Mike Phillips
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- Dec 5, 2022
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Rupes Polishers - Extreme Makeover - 1965 Chevy Streetrod
Below is an example of the type of damage that can be undone using the Rupes Bigfoot Orbital Polishers and the Rupes Compounds, Polishes and Rupes Foam pads.
We had 7 new guys join us tonight and 3 of them had NEVER used any type of machine polisher. And that's okay as we all started out the same way... there was a time none of us reading this had ever used a machine to polish paint but that's one of the things we do here at Autogeek... teach people a better way....
Here's what we started with...
Here's are the before shots... starting in the back and working around to the front every square inch of paint on this basecoat/clearcoat custom paint job was filled with swirls and scratches.
How this truck came to be an Autogeek Thursday Project
I met the owner at Autogeek's Cars & Coffee, a Saturday car show here at Autogeek that's held every 2nd Saturday each month.
I was walking around looking for a dark colored car with lots of swirls to use for my Detailing Tech Session that we offer at all our Cars & Coffee shows.
I owned a 1966 Chevy Milk Truck Streetrod a few years ago so I recognized the front clip as it's the same front clip that was on my Milk Truck. It was parked among the other cars on display in the Autogeek parking lot.
Upon inspecting the finish I struck up a conversation with Blair, the owner, and asked him if I could use his truck to demonstrate how to remove swirls by machine. I told him that if he agreed that we would have him and his truck back to Autogeek to finish the entire process at one of our Thursday project nights. Blair agreed.
I can say with confidence, after seeing the final results, Blair is glad he agreed.
Below is an example of the type of damage that can be undone using the Rupes Bigfoot Orbital Polishers and the Rupes Compounds, Polishes and Rupes Foam pads.
We had 7 new guys join us tonight and 3 of them had NEVER used any type of machine polisher. And that's okay as we all started out the same way... there was a time none of us reading this had ever used a machine to polish paint but that's one of the things we do here at Autogeek... teach people a better way....
Here's what we started with...
Here's are the before shots... starting in the back and working around to the front every square inch of paint on this basecoat/clearcoat custom paint job was filled with swirls and scratches.
How this truck came to be an Autogeek Thursday Project
I met the owner at Autogeek's Cars & Coffee, a Saturday car show here at Autogeek that's held every 2nd Saturday each month.
I was walking around looking for a dark colored car with lots of swirls to use for my Detailing Tech Session that we offer at all our Cars & Coffee shows.
I owned a 1966 Chevy Milk Truck Streetrod a few years ago so I recognized the front clip as it's the same front clip that was on my Milk Truck. It was parked among the other cars on display in the Autogeek parking lot.
Upon inspecting the finish I struck up a conversation with Blair, the owner, and asked him if I could use his truck to demonstrate how to remove swirls by machine. I told him that if he agreed that we would have him and his truck back to Autogeek to finish the entire process at one of our Thursday project nights. Blair agreed.
I can say with confidence, after seeing the final results, Blair is glad he agreed.
