Recent content by Coppertop80

HD Speed, Smells great too!!!

Least aggressive is the best approach, 400Grit is way too aggresive!!! I recently restored a headlight on a 07 Honda Civic ( head light was completely oxidized) Damp sanded with 1500G, than 3000G and finally 5000G Compounded with M105 on PC7424 on Lake Country yellow pad Polished with HD Adapt...

Honestly never tried any Menzerna products. I mostly use Meguiars and now HD products due to their price and great finishing abilities. I was thinking of testing out HD Adapt with and the Rupes Yellow pad on the GTR. That combo worked great on my Nighthawk Black Acura TL which also has super...

Thanks Joe but now I'm a little nervous over this GTR. After a little searching, The GTR's have sensitive clear coat and of coarse this 1 has to be black as well (breath on it and the paint will marr...lol).

Well I guess my client still likes my work, he just referred me to a friend that wants his GTR polished :)

Well it went better than I thought with the client after I explained it is clear coat failure and not my polishing. I also called in favor with a good friend that owns a body shop to respray the tub. Client is happy and all it's costing me is a case of beer. :)

Okay I really wish I took before pictures so everyone could see what this truck looked like and why I took the job in the first place (this was no work truck). Yes it's 14 year old original paint (was only compounded and polished), M105 was used due to the fact the Clear was on the hard side...

Well after tons of searching, it seems the wheel tub has clear coat failure not oxidation. It had the chalky look before I polished it and it just returned and still looks 100 times better than it did. I'm gonna take the hit and give back his cash. Well I'll try first to give a portion back...

I wish it was single stage paint, the tub is base/clear ( no visible paint to the pad). After I damp sanded, the tub was first compounded with 105 and wool pad on a rotary. Than refined with 105 on Meguiars microfibre cutting pad on DA polisher and finish off with M205 with Black Lake Country on...

I'm looking for serious help since I have never encountered this issue before. I performed a full paint correction on a 2002 Ford dually (was heavily swirled and oxidized). So I broke out my trusted M105/M205 and for the drivers side Wheel tub that had been repainted by a real crappy body shop...

Well looking for some advice since I never used paint coatings before. I have my 1980 Camaro Z28 with original Bronze metallic single stage paint but after years of polishing I know the paint is getting thin and was thinking about applying a paint coating? I recently gorged the paint with...

Well I kinda feel bad that my test spot was on the center of the trunk...lol OK maybe not, hope he gets it detailed soon. Hahaha

Since I got my rupes 21, my rotary has been collecting dust.lol Love the finishing capabilities of the Rupes 21. Thinking about picking up the Flex 3401 because of the forced rotation for these harder clear coats.

Well I just called the customer and he wouldn't give me access to the car after i explained I couldn't get the car finished with time constraints he put on me. So he canceled on me. THANK GOD Now that customer car be someone else's problem

Well been thinking about all it night at work. If he doesn't give me access to work on the car I think I'm going to have to pass. I guess the customer thinks it's just like a production detail even though i explained to him how long it takes.