compared to the lower right corner.
Time to let the students take a crack at the buffer. It's important to keep pressure directly over the pad so the pad stays flat against the paint.
UC and foam versus D300 and Microfiber!
Pressure directly down on the pad!
A quick application of Finishing Wax to top it all off.
Now that's more like it! Crisp, clean reflections instead of water spots, swirls and lifeless paint.
Thanks to everyone who came out on a rainy Saturday morning and helped us start 2013 off right!
A good bit of rain and we see that someone is keeping a nice coat of wax on their car!
Our demo vehicle, however, was a different story. It's a 2011 that experienced some collision damage and a subsequent respray on the front end. But that respray was in desperate need of some TLC. We started, as usual, with clay.
This is from just a very small area on the hood - it definitely needed to be clayed.
Once the surface contaminants were removed, the swirls, scratches and water spots were even more evident.
We put our new DA Power System to good use as a starter, here with the foam cutting pad and Ultimate Compound.
Next step was Ultimate Polish on the polishing pad. Smiles all around - yes, this is as fun as it looks!
A quick application of Ultimate Wax to finish it off.
Next up, the G110v2 DA buffer. We stayed with Ultimate Compound for the defect removal step.
There were a few really deep RIDS so we attacked them a bit more aggressively. When doing this it is important to stop every now and then and check for heat build up.
We polished and waxed with Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Wax, each with its own finishing pad.
The DA Microfiber System came up in discussion so we pulled it out for a demo of what it can do for the RIDS. It worked great on the RIDS but it also caused a slight amount of hazing on this respray.
A quick look with the swirl finder light shows a huge improvement in the finish - the swirls are almost totally gone other than a few really deep marks, but the increase in clarity is remarkable. Look at the reflection of the overhead lights in the upper left corner compared to the lower right corner.
Time to let the students take a crack at the buffer. It's important to keep pressure directly over the pad so the pad stays flat against the paint.
UC and foam versus D300 and Microfiber!
Pressure directly down on the pad!
A quick application of Finishing Wax to top it all off.
Now that's more like it! Crisp, clean reflections instead of water spots, swirls and lifeless paint.
Thanks to everyone who came out on a rainy Saturday morning and helped us start 2013 off right!
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