Polishing my Ride
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Polishing my Ride
After about a year of thinking about this, I finally decided to try it out. So I got the intermediate porter cable polishing kit from autogeek and started the process.
Anyways, this is an on going process that I have started, its going to take several weeks to get the entire car polished. The work is also a newbie job so dont expect flawless work
First, is the hood. The ride has lots of rock chips. damn factory paint. I also made the mistake of trying to fix the rock chips with the paint sample. Very bad Idea. now I have a paint stain in my hood.
Enough writing, here are the pics
before polishing
After first pass
split hood. half is polish,
more passes
Now the results outside. it was a cloudy day. pics in the sun, to come
Anyways, this is an on going process that I have started, its going to take several weeks to get the entire car polished. The work is also a newbie job so dont expect flawless work
First, is the hood. The ride has lots of rock chips. damn factory paint. I also made the mistake of trying to fix the rock chips with the paint sample. Very bad Idea. now I have a paint stain in my hood.
Enough writing, here are the pics
before polishing
After first pass
split hood. half is polish,
more passes
Now the results outside. it was a cloudy day. pics in the sun, to come
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Originally Posted by Scoobasteve4132
Looks good, did you get the 7424 polisher?... That's what I use, it's a godsend!... Looks great btw...
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Most cars look like that.
Very nice job. What polishes are included in that kit?
You can still see some deeper swirls that I think can be taken care of, unless they are just closely grouped deep scratches. Either way, it'd take quite a while to get those out and I'd probably be satisfied, especially for daily drivers like our cars are meant to be.
At this point I think you should glaze it with 3M Imperial Hand Glaze if you're going to wax it or Danase Wet Glaze if you're going to seal it.
But overall, especially for a first time, that's a very good job. Your car now looks better than about 95% of all the cars in the world.
Very nice job. What polishes are included in that kit?
You can still see some deeper swirls that I think can be taken care of, unless they are just closely grouped deep scratches. Either way, it'd take quite a while to get those out and I'd probably be satisfied, especially for daily drivers like our cars are meant to be.
At this point I think you should glaze it with 3M Imperial Hand Glaze if you're going to wax it or Danase Wet Glaze if you're going to seal it.
But overall, especially for a first time, that's a very good job. Your car now looks better than about 95% of all the cars in the world.
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Originally Posted by kungpaosamuraiii
Most cars look like that.
Very nice job. What polishes are included in that kit?
You can still see some deeper swirls that I think can be taken care of, unless they are just closely grouped deep scratches. Either way, it'd take quite a while to get those out and I'd probably be satisfied, especially for daily drivers like our cars are meant to be.
At this point I think you should glaze it with 3M Imperial Hand Glaze if you're going to wax it or Danase Wet Glaze if you're going to seal it.
But overall, especially for a first time, that's a very good job. Your car now looks better than about 95% of all the cars in the world.
Very nice job. What polishes are included in that kit?
You can still see some deeper swirls that I think can be taken care of, unless they are just closely grouped deep scratches. Either way, it'd take quite a while to get those out and I'd probably be satisfied, especially for daily drivers like our cars are meant to be.
At this point I think you should glaze it with 3M Imperial Hand Glaze if you're going to wax it or Danase Wet Glaze if you're going to seal it.
But overall, especially for a first time, that's a very good job. Your car now looks better than about 95% of all the cars in the world.
I got this kit from autogeek
http://www.autogeek.net/xmtpocainswr.html
they have several videos on using their stuff so i was a safer bet for a newbie not to mess up my paint. But their stuff really works. I will start playing around with other products once I get really comfortable with polishing
With the other deeper swirls, I will take those out eventually. the process is just labor intensive that I tend to get satisfied after good result, not perfect results.
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Originally Posted by TylerC08
Nice job man.
Over the course of 3 or so years of washing and drying, I can easily see this happening to the Scion clear/base. Rain, hail, blizzards, extreme heat, acid rain, we see it all.
Over the course of 3 or so years of washing and drying, I can easily see this happening to the Scion clear/base. Rain, hail, blizzards, extreme heat, acid rain, we see it all.
Make that 4 years of washing and drying. 70 percent of which is drive thru washing. The weather in kansas city doesnt help either.
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The deeper stuff isn't very practical to get out for daily drivers which is why I suggest you just cover it up with a glaze and then a wax over that. Most people on Autogeek.net and Autopia.org and Detailingworld.co.uk just HAVE to get down to the last swirl and scratch but I like to be more realistic.
The car looks great now but unless the lighting is diminishing your depth, I think one more pass with the Ultra Fine Swirl Remover with a finishing pad at speed 3-4 will amp up your gloss. I usually do this step only on the hood and trunk lid though.
The car looks great now but unless the lighting is diminishing your depth, I think one more pass with the Ultra Fine Swirl Remover with a finishing pad at speed 3-4 will amp up your gloss. I usually do this step only on the hood and trunk lid though.
