I wanted to practice with my new Porter Cable, and my friend had a truck that needed some serious TLC on the hood and roof.
The paint had been clouding on him from oxidation, and then he tried a rotary with wool and just marred the crap out of it, which demoralized any future efforts to fix or care for the truck. By the time we worked on it today, it had gotten really bad.
Well, I purchased a PC 7424, he bought the Pinnacle XMT Heavy Swirl Kit (XMT #4 and #1, and the XMT Finishing Glaze), and we went to town on his truck this morning for about 6 hours.
This is the first time I have ever used the PC, other than to turn it on last night to make sure it worked. It blew my mind with the results we achieved. I think with a little more time and experience we could have improved the final finish somewhat (or it may have taken a rotary), but the pics speak for themselves.
Next up is to polish the whole truck, but the hood and the roof took long enough for one day.
Process:
He had washed and clayed the areas before I arrived, so we dug right in.
XMT #4 (2 passes)/ orange pad
For the roof, we also added a XMT#3 pass /orange pad
XMT #1 (1 pass) / white pad
XMT Carnauba Finishing Glaze / gray pad
He was going to add some Meguiars wax after I left.
On with the pics:
Here's what we started with, minus a little test spot.
After two passes with the XMT#4 and an orange pad:
After XMT #1:
Final Half and Half:
Finished side vs. XMT #4:
Full hood complete:
Finished in sun:
Full frontal
It reflects now!
The paint had been clouding on him from oxidation, and then he tried a rotary with wool and just marred the crap out of it, which demoralized any future efforts to fix or care for the truck. By the time we worked on it today, it had gotten really bad.
Well, I purchased a PC 7424, he bought the Pinnacle XMT Heavy Swirl Kit (XMT #4 and #1, and the XMT Finishing Glaze), and we went to town on his truck this morning for about 6 hours.
This is the first time I have ever used the PC, other than to turn it on last night to make sure it worked. It blew my mind with the results we achieved. I think with a little more time and experience we could have improved the final finish somewhat (or it may have taken a rotary), but the pics speak for themselves.
Next up is to polish the whole truck, but the hood and the roof took long enough for one day.
Process:
He had washed and clayed the areas before I arrived, so we dug right in.
XMT #4 (2 passes)/ orange pad
For the roof, we also added a XMT#3 pass /orange pad
XMT #1 (1 pass) / white pad
XMT Carnauba Finishing Glaze / gray pad
He was going to add some Meguiars wax after I left.
On with the pics:
Here's what we started with, minus a little test spot.
After two passes with the XMT#4 and an orange pad:
After XMT #1:
Final Half and Half:
Finished side vs. XMT #4:
Full hood complete:
Finished in sun:
Full frontal
It reflects now!