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This car completely owned me, no doubt about it. I spent 15 hours polishing the paint—never even touched the interior. Not only was it time consuming, but I tried almost every combination of pad/product/speed that I had before finally finding what worked. The paint is tinted clear and was as hard as a rock (which is completely opposite of every other experience that I have with tinted clear).
All is not lost as I was able to "charge accordingly" but i felt rather defeated at the hands of this car.
My final process was:
Ardex Alpha-grit (great product if you are using wool) via twisted wool @1800 RPM’s
HT HC via LC knitted wool (the nano foamed wool, or whatever it is called) @1500 RPM’s
IP @1500 via a Meguiars polishing pad
PO106FF @1400 RPM’s via a Wolfgang finishing pad
ONR
#26
Sorry about the dust in the afters—I took the pictures the day after I completed the detail.
She’s not perfect by any means, but she’s much, much better. Some of the sanding marks left by the painter were deep enough to feel!
All is not lost as I was able to "charge accordingly" but i felt rather defeated at the hands of this car.
My final process was:
Ardex Alpha-grit (great product if you are using wool) via twisted wool @1800 RPM’s
HT HC via LC knitted wool (the nano foamed wool, or whatever it is called) @1500 RPM’s
IP @1500 via a Meguiars polishing pad
PO106FF @1400 RPM’s via a Wolfgang finishing pad
ONR
#26
Sorry about the dust in the afters—I took the pictures the day after I completed the detail.
She’s not perfect by any means, but she’s much, much better. Some of the sanding marks left by the painter were deep enough to feel!
