Street Dreams Detail - Black STi revisited + correction

dtraylor

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I got a roll of these things for Christmas, came in a 6 pack I think. I used one for a QD cloth yesterday, and its wonderful! I wiped the QD around with a terry towel, and then buffed it off with the finishing cloth, it worked great. No lint at all, no seams to scratch, and soooo smooth and soft on the paint. A little hard to hold onto since its so smooth, but if you kind of fold it a little in your hand it works better. I'm for sure going to get more of these :up I forget the exact price for the 6 pack, but I think its 6 or 7 dollars.
 
Hey BUMP, what do these things look like? I don't really know what you're reviewing here. Are they the yellow flannel ones or what?



Thanks.
 
LOL!!! When I first read your post, I misread it as "Fishing Cloth"... what the heck is a fishing cloth? Geez, now I've seen it all... (((BUMP))) is polishing his fish!



I must be getting old!



:rolleyes:



db
 
Haha David, I'll have to put that in my avatar line :D



puter- No, these arent those yelow flannel ones. I looked at them yellow ones today and they didnt look so good to me. These things are white, and come rolled up like most of these packs of diff. towels do in parts stores. The size is about 17"x12", and I discovered that it is double sided, you know, like two pieces put together. This is bad when you wash and dry it, as it wants to tangle intself up. I didnt look at the brand, I just tore off the label wrapping them all together and pitched it. It is a very soft, elastic material. It is almost like Kleenex, without all the fuzzy linty type stuff.
 
I did this car during the winter and the owner brought it back for a maintenance detail.

Paint correction was performed only on part of the hood and the entire trunk section.

Section taped off for spot correction. While in service it looks like paper towel was used to remove a smudge, thankfully I think they got the smudge out :applause:

Before M105 and 106FA

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After

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Closeup with no extra lighting before

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After

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The last time I did this car it had wing, the owner since then bought a wingless trunk and it had never been corrected.

Some of the damage ...

Adhesive residue and etching

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Scracthes

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Used 3M adhesive remover to try to get rid of the old adhesive, most of which was too baked to come off

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Onto correction

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Before

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Used M105, Powerfinish and 106FA for correction with both rotary and DA machines

A few sunshots after IPA wipes and before LSP

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No more wing residue

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LSP: Powerlock
Wheels: Rejex

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Dave, you are a master at paint correction. I would love the opportunity to work with you some time. If you ever need any help, I hope you will keep me in mind. I would love to learn your secrets;)
 
Dave, you are a master at paint correction. I would love the opportunity to work with you some time. If you ever need any help, I hope you will keep me in mind. I would love to learn your secrets;)

Over the winter I will be doing some paint correction classes for NY/NJ guys... you will be the first to know about it Barry!
 
Over the winter I will be doing some paint correction classes for NY/NJ guys... you will be the first to know about it Barry!

Dave,
I never thought I would say this, but I can't wait for winter. That is something that I will really be looking forward to.:Dancing Dot:
 
Dave,
I never thought I would say this, but I can't wait for winter. That is something that I will really be looking forward to.:Dancing Dot:

Ah, winter...mag chloride all over everything, stone chips from the gravel on the roads, dirty slush melting in the garage, weeks without a good wash...

(sorry, not looking foreard to winter in Colorado)

Regards,
GEWB
 
Dave,
I never thought I would say this, but I can't wait for winter. That is something that I will really be looking forward to.:Dancing Dot:

If I do it (and since the thought entered my head, that means I have to do it) I want to do it right. Set up a real deal correction class, various panels, all my machines, different pads and basically start top to bottom from prep work to combo selection to different techniques.
 
If I do it (and since the thought entered my head, that means I have to do it) I want to do it right. Set up a real deal correction class, various panels, all my machines, different pads and basically start top to bottom from prep work to combo selection to different techniques.

I hope it will be open to non pro's as well? I would love to come learn hands on. Your work is stellar.

Jeff
 
David,
Your work and pictures are always the best !! Thanks so much for taking the time to share so we can all learn a little more and have an opportunity to set/reset our own aspirations.

Glad to see you still use the Rotary for initial correction and then come back with the D/A - I have been doing the same tecnhique for some time now and have had great results.

And since I have been using the Flex VRG/3401 with the "GEWB'd" cut down backing plate - finishing pre-LSP with 5.5" pads has been an absolute dream to do.

You guys on the East Coast are going to be lucky to work with this man - he is absolutely the BEST !! :)

DanF
 
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