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Here's my first write up involving the free samples that the folks at 3D/HD were so kind enough to give to some members of the forum.
This detail will involve using 3D/HD Polish & Speed on a 2002 Ford E450 Type III Ambulance. Some folks probably have seen the detail I posted last month involving this rigs twin sister....now it's this ones turn!
Both rigs are babied to no end from me so the paint is already in very good shape considering the job it was built to do and the amount of hands that touch the vehicle. It has it's fair share of RIDS and swirls, paint is fairly soft and can usually knock the majority of the swirls down in one pass with 105 and even UC.
That being said, I was at the right place at the right time when Mr Dave Fermani posted the thread on the free Polish & Speed promo, it's pretty rare for me to be at the right place and time so I jumped at it, free pads too woo-hoo!!
Meguiar's products usually left me pretty satisfied but I wanted to see what else is out there and this was the perfect chance to try out new products.
First Impressions;
My swag arrived at my doorstep around noon on Tuesday while I was here at work. After a long 7 hours I got to the house to see my equally excited 2 1/2 y/o daughter waiting beside the box. The box looks like it got roughed up a bit by the delivery company but upon opening it up all was good! As I checked out the bottles of Speed & Polish, my daughter took invintory of the 6 HD pads, afterwards she proudly proclaimed them as her property.......especially the green pad.
The bottles seem to be pretty well put together, graphics are eye catching yet not overkill. Text and color scheme makes it easy to read even in the finer print. Directions are also clear and easy to understand. After cracking each bottle open I notice a pleasant grape scent.....quickly close them up so the the youngin doesn't get any ideas.
Some of what's going to be used on this detail
The Guinea Pig
Day 1;
Since I had already washed, detar, and clayed the rig I was able to go straight to polishing. Day one I planned on hitting the roof as it hasn't seen polish or any kind of LSP since it was delivered to us in 2002! I've washed it several times in the past 4 years, never really gave it much thought on shining that part of the rig until I saw the damage done to our sister companies 22 year old rig that has just been retired earlier this year.....rust everywhere.
My process was simple.......SPEED, a G110v1 w/Meg's 7in SB 2.0 yellow pad at a speed between 5 & 6, and NXT 2.0 -liquid-. At first I primed the pad with QD and applied 5 - 6 pea sized drops onto the pad and worked it for about 3 minutes. I worked in sections ranging from 2x2 on upwards of 4x4 to see how well it would fair working a large area.
Enough of me talking, let's see what SPEED has to say!
So I was almost done with the roof and what happens? The g110v1 decides it doesn't want to play anymore! The cord has been separating from the polisher for several months now, I knew it would soon call it quits and of course it would do it on the ambulance!!! With about 20% of the roof to go, I grabbed a foam hand pad and knocked the rest of it out. With the machine, SPEED was very quick to clean and shine the paint up. As expected going at it by hand took a bit more effort. Wiping SPEED off after the machine application was a breeze, in fact I has by far been the easiest product I've taken off to date, by hand it was a bit more difficult but by far not the worst IME.
All done!
My apologies for the less then stellar quality of the pics, at this time all I have is my IPhone to take pics. My cam's battery charger is MIA.
I had cut the roof down the middle, once the left side was done, I applied NXT 2.0 via black pad. Due to the g110v1 going bad on me, the right side didn't get the additional LSP protection which is cool with me as I can gauge how long SPEED's protection will last on a large horizontal surface.
Initial Impression on SPEED's performance; AWESOME! I do believe it will be the go to product for these ambulances. At this point I don't think I need to 3 step it anymore, SPEED is just that FAST and very effective! I am very satisfied with this product due to it's low learning curve and outstanding results! By hand on a neglected surface without claying or doing any kind of hardcore deconning will require some patience and elbow grease, you may not be able to correct minor/moderate defects as easily as a nicely prepped surface but the results should be almost as good as going at it with a machine (newbie thoughts here!)
Thanks for looking, Tuesday I'm going to test HD Polish on the cab with Meg's #16 as the LSP so stay tuned!
Here's my first write up involving the free samples that the folks at 3D/HD were so kind enough to give to some members of the forum.
This detail will involve using 3D/HD Polish & Speed on a 2002 Ford E450 Type III Ambulance. Some folks probably have seen the detail I posted last month involving this rigs twin sister....now it's this ones turn!
Both rigs are babied to no end from me so the paint is already in very good shape considering the job it was built to do and the amount of hands that touch the vehicle. It has it's fair share of RIDS and swirls, paint is fairly soft and can usually knock the majority of the swirls down in one pass with 105 and even UC.
That being said, I was at the right place at the right time when Mr Dave Fermani posted the thread on the free Polish & Speed promo, it's pretty rare for me to be at the right place and time so I jumped at it, free pads too woo-hoo!!
Meguiar's products usually left me pretty satisfied but I wanted to see what else is out there and this was the perfect chance to try out new products.
First Impressions;
My swag arrived at my doorstep around noon on Tuesday while I was here at work. After a long 7 hours I got to the house to see my equally excited 2 1/2 y/o daughter waiting beside the box. The box looks like it got roughed up a bit by the delivery company but upon opening it up all was good! As I checked out the bottles of Speed & Polish, my daughter took invintory of the 6 HD pads, afterwards she proudly proclaimed them as her property.......especially the green pad.
The bottles seem to be pretty well put together, graphics are eye catching yet not overkill. Text and color scheme makes it easy to read even in the finer print. Directions are also clear and easy to understand. After cracking each bottle open I notice a pleasant grape scent.....quickly close them up so the the youngin doesn't get any ideas.
Some of what's going to be used on this detail
The Guinea Pig
Day 1;
Since I had already washed, detar, and clayed the rig I was able to go straight to polishing. Day one I planned on hitting the roof as it hasn't seen polish or any kind of LSP since it was delivered to us in 2002! I've washed it several times in the past 4 years, never really gave it much thought on shining that part of the rig until I saw the damage done to our sister companies 22 year old rig that has just been retired earlier this year.....rust everywhere.
My process was simple.......SPEED, a G110v1 w/Meg's 7in SB 2.0 yellow pad at a speed between 5 & 6, and NXT 2.0 -liquid-. At first I primed the pad with QD and applied 5 - 6 pea sized drops onto the pad and worked it for about 3 minutes. I worked in sections ranging from 2x2 on upwards of 4x4 to see how well it would fair working a large area.
Enough of me talking, let's see what SPEED has to say!
So I was almost done with the roof and what happens? The g110v1 decides it doesn't want to play anymore! The cord has been separating from the polisher for several months now, I knew it would soon call it quits and of course it would do it on the ambulance!!! With about 20% of the roof to go, I grabbed a foam hand pad and knocked the rest of it out. With the machine, SPEED was very quick to clean and shine the paint up. As expected going at it by hand took a bit more effort. Wiping SPEED off after the machine application was a breeze, in fact I has by far been the easiest product I've taken off to date, by hand it was a bit more difficult but by far not the worst IME.
All done!
My apologies for the less then stellar quality of the pics, at this time all I have is my IPhone to take pics. My cam's battery charger is MIA.
I had cut the roof down the middle, once the left side was done, I applied NXT 2.0 via black pad. Due to the g110v1 going bad on me, the right side didn't get the additional LSP protection which is cool with me as I can gauge how long SPEED's protection will last on a large horizontal surface.
Initial Impression on SPEED's performance; AWESOME! I do believe it will be the go to product for these ambulances. At this point I don't think I need to 3 step it anymore, SPEED is just that FAST and very effective! I am very satisfied with this product due to it's low learning curve and outstanding results! By hand on a neglected surface without claying or doing any kind of hardcore deconning will require some patience and elbow grease, you may not be able to correct minor/moderate defects as easily as a nicely prepped surface but the results should be almost as good as going at it with a machine (newbie thoughts here!)
Thanks for looking, Tuesday I'm going to test HD Polish on the cab with Meg's #16 as the LSP so stay tuned!
