2000 Lincoln Town Car limo. Owner had it repainted (expensive paint, moderately priced paint job through a friend) and it had some weird orange peel issues, not huge sections but trails of it over the hood. Lines of it along the edges of the hood, then randomly through the rest of the hood, kind of like it was drizzled on the car like you'd decorate a cake.
Wet sanded with Meguiars Uni-Grit 2000:
First polishing pass was with my PC 7424 XP using 3D HD Cut and a 5" Meguiars microfiber cutting disc:
Second polishing pass with my PC, Meguiars #105 and a 5" Meguiars MF cutting disc:
Doing a couple other sections, #105 seemed to have a touch more cut and I had a problem with wiping off HD Cut. Maybe I was using too much? Anyway, it was clear that even the 5" MF cutting disc didn't have enough oomph, switched to a 6" Lake Country white foamed wool pad and my PC, using #105. Seemed to cut faster, but the paint was really hard. Ended up switching to my Dewalt 849 rotary, Optimum foam orange cutting pad and Meguiars #105.
Drivers side had rotary swirls:
Rotary, orange, #105. Paint was so hard it left minimal marring and no holograms.
Not a whole lot of process pics, cold front was on the way, about 70 when I started, wanted to get done before the temps started to plummet.
Final process:
ONR wash, Optimum nano-skin to clay (test product)
Meguiars #105 using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my Dewalt 849 rotary on speeds 1000-1400-1000 rpms
3D HC Polishing using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my PC 7424 XP on speeds 5-6
Optimum G-P-S and an Optimum microfiber polishing pad and PC on speed 5
The car isn't perfect, and frankly, the paint job isn't good enough to go balls to the wall on it. The owner was really pleased with how it turned out given he'd paid $600 for the paint and his friend charged him $300 to paint it. No longer looks like a cheap paint job. He also was so impressed how Opti-Coat looks on my car that he said he'd probably have me back out in the spring to polish the car and have me Opti-Coat it.
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2009 BMW 335. Probably the least swirled I've ever seen a 3 year old jet black BMW. Paint seemed harder than normal, probably why it wasn't like I'm used to seeing. Owner's budget was enough for 2 polishing steps. He's considering a full on correction in the spring. But for now, the swirls have been knocked way down and the paint looks significantly deeper.
ONR wash, Optimum nano-skin to clay
3D HD Cut using an Optimum microfiber cutting pad and my PC 7424 XP (had some minor issues with it not wiping off some sections fully, HD Polish cleaned that up though)
3D HD Polish using an Optimum microfiber polishing pad and my PC
Optimum Opti-Seal to protect
Armor All on tires/fenderwells
Wet sanded with Meguiars Uni-Grit 2000:
First polishing pass was with my PC 7424 XP using 3D HD Cut and a 5" Meguiars microfiber cutting disc:
Second polishing pass with my PC, Meguiars #105 and a 5" Meguiars MF cutting disc:
Doing a couple other sections, #105 seemed to have a touch more cut and I had a problem with wiping off HD Cut. Maybe I was using too much? Anyway, it was clear that even the 5" MF cutting disc didn't have enough oomph, switched to a 6" Lake Country white foamed wool pad and my PC, using #105. Seemed to cut faster, but the paint was really hard. Ended up switching to my Dewalt 849 rotary, Optimum foam orange cutting pad and Meguiars #105.
Drivers side had rotary swirls:
Rotary, orange, #105. Paint was so hard it left minimal marring and no holograms.
Not a whole lot of process pics, cold front was on the way, about 70 when I started, wanted to get done before the temps started to plummet.
Final process:
ONR wash, Optimum nano-skin to clay (test product)
Meguiars #105 using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my Dewalt 849 rotary on speeds 1000-1400-1000 rpms
3D HC Polishing using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my PC 7424 XP on speeds 5-6
Optimum G-P-S and an Optimum microfiber polishing pad and PC on speed 5
The car isn't perfect, and frankly, the paint job isn't good enough to go balls to the wall on it. The owner was really pleased with how it turned out given he'd paid $600 for the paint and his friend charged him $300 to paint it. No longer looks like a cheap paint job. He also was so impressed how Opti-Coat looks on my car that he said he'd probably have me back out in the spring to polish the car and have me Opti-Coat it.
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2009 BMW 335. Probably the least swirled I've ever seen a 3 year old jet black BMW. Paint seemed harder than normal, probably why it wasn't like I'm used to seeing. Owner's budget was enough for 2 polishing steps. He's considering a full on correction in the spring. But for now, the swirls have been knocked way down and the paint looks significantly deeper.
ONR wash, Optimum nano-skin to clay
3D HD Cut using an Optimum microfiber cutting pad and my PC 7424 XP (had some minor issues with it not wiping off some sections fully, HD Polish cleaned that up though)
3D HD Polish using an Optimum microfiber polishing pad and my PC
Optimum Opti-Seal to protect
Armor All on tires/fenderwells
