MINI ME - Swirls a plenty!! 1969 Mini Cooper!

[Superior Shine]

This is 1969 Aston Mini Cooper. The first thing I though when I saw it for the first time was, "They're sure are a lot of swirls in that toaster!"



How could a tiny car have so many swirls???

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dawZEeNPc&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Mini Cooper 1, Superior Shine Auto Detailing[/ame]

 

[Superior Shine]

These swirls were deep! I decided to colorsand the the worst areas with 2000 grit sand paper.



The first thing you will notice her is that the color sanding "slurry" is red. That means that I am working on a single stage finish and NOT a two stage being color topped with a clear coat.

Notice here the nice even uniform appearance to this freshly color sanded fender.

It was awkward polishing on such a little vehicle but I managed.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlc9aj7hhY&feature=channel]YouTube - Mini Cooper 2, Superior Shine Auto Detailing[/ame]

 

[Superior Shine]

Here you can see how much brighter the finish gets after a good compounding with #85.



BEFORE-

AFTER-

I chased the #85 / wool combo with #85 and yellow foam pad.

 

[Superior Shine]

Its a small car but it took more work than I expected. Polishing below my knee caps didn't help either -LOL!



She now wears her shiny red coat with pride!

My buddy Frank was very happy with the shine on his lil car!!

 

[Boston Man]

Nice work



But if youre going to speak in that accent, you need to put the letter "u" in "color" lol.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Cool little car, and great detail of course as always. :2thumbs::2thumbs::2thumbs:

 

[jeteast99]

LMAO. Great video, great car. great detail

 

[gmblack3]

Great work Joe! The gloss is stunning. No RACATAC on this one?

 

[Rickrack]

Holy swirls batman!!!



Great job bringing her back to life!!

 

[dsms]

Haha, between this and your explanation of why its dangerous to use a PC on speed 1 I think your very funny.



Video mockumentary or not this is awesome work on such a cool car!

 

[Superior Shine]

The bad news is that it is low and difficult to polish. The good news is that it only took me 15 minutes to detail. :LOLOL

 

[imported_artikxscout]

i can imagine for some that has their head 2 feet over the car. great job.

 

[David Fermani]

Hilarious Joe. Pound for pound, inch for inch. She's a beaut.

 

[Envious Eric]

such a small car, how long did it take you total?



did you stop at 85?

 

[ShineTech]

Good one Joe. Hey that wool pad is almost half the size of the hood!

 

[Superior Shine]

Thanks fellas

such a small car, how long did it take you total?



did you stop at 85?

No I topped it with #20

 

[Apollo_Auto]

Dude, I've just wet myself laughing ! Yew shoyne dat fooking Koopah, you!

 

[Envious Eric]

Thanks fellas









No I topped it with #20

I meant the polishing part...



how do you like 20 vs 21?