TEASER .... Shelby Cobra GT500

Joe@Superior Shine

Joe@Superior Shine

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I have right now in my garage a bunch of Meguiars sanding and polishing products and an awfully "peely" Cobra GT500!! This is going to be FUN!! Im the MAN

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Wow!

Lots of orange peel and not much clearcoat.

I've got an 03 Cobra and since I was going to be changing out a painted part I decided to see how much I could get away with in perfecting the factory paint.

The answer...not much. I block sanded with Meguiars 1500, then 2500. Finished up with wool pad on my Makita with Meguiars #85. Quit at that point due to color showing up on the pad. And I hadn't removed all the orange peel. But the clear was so uneven that a few areas had burn through.

Not a very good opinion of Ford factory paint.
 
So far we sanded with (1000 in really bad areas) 1500 followed by 3000. I did a few test areas polished out with Meguiars W5000 wool pad and #105 compound. That was followed by Meguiars new Micro Fiber DA compound system. The test area I did came out SWEET!

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Wow! Looks good Joe, can't wait to see the rest.

Interesting that you had to start with wool and 105, I take it the MF DA system won't pull 3000 grit scratches out on its own? Or was the rotary/wool step just in interest of time/speed?

Oh, and is that factory paint? I'm rather surprised to see it's THAT bad.
 
Wow Joe, looks like an 8 year old painted that car. The owners was very wise to choose you to alleviate there problem. Look forward to the after shots :props:
 
I mis-spoke, the test spot you see in the picture was polished with only the MF system. I decided to start with the wool pad to speed things up a bit.
 
I have been noticing a lot of orange peel on Fords lately. I wonder if they are rushing cars out or changed something in their process. I mean Fords IMO have always been a little orange peely but thats ridiculous.
 
Wow! great test spot! :D

my bro just bought a honda and the factory paint has so terrible orange peel thats its unbelievable!!!

All other cars had the same orange peel and the sales guy(un knowledgeable as usual) said "Sir, the paint has a special wavy texture" LOL! :D
 
Wow! great test spot! :D

my bro just bought a honda and the factory paint has such a terrible orange peel thats its unbelievable!!!

All other cars had the same orange peel and the sales guy(un knowledgeable as usual) said "Sir, the paint has a special wavy texture" LOL! :D
 
superior_shine said:
Yes factory clear.
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This make sanding down the entire a car a real challenge as factory paint tends to be thin and factory paint tends to be hard.

For everyone reading this, keep in mind Joe can make anything look easy as he's a very highly skilled paint polisher.


"Sanding is the easy part, that's putting scratches into the paint, the tricky part is getting them out"


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Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
This make sanding down the entire a car a real challenge as factory paint tends to be thin and factory paint tends to be hard.

For everyone reading this, keep in mind Joe can make anything look easy as he's a very highly skilled paint polisher.


"Sanding is the easy part, that's putting scratches into the paint, the tricky part is getting them out"


:xyxthumbs:
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I agree with this 110% ^ :props:
 
Wow! Joe keep up the great work. I can't wait to see the end result.
 
I though orange peel was a way of life with Fords. Mine have all had it since I've been paying attention (last 10 years).
 
_M_ said:
I have been noticing a lot of orange peel on Fords lately. I wonder if they are rushing cars out or changed something in their process. I mean Fords IMO have always been a little orange peely but thats ridiculous.
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A lot of the increased peel has to do with factories switching to water based paints.... but I'm not sure if the paint on this 'stang is water based or not.
 
"A lot of the increased peel has to do with factories switching to water based paints.... but I'm not sure if the paint on this 'stang is water based or not."

I am not completely sure, but I believe this is exactly why this is happening. I think almost all manufacturers have switched to water based paint.

As a hobbyist and not a professional detailer, my decision is to just live with orange peel. I can understand if the vehicle is going to be show worthy , but for everyday cars orange peel is a fact of ownership now.
 
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