Re: New Guy lookin for advice
Mike - I'm satisfied with the paint - with the exception of the sanding marks and a couple dings.
That's good to hear!
It's never fun hearing the opposite type of feedback on a custom paint job.
Here's your plan of action then, get some soft, foam applicator pads and work these last remaining scratches out by hand. You can exert a lot of pressure with just a few fingers pushing down on a foam applicator pad so that's a good thing and a bad thing, it's good because it means you can remove a little paint which is how you level the surface and make the remaining scratches or any below surface defect disappear.
It's bad because you have to be careful that you don't push down too hard like a caveman and put fingermarks in the paint. Polishing paint is an art form, not merely a grinding process, it requires the right products, application materials and techniques plus the human elements of care and passion. The good news is you can possess all of these things.
For working out defects by hand I really like these CCS foam applicator pads because they are round and thick. The thickness helps to spread out the pressure from your fingers and because they are soft they won't in and of themselves scratch the paint.
CCS Red Wax/Sealant Applicator Pads 2-Pack
Usually by hand you start out putting some pressure behind the pad and then just like a machine final polishing process you reduce your pressure for the last few passes to polish-out of the process.
Then after that, inspect the results, in some cases you can go straight to wax or in some cases you might want or need to re-polish the same area with a less aggressive product to refine the results of the first step product to a higher level and then go to wax.
Generic use of the word wax
Sometimes I use the word
wax generically to refer to applying a
paint protection product whether it's a wax or a paint sealant. On discussion forums some people will take issue with you is don't specifically
type out the word paint sealant when referring to a paint sealant. :laughing:
Good luck and have fun and thanks for sharing your beautiful car with our forum members. :xyxthumbs:
Firechickens, err I mean
Firebirds are
very cool muscle cars that get respect wherever you take one.
Links to a few topics I mentioned above...
Fingermarks
Put a little passion behind the pad - Mike Phillips
Polishing paint is an art form...
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