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A very busy night this week with a variety of projects on hand.
First up is this Jeep that is suffering from "previous owner neglect syndrome" and a ton of swirls and scratches.
I mean, seriously.... come on!
Do a test spot, use the least aggressive method. What that really means is "used the least aggressive method to get the job done", not "start with the least aggressive method you can find". Experience tells us those scratches are so bad we aren't getting them out with a bit of Ultimate Polish on a yellow foam polishing disc. No, these need some serious aggression to make any progress, so we jumped right in with M100 on a microfiber cutting disc. Kyle, laughing in the background, wanted to start with wet sanding. Because, as he says, "wet sanding is cool". Yes it is. But we didn't need to go that far.
Once we figured out a process, it was time to let the car owner have a crack at it.
Now that's what we're talking about! A couple passes with M100/DMC5 and BOOM!
Yeah, baby!!
Keep going, guys!
Up next, a black Audi with "previous owner neglect syndrome" . (Seriously, do we want to start referring to this as PONS?) Anyway, it really needs some help....
...some serious help.
Now, the Interwebs will have you believe that Audi paint is rock hard. Well, not this one! Ultimate Compound on a burgundy foam cutting disc at 5800 OPM, two passes, and success!
Well, success tempered with a fair bit of haze.
A secondary polish step made a massive improvement, as we would expect.
Back to the Jeep for a minute and its nasty headlights. The owner is actually just breaking into professional detailing on a full time basis and wanted to learn about sanding the lenses rather than just polishing them. Using a 3" backing plate on an MT300 and our Unigrit sanding and finishing discs, we went at it.
The lenses have been sanded down with 800, 1000 and 3000 grit sanding/finishing discs and now we're masking off before spraying the UV Protective Coating from the Perfect Clarity Headlight Restoration Kit.
After a couple of heavy coats of the UV coating.
Time for the owner to replicate the results, starting with this nasty lens.
Sand it.
Mask it. Spray it.
Simple as that!
Good thing we did this as it's now dark outside and he's got a bit of a drive to get home!
One more car with PONS (apparently it was our theme for the night). This C5 Corvette had a cover thrown over it and then it sat for a couple of years outside. Dust gets under a cover and the wind blows it around and the next thing you know, you've got a real mess on your hands.
Time for another test spot, and once again it's M100 on a DMC5 microfiber cutting disc with the MT300. Kyle again wanted to wet sand, and once again we all find humor in the thought.
Who's laughing now?! This is the "after" shot.....
... and this is "before". Look at the difference in the clarity of reflection!!
Time for the owner and his friends to tackle the job.
While the Corvette is getting a massage the Audi owner was hard at work on the trunk lid. We'd better head back over to the Audi and check on the results the owner got on it.
Swirls? What swirls???
Now that's more like it!!
First up is this Jeep that is suffering from "previous owner neglect syndrome" and a ton of swirls and scratches.
I mean, seriously.... come on!
Do a test spot, use the least aggressive method. What that really means is "used the least aggressive method to get the job done", not "start with the least aggressive method you can find". Experience tells us those scratches are so bad we aren't getting them out with a bit of Ultimate Polish on a yellow foam polishing disc. No, these need some serious aggression to make any progress, so we jumped right in with M100 on a microfiber cutting disc. Kyle, laughing in the background, wanted to start with wet sanding. Because, as he says, "wet sanding is cool". Yes it is. But we didn't need to go that far.
Once we figured out a process, it was time to let the car owner have a crack at it.
Now that's what we're talking about! A couple passes with M100/DMC5 and BOOM!
Yeah, baby!!
Keep going, guys!
Up next, a black Audi with "previous owner neglect syndrome" . (Seriously, do we want to start referring to this as PONS?) Anyway, it really needs some help....
...some serious help.
Now, the Interwebs will have you believe that Audi paint is rock hard. Well, not this one! Ultimate Compound on a burgundy foam cutting disc at 5800 OPM, two passes, and success!
Well, success tempered with a fair bit of haze.
A secondary polish step made a massive improvement, as we would expect.
Back to the Jeep for a minute and its nasty headlights. The owner is actually just breaking into professional detailing on a full time basis and wanted to learn about sanding the lenses rather than just polishing them. Using a 3" backing plate on an MT300 and our Unigrit sanding and finishing discs, we went at it.
The lenses have been sanded down with 800, 1000 and 3000 grit sanding/finishing discs and now we're masking off before spraying the UV Protective Coating from the Perfect Clarity Headlight Restoration Kit.
After a couple of heavy coats of the UV coating.
Time for the owner to replicate the results, starting with this nasty lens.
Sand it.
Mask it. Spray it.
Simple as that!
Good thing we did this as it's now dark outside and he's got a bit of a drive to get home!
One more car with PONS (apparently it was our theme for the night). This C5 Corvette had a cover thrown over it and then it sat for a couple of years outside. Dust gets under a cover and the wind blows it around and the next thing you know, you've got a real mess on your hands.
Time for another test spot, and once again it's M100 on a DMC5 microfiber cutting disc with the MT300. Kyle again wanted to wet sand, and once again we all find humor in the thought.
Who's laughing now?! This is the "after" shot.....
... and this is "before". Look at the difference in the clarity of reflection!!
Time for the owner and his friends to tackle the job.
While the Corvette is getting a massage the Audi owner was hard at work on the trunk lid. We'd better head back over to the Audi and check on the results the owner got on it.
Swirls? What swirls???
Now that's more like it!!
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