Likwid Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 hoblick- im gonna purchase the porter cable 7424xp variable speed buffer. is this the same one you are using? if so whats the pros n cons.I'm afraid to use a rotary instead or a random orbital for fear of fucking it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbctown Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Iceman where did the emblems go from the back of the family truckster in the back ground?j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblick Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 hoblick- im gonna purchase the porter cable 7424xp variable speed buffer. is this the same one you are using? if so whats the pros n cons.yup same one. id suggest a hook and loop backing plate and some good pads. you can get some good combo deals on autogeek.netthis is a great starter setup http://autogeek.net/hk7424.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benyen Soljax Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 is this a sticky yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 yup same one. id suggest a hook and loop backing plate and some good pads. you can get some good combo deals on autogeek.netthis is a great starter setup http://autogeek.net/hk7424.htmlwhat pads from that list to you think. i was thinking a red gold 2orange and a gray? thats the exact setup im going to order. maybe also meguires 105? and 205? also gonna order a paint sealant as well. whats your choices. dont wanna get to crazy on the wallet just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblick Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 definately look into some megs 105, i love this stuff!id recomend getting 1 orange1 yellow1 green coarse1 white1 grey and some optimum optiseal for sealant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohdaho Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 I just dropped nearly 2 bills getting everything I need to detail my new cage. Im a huge of Zaino products. But decided to go with Meguiar's clay kit since it was readily accessible and cheaper. What do you use to dress outside vinyls/plastics like the seals around windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 I just dropped nearly 2 bills getting everything I need to detail my new cage. Im a huge of Zaino products. But decided to go with Meguiar's clay kit since it was readily accessible and cheaper. What do you use to dress outside vinyls/plastics like the seals around windows?i use wizards black renew polish. awesome shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblick Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 dont know if i had put this up here or not, but i will.this was from the middle of the summera member form columbus racing contacted me about getting his 95 Cobra detailed. we talked over some options and he explained it has been sitting for a few years in storage, and its faded, oxidized, lots of swirls etc..i had my vision of what it would look like but to my surprise it was alot worse than expected.as you can see in the following pics the car is almost grey in color, though it should be black. tons of swirls, very harsh scratches, looks like someone took a brillo pad to it.also after further inspection i saw the car had some panels that were repainted. and someone didnt do the greatest job on the right door.i had alot of work ahead of me, and some stuff i just couldnt correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblick Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 i had alot of work into this car, about 20 hours total. inside and out.i wet sanded and then used my rotary and wool pad with some 3m perfectit III on the right door to get out the orange peel, it was just to bad for me to let it go.the rest of the car (and the right door after used the rotary) i used the porter cable with a Orange CCS pad with some Megs 105.. i had to make a few passes on each panel i did. i still only achieved about a 80% correction rate when i was finished. i didnt want to work any further to help preserve the paint.after that i used a white CCS pad and some Poorboy's World Professional Polish, this finished out very fine, and brought a nice gloss to the paint. i was very pleased with the outcome, even though i still didnt have full correction the paint was looking alot better than it did. I let Ice know how things were going and problems i ran into.setting up the final stage, i wanted to try and see if some glaze would help the car out at all... i tested it on a small bit and decided to not use the glaze. every car i tend to use a littlel different product for the wax/sealant, but for some reason with black the Meguairs NXT works really well, especially for somethign you can snag at autozone.i started with a single coat Megs #7, and then layed 2 coats of Megs NXT down.i then topped it with Optimum optisealthe wheels where sealed with Optiseal as well.sorry i dont have a ton of in the process pics, but time constraints and just not wanting to stop for a minute to take a pic caused me to not have any.but anyways here are some after shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ault Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 sick work as always......if i ever let one of my rides get that bad ill call ya.....haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbctown Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 It's nice to take a POS to a showroom car in a day or so. The problem is most people don't have a eye for detail but you do nice work. I like getting a car or bike and do the turn around to almost new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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