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Pandy

Posted 28/5/2011 10:35 AM (#611458)
Subject: Practicing with a bit of paint correction

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I detailed my dads 25 today as it was in a bit of a sorry state interior wise, and after i washed it i had time to have a play with the polishers to see what could be done with the paint (as its swirled and covered in random deep scratches (RDS)).

I did only manage to do the bonnet but now i know what it takes to correct the paint i should be able to do the rest soon.

Before: (taken on my phone

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IMAG0220 by Pandy100, on Flickr

After:

DSC03826 by Pandy100, on Flickr

Little 50/50 video on my phone:

sam7986

Posted 28/5/2011 11:03 AM (#611465 - in reply to #611458)
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while you were there you should have painted the block and box tbh

hah jokes aside mate you have worked wonders on that bonnet, it looks like fresh paint... top effort!

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Posted 28/5/2011 12:12 PM (#611476 - in reply to #611458)
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Not very good are you as that right side of the bonnet looks much worse than the left side which is the original finish

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Posted 28/5/2011 3:46 PM (#611516 - in reply to #611476)
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R119GTA - 28/5/2011 8:12 PM

Not very good are you as that right side of the bonnet looks much worse than the left side which is the original finish

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Posted 28/5/2011 4:22 PM (#611523 - in reply to #611458)
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did you mop it?

Pandy

Posted 29/5/2011 2:02 AM (#611530 - in reply to #611458)
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No mate its paint correction. Mopping is a term im not fond of mainly because in most cases its when a bodyshop just chucks a polisher with some G3 around the paint usually doing more harm than good. Its really not as simple when correcting paint.

In perspective it took me about an hour and a half to get the bonnet like that

Thanks for the comments though

metro190bhp

Posted 29/5/2011 10:35 AM (#611564 - in reply to #611458)
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If you no what your doing with a polisher and g3 you should be able to bring the paintwork up to a very high gloss finish. It is not the case of just throwing a bit of g3 on and mopping.

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Posted 1/6/2011 1:57 AM (#611915 - in reply to #611458)
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To be fair I'd much rather use specific car polish (like what pandy has done) designed for certain levels of cut and refinement rather than the generic G3.

It's not about just getting a high level of gloss though, it's about removing the micro swirls too.

metro190bhp

Posted 1/6/2011 2:52 PM (#612010 - in reply to #611915)
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Like i said it is knowing what your doing g3 has been used in the refinishng trade for years.final finishing with a hand glaze will see to swirls. No need for all these fancy polishes. Just use a good quility wax to protect the paint

Pandy

Posted 1/6/2011 3:03 PM (#612013 - in reply to #611458)
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Theres plenty of need for 'fancy polishes' as people need them to correct the mistakes of others who dont know what they are doing. I bet you could walk in to 99% of bodyshops and see someone with a rotary just 'buffing' away not even looking at what they are doing...ok it might look shiney in daylight but shine a torch or put it in the sun and then inspect the finish.

Luckily not all people are as anal (dare i say it!) like me and others!

metro190bhp

Posted 1/6/2011 3:11 PM (#612015 - in reply to #611458)
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Correct they dont no what there doing.like most people these days havent got pride in there work

Pandy

Posted 1/6/2011 3:18 PM (#612016 - in reply to #611458)
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Sorry for the little rant, im only going of things ive seen and tbh im in abit of a crappy mood

metro190bhp

Posted 1/6/2011 3:54 PM (#612024 - in reply to #612016)
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To be honest like you said you will nearly always see swirl marks in paint work out of most bodyshops. This is where they have rectified blemshies and like you said quickly ran the mop over it. They look good when finished but when washed a couple of times you see all the marks again. This is called drop out. What you need to do is rework the panel a couple of times to remove all the light flatting marks and swirls then finisu of with a good polish but dont use polish on fresh paint idealy should be left a couple of months

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