40 ft Monster RV aka 'Flying Dutchman'

superior_shine said:
Yes....... for fiberglass I use Megs maroon pad to wax. Yellow pad to wax paint.
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Do you mind if i ask why you do this? Just curious as to why you'd use a cutting pad to wax. I'm assuming you use a cutting pad for oxidation removal and polishing as well?

Also, why the polishing pad for wax on paint...just trying to understand your method is all...its surely worth asking...I still remember that plymouth you did and posted on MOL...probably the best restoration job Ive ever seen
 
A number of reasons. First off you dont have to be as gentle on fiberglass as you do paint. Also the pads don't glide on fiberglass like it does paint. I use the stiffer pad because it is easier to use and performs well on fiber glass.

The megs yellow pad is the softest pad I use. Anything softer is a complete waste of money and time 99.9% of the time.
 
Great job on that beast! You would think it would've taken at least a couple of days but you guys knocked it out in a flash.
 
superior_shine said:
A number of reasons. First off you dont have to be as gentle on fiberglass as you do paint. Also the pads don't glide on fiberglass like it does paint. I use the stiffer pad because it is easier to use and performs well on fiber glass.

The megs yellow pad is the softest pad I use. Anything softer is a complete waste of money and time 99.9% of the time.
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Yes i know fiberglass/gel coat is much tougher. The first 5th wheel i did i used a polishing pad to wax it...it was seriously oxidized but i think by using the polishing pad it helped it come out way better than it should have....i wouldnt do that again mind you...id insist on them having at least a 2 step process.

So what have you seen (or not seen) with the softer black/blue finishing pads that you hate so much?

g35_coupe said:
Great job on that beast! You would think it would've taken at least a couple of days but you guys knocked it out in a flash.
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Yeah when we first started doing these things it would have, but we've learned a lot real quick...the main thing being 2 DA's are better than one lol!:buffing::buffing:
 
Holy Mother of Mammoths!

7 hours!! You make me feel like a slo-poke :( Doing that good a job in that time takes more then just practice. Great work!
 
jlb85 said:
Holy Mother of Mammoths!

7 hours!! You make me feel like a slo-poke :( Doing that good a job in that time takes more then just practice. Great work!
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:laughing::laughing:....holy mother of mammoths...i started laughin when i read that hahaha.

Thank you for the compliments...I think another thing that helps the 2 of us a lot is we'll bid the job and then go thru the job in our minds the day(s) leading up to it..so that way when we get there we know exactly what each of us is going to do..in what order etc which is a big time saver. I think thats a big plus we've got from being around mostly people who are much older than us is that if you use more thinking you can save a lot of actual time spent on physical work :props:. Or as one of our clients told us "If you dont use you're head, you'll have to use your feet!"

Shade Tree said:
Beautiful work Wills ... :xyxthumbs:
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Thanks Tony, appreciate it! Hope to be getting some more pretty soon here if all goes wellIm the MAN
 
Has anyone every detailed one of these that needed claying on the entire body of the RV, not just the front? I dont' see how it would be feasible from a financial standpoint from the customer or for the sake of the detailers arms from a full day (or more) of solid claying. You would go through a ton of clay trying to do so.

I guess this would be a case where you just have to polish the contamination off. Not ideal but I don't know what else you could do.
 
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