imported_motoo344
New member
First, I would like to give a big thanks to mystic04 who offered to help me learn some more about machine polishing. He invited me down to his house a few weeks ago and we worked a little on my technique, got me using 105/205 better and we worked with the rotary. I think one of the biggest things I learned was it was not always my process that was the problem. The paint on my camaro is in pretty rough shape and not much besides a repaint was going to get it looking perfect. He is definitely very knowledgeable about detailing.
Anyway, I have been busy detailing a few cars. No paint correction customers yet, just good old fashioned cleaning. I decided to practice some paint correction today. This is my dads 1991 sl500 hood and I tried out some HD Uno.
The overall condition of the hood was ok, the swirling was not heavy but there was a lot of etched on leaves and a decent amount of RIDS. Excuse my crappy pics.
I used a PC for this
HD Uno via orange
HD Uno via white
Klasse via blue
Before
If you look over by the lamp, you can see some of the etching and random crap that wouldn't come off with clay.
Here is some of the swirling, moderate, but nothing heavy.
This was all over the hood, there were two giant leaf imprints but I could not get them to show up.
After
Swirls are gone, ignore the hazing in the top right, I didn't finish that section when I took that pic.
This is a good picture because the unfinished side showcases what I was working with. It was hard to get good pics, but the side I corrected was similar.
I know these are not the most impressive pics and this wasn't any sort of ground breaking detail but it was a good confidence booster for me. I stayed with it and did not get frustrated like I usually do. Even after I could not remove some hazing I just continued to work and eventually was able to remove it. I examined the hood with my halogen work light, brinkman, regular bulb and outside and could not find anything marring that I usually leave behind. Overall I am happy with what I did to today, know I now I am definitely capable of removing imperfections. Any criticism is welcome, this community has been a big help to me.
Anyway, I have been busy detailing a few cars. No paint correction customers yet, just good old fashioned cleaning. I decided to practice some paint correction today. This is my dads 1991 sl500 hood and I tried out some HD Uno.
The overall condition of the hood was ok, the swirling was not heavy but there was a lot of etched on leaves and a decent amount of RIDS. Excuse my crappy pics.
I used a PC for this
HD Uno via orange
HD Uno via white
Klasse via blue
Before
If you look over by the lamp, you can see some of the etching and random crap that wouldn't come off with clay.
Here is some of the swirling, moderate, but nothing heavy.
This was all over the hood, there were two giant leaf imprints but I could not get them to show up.
After
Swirls are gone, ignore the hazing in the top right, I didn't finish that section when I took that pic.
This is a good picture because the unfinished side showcases what I was working with. It was hard to get good pics, but the side I corrected was similar.
I know these are not the most impressive pics and this wasn't any sort of ground breaking detail but it was a good confidence booster for me. I stayed with it and did not get frustrated like I usually do. Even after I could not remove some hazing I just continued to work and eventually was able to remove it. I examined the hood with my halogen work light, brinkman, regular bulb and outside and could not find anything marring that I usually leave behind. Overall I am happy with what I did to today, know I now I am definitely capable of removing imperfections. Any criticism is welcome, this community has been a big help to me.