RollingRock's new project truck

[Rollingrock]

I have an 06 Black F150 detail for Sunday lined up.

Had a chance to preview the truck today to see what I will be working with. It has major scratches on it along with some of the worst spider webbing swirls I have seen on a black car.

I have some befores right now to share, but will post more tomorrow after I am finished.

This is what I am working with.

I don't even know what this is on the paint.

 

[littlemissGTO]

Patiently waiting the afters. I wish it was warm enough here for me to do some serious detailing to my car.

 

[Rollingrock]

Here we go:

Ok, saw this truck yesterday and honestly I wasn't sure I could make that much of a difference in it. This truck has been well used for hunting, camping, working etc. Its surface was really in bad shape and well its black.

After claying it I felt more and more unsure about what impact I could make so I told the owner (Tony) that if we got it 80% better I would be pleased. He agreed.

The 1st hour after claying was spent working on one section doing experiments on different products and pad combinations.

I ended up doing this:

Clay
PB SSR3, Yellow Lake
PB SSR1 Green Lake
PB Pro Polish, White Lake
PB Polish with Sealant, Black Lake
Collinite 845

I also learned a lot on this truck today, too much to post but I did learn a few tricks. Tony got to play with a DA today and we both went at it together for the last few steps.

A few befores (most of the truck looked like this)

After PB SSR3, SSR1 and PB PP

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This was one of the toughest ones I have worked on. Seriously I was worried...but in the end I am pretty happy with the results. Tony was happy too.

 

[littlemissGTO]

Nice turnaround. Excellent job.

 

[BigLeegr]

Ah, the money shot.

Nice job!

 

[Poorboy]

Looks like you did a fine job and have learned quite a bit about how to use the products and choose the right pads for each stage of the job
glad Tony liked the results, let's just hope he stays out of the woods for a little while :smt004

 

[Rollingrock]

Looks like you did a fine job and have learned quite a bit about how to use the products and choose the right pads for each stage of the job
glad Tony liked the results, let's just hope he stays out of the woods for a little while :smt004

PB Pro Polish with a White Lake pad is really nice....I have used that combo before but I was more impressed this time. One thing that I did differetnly with this truck was that I used the DA on the highest speed with very light pressure (the pressure of the DA itself) and I was getting better results. Not sure is that is the right way to do that but I tried at lower speeds and it didn't seem to become as clear.

Anyone have thoughts on that?

My concern is that I don't like to run the DA at hight speeds if unnecessary.


This was the condition of the paint on the entire truck.

Personally I think this was borderline doable with a PC and a Flex or a rotary may have been the better choice.

 

[Poorboy]

Pro Polish can serve different purposes when used with different pads and speeds .... using on a pc at high speed is almost comparable to using it with a rotary on low speed :wink:

 

[Rollingrock]

Pro Polish can serve different purposes when used with different pads and speeds .... using on a pc at high speed is almost comparable to using it with a rotary on low speed :wink:

Does that mean with as little cut as that product has combined with a White Lake pad, you remove the same amount of clear as a rotary?

I really need to get a paint depth meter.

 

[Poorboy]

Pro Polish can serve different purposes when used with different pads and speeds .... using on a pc at high speed is almost comparable to using it with a rotary on low speed :wink:

Does that mean with as little cut as that product has combined with a White Lake pad, you remove the same amount of clear as a rotary?

I really need to get a paint depth meter.

with a white pad it will more than likely give a higher gloss vs cutting ...
an orange or yellow pad would remove a very small amount of clear with prolonged use at high speeds with a pc

 

[Rollingrock]

Pro Polish can serve different purposes when used with different pads and speeds .... using on a pc at high speed is almost comparable to using it with a rotary on low speed :wink:

Does that mean with as little cut as that product has combined with a White Lake pad, you remove the same amount of clear as a rotary?

I really need to get a paint depth meter.

with a white pad it will more than likely give a higher gloss vs cutting ...
an orange or yellow pad would remove a very small amount of clear with prolonged use at high speeds with a pc

Just making sure we were on the same page I didn't think the white had much cut to it. I currently have 2 full sets of Lake VC pads but I am going to order a few more White pads b/c they seem to be very, very versatile.

Thanks

RollingRock

 

[Poorboy]

Pro Polish can serve different purposes when used with different pads and speeds .... using on a pc at high speed is almost comparable to using it with a rotary on low speed :wink:

Does that mean with as little cut as that product has combined with a White Lake pad, you remove the same amount of clear as a rotary?

I really need to get a paint depth meter.

with a white pad it will more than likely give a higher gloss vs cutting ...
an orange or yellow pad would remove a very small amount of clear with prolonged use at high speeds with a pc

Just making sure we were on the same page I didn't think the white had much cut to it. I currently have 2 full sets of Lake VC pads but I am going to order a few more White pads b/c they seem to be very, very versatile.

Thanks

RollingRock

yes, the white is a polishing pad ...minimal cutting of the clearcoat ... VC's are getting hard to come by, most people are going to the CCS pads ...I personally have not had a chance to try them, but friends have said they work pretty good

 

[davekt]

Nice tunaround looks very impressive

 

[Rollingrock]

Nice tunaround looks very impressive

thanks mate

Cheers

JP

 

[RANDAL]

EXCELLANT turn around. make sme want to go town to clean mine, but its cold 12 degrees. RANDAL