I know in some cases wet sanding can remove less than compounding...depending on grit and process (hand or machine). But you do still have to remove the sanding marks don't you? Doesn't that require compounding, or did you finish with a super fine grit paper?
If you wet sand with say 2000 grit on a meduim paint Land Rover to take the peaks off, so your looking at slightly matt paint with hundreds of shiney dots, then just go through the dots with 2500 grit then finish with 3000 and 4000 grit there should be no sanding marks. You alternate strokes with each pass and go at 45 degrees per pass.
This will take the peel out as you should be left with flat paint by 4000 grit. Then just polish out, I just use Scholl S17 with a spider pad then finish.
Now if people want paint flat to within a say 3-4 microns then you can take a lot of clear off.
I'll post up an Audi TT I did in the summer.
I'd love to see that write up. In all honesty I've never done extensive peel removal....but would like to try it. Ive read a lot about it but want to take in as much info as i can about it so I'm as fully armed as possible when i take my first crack at it.
So many compliments!! Where to begin??
1- awesome photos and great commentary
2- great you and your sister work together
3- you are a perfectionists! What a credit to the trade and this forum
4- REPEAT business. It is what we all strive for after all.
5- obviously you two aren't afraid of hard work. Great quality in itself.
Again, fantastic detail job and great write up!!
Wow you said a mouth full!
1 - Thank you...many of the sun before shots were taken by my sis. I think she did a great job at showing how bad the paint was...the rest we just kinda take as we move along. Its time consuming but man, you GOTTA document your work on a car like this!
2 - Wouldn't work with anyone else, thats for sure. Working with someone day in and day out takes a LOT of chemistry. We compliment each other very well i think. We each may miss something here or there, but the other almost always catches it...small stuff but, still needs to be attended to. It's great working with someone like her and i know we are both better at what we do when we do it TOGETHER.
3 - We TRY to be lol. We really try to cover all of our bases...its hard cause we don't ever have the same consistent set up. We have to MAKE our surrounding environment into a detailing friendly environment. From cleanliness to lighting set up...where we keep our gear...what part of the car we work on first...how the car fits in the garage...it changes with every detail...if we ever get our own garage/studio set up...WATCH OUT!
4 - I agree, offering maintenance washes and re-seals is pretty 'easy' work (compared to this kinda detail that is) and its great to protect all the hours we dropped into getting a ride into great shape. We do get a bit attached...and getting paid to continue to maintain vehicles is an added bonus. We're trying to continue to build our smaller but CONSISTENT group of clients. A bi-weekly wash with a re-seal every 3 months is consistent $ for sure and its great to be able to offer consistently GOOD work to our clients.
5 - Noooo we are not. We were raised in a way where work was encouraged. Before we ever detailed a car we were taught a lot about all kinds of things like plumbing, electrical, landscape, minor building, pool care, painting....all kinds of 'do it yourself' type of stuff...and while some may think that has nothing to do with detailing...we believe everything is related to everything...so if you have passion for mowing a lawn, if you want that lawn to look its absolute best....well then you've learned a huge thing, not how to mow a lawn, but passion....and if you transfer that into everything else you do...well...you're bound to be pretty good at it.
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...gotta video at the bottom of the write up as well so, check it out!!
