Matt S.
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Stuart, Florida aka Hot Rod City
circa 1959
Hey all you Chickie babies, Cool cats, Greasers, and Motor heads. You are hip to a whole new sound, so put on your best threads, lose the squares, and get ready to head to coolsville for the biggest machine bash of paint polishing. Let's get cranked and have a blast!
Narrated by Arthur Fonzerelli
Matthew, aka, Matt-Attack is an actor in these parts, hip to the crowd. His old man just laid down the bread on a '57 Chevrolet Bel Air flip-top with double quads and a 283 bent eight. Matt-Attack clued in with the fact that his old man's chariot was short on the sizzle. The paint had gotten moldy with swirl marks, scratches, and a lack of shine. I'll clue you this, Matt ain't no wet rag, he's in orbit and he was determined to pound out the swirls and restore shine to the rag. Shiny paint is the best way to find the babies, paper shakers, and foxy yoots.
Matt-Attack had a partner in crime, his handle is Todd. Todd is a goof who is just as good at smoking his clutch as he is smoking cigs. Todd's a prep who can't lay a patch to save his life. I'll clue you more: He knows how to remove swirl marks so Matt-Attack was over the moon to have his help on their polishing ice freeze.
The first step to get Daddy'O's chariot ready for the boulevard is to get it clean. Matt-Attack crushed out his Pall Mall and got workin’ with BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond Waterless Wash and a primo Supreme 530 Microfiber Towel. Supreme 530 Microfiber towels ain’t square. They feature ultra soft microfiber that is gentle to your paint.
BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond Waterless Wash uses advanced polymers to encapsulate dirt and grime and safely pull it off the paint without causing damage, ya dig? First ya get it a little goopy by laying down the goods with a fine mist.
Then wipe the microfiber towel over the paint until the dirt is gone. Flip the towel over and wipe to a shine.
Matt worked the all the areas of the paint until it was in orbit. Leaving dirt on the paint before you polish is for Mickey Mouse. Any dirt on the paint can cause damage, so make sure your chariot is clean from goop before movin' on.
Matt shined his Daddy'O's ride completely.
The next step was to get looped in on the process needed to make the '57 Chevy give the babies heart attacks.
Ya see, paint loses shine when it gets infected with swirl marks. Swirl marks are little scratches that cause light to disperse instead of reflect, so the paint looks dull. Polishing the paint restores the sizzle to the paint by making the surface smooth, like the mirror your mom fixes her nest in, ya dig?
Ya see Matt and Todd got the jets for brains, they are clued. They know the best way to select the process is with using a test spot. Polish one section of the paint until you dial in the correct process, then repeat the steps on the rest of the paint to make sure your results are hip.
Matt-Attack inspected the paint with a Brinkmann Swirl Finder, after taping off a 2' x 2' test section.
The light gave the goods on the paint. You just cannot go ape on paint that has swirls like this. Your ride can't be the big wheel when the paint looks like a hub cap. It just ain't coooollllll.
Todd'O is Ivy League I'll tell ya. He knows it’s best to start with the finest polish first and see if that will correct the swirl marks before jumpin' the shark. He ain't no jelly roll.
Todd put a Lake Country Hi-Gloss White CCS pad on a FLEX 3401 DA polisher. The white foam has enough bite to lay the swirls down with the cows but it’s still soft enough to leave the paint with a good gloss. A mist of BLACKFIRE Advanced Paint Conditioner - this magic in a bottle has the proof. It prevents dry buffing and helps the polish spread across the paint for results that are cookin'.
Todd hopped up the pad with three small dots of BLACKFIRE SRC Finishing Polish. SRC Finishing Polish ain’t the grease ya slick back your nest with, it uses precision cut nano aluminum oxide abrasives to jewel the paint to a mirror finish. It's the chili. It is the finest abrasive in the BLACKFIRE lineup, and it is always best to start with the least aggressive method first.
He set the FLEX on speed 5 and pressed firmly into the test panel. A firm squeeze of the speed-sensitive trigger brought the machine to life. Todd worked with firm pressure and slow arm speed until the polish started to give the goods and turn clear. The residue was wiped with a Supreme 530 Microfiber.
Todd gave paint the goggles. The extremely gentle combination of BLACKFIRE SRC Finishing Polish and the White Polishing Pad made the paint shinier, but it didn't remove the deeper swirl marks. That's okay, no need to have a cow. That's why Todd and Matt-Attack start with a test section.
Matt switched to an Orange Hi-Gloss pad. The Orange Light Cutting Foam has more bite and is sure to help give the swirl marks the breeze. To increase the cutting power, Matt swapped out the polish for BLACKFIRE SRC Compound. SRC Compound uses the latest advancements in diminishing abrasives to remove moderate to severe swirl marks without dulling the paint. Matt set the FLEX at speed 6, flat out, and got on with the business.
Matt worked the FLEX 3401 Dual-Action Polisher and BLACKFIRE SRC Compound in overlapping passes over the test section until it began to appear opaque, then buffed the residue with a Supreme 530 Microfiber towel.
The best light to inspect paint is direct sunlight, and the sun was shining this day in Stuart, Florida. To give you cool cats at home an idea of the different, here is the paint before:
And the paint after in the sunlight, before they even used the BLACKFIRE SRC Finishing Polish, which would increase the gloss even further.
Matt and Todd'e'O determined the final process to be a two step procedure. First BLACKFIRE SRC Compound would be applied by a FLEX 3401 DA and the new Lake Country Hybrid Wool Polishing pad or a FLEX PE14 Rotary using a 4 inch Hydro-Tech Cyan Pad in tight spots. Final polishing would be done with a FLEX PE14 Rotary and 6.5 inch Lake Country Black Finishing and Meguiar's Soft Buff 4 inch Finishing Pads. This would give the paint the shine to keep the mirror warmed happy and the paper shakers heading to backseat bingoville.
With the flip-top back in the garage, Matt and Todd taped up the trim pieces to avoid creaming them with 3M Painter's Tape.
To keep the tight areas from getting the shoulder, a 4 inch Lake Country Cyan Pad was attached to a FLEX PE Rotary Polisher.
Todd polished the trim and small areas with steel nerve, his lid on sideways.
Matt ran the Flex DA flat-out with a Wool Pad with BLACKFIRE SRC Compound. This work requires determination and Matt-Attack doesn't let anybody razz his berries.
Todd handled the other side.
The day was getting late and the sun was making like a tree and leaving. Matt had to cop a breeze or else he would be late on a date with his baby. They had a kick at the local drive in.
On his own, Todd turned up the '57 Chevy's Wonder Bar Radio and jived to the latest from Little Richard.
This hip tool, given to Todd from Marty McFly when he traveled back in time is a Defelsko PosiTest DFT Combo Paint Thickness Gauge. It measures the total thickness of the paint to make sure Todd didn't shave the paint too close.
Approaching 8 PM, Todd wanted to put an egg in his shoe and beat it, but not without cleaning up the corral first.
Cleaning your polishing pads frequently guarantees they will always achieve optimal performance. The Lake Country Hybrid Wool Pad had picked up the color of the '57 Chevy (that had drove to the levee but the levee was dry).
Adding one scope of Detailer’s “Pro Series” Polishing Pad Rejuvenator into a Grit-Guard ® Pad Cleaner made cleaning the pads no-sweat.
Spin the pad over the Grit-Guard insert with pressure to clean, then release pressure to spin the pad dry. The result after 30 seconds... was Madison Avenue.
The final shot from Day 1.
circa 1959
Hey all you Chickie babies, Cool cats, Greasers, and Motor heads. You are hip to a whole new sound, so put on your best threads, lose the squares, and get ready to head to coolsville for the biggest machine bash of paint polishing. Let's get cranked and have a blast!
Narrated by Arthur Fonzerelli
Matthew, aka, Matt-Attack is an actor in these parts, hip to the crowd. His old man just laid down the bread on a '57 Chevrolet Bel Air flip-top with double quads and a 283 bent eight. Matt-Attack clued in with the fact that his old man's chariot was short on the sizzle. The paint had gotten moldy with swirl marks, scratches, and a lack of shine. I'll clue you this, Matt ain't no wet rag, he's in orbit and he was determined to pound out the swirls and restore shine to the rag. Shiny paint is the best way to find the babies, paper shakers, and foxy yoots.
Matt-Attack had a partner in crime, his handle is Todd. Todd is a goof who is just as good at smoking his clutch as he is smoking cigs. Todd's a prep who can't lay a patch to save his life. I'll clue you more: He knows how to remove swirl marks so Matt-Attack was over the moon to have his help on their polishing ice freeze.
The first step to get Daddy'O's chariot ready for the boulevard is to get it clean. Matt-Attack crushed out his Pall Mall and got workin’ with BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond Waterless Wash and a primo Supreme 530 Microfiber Towel. Supreme 530 Microfiber towels ain’t square. They feature ultra soft microfiber that is gentle to your paint.
BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond Waterless Wash uses advanced polymers to encapsulate dirt and grime and safely pull it off the paint without causing damage, ya dig? First ya get it a little goopy by laying down the goods with a fine mist.
Then wipe the microfiber towel over the paint until the dirt is gone. Flip the towel over and wipe to a shine.
Matt worked the all the areas of the paint until it was in orbit. Leaving dirt on the paint before you polish is for Mickey Mouse. Any dirt on the paint can cause damage, so make sure your chariot is clean from goop before movin' on.
Matt shined his Daddy'O's ride completely.
The next step was to get looped in on the process needed to make the '57 Chevy give the babies heart attacks.
Ya see, paint loses shine when it gets infected with swirl marks. Swirl marks are little scratches that cause light to disperse instead of reflect, so the paint looks dull. Polishing the paint restores the sizzle to the paint by making the surface smooth, like the mirror your mom fixes her nest in, ya dig?
Ya see Matt and Todd got the jets for brains, they are clued. They know the best way to select the process is with using a test spot. Polish one section of the paint until you dial in the correct process, then repeat the steps on the rest of the paint to make sure your results are hip.
Matt-Attack inspected the paint with a Brinkmann Swirl Finder, after taping off a 2' x 2' test section.
The light gave the goods on the paint. You just cannot go ape on paint that has swirls like this. Your ride can't be the big wheel when the paint looks like a hub cap. It just ain't coooollllll.
Todd'O is Ivy League I'll tell ya. He knows it’s best to start with the finest polish first and see if that will correct the swirl marks before jumpin' the shark. He ain't no jelly roll.
Todd put a Lake Country Hi-Gloss White CCS pad on a FLEX 3401 DA polisher. The white foam has enough bite to lay the swirls down with the cows but it’s still soft enough to leave the paint with a good gloss. A mist of BLACKFIRE Advanced Paint Conditioner - this magic in a bottle has the proof. It prevents dry buffing and helps the polish spread across the paint for results that are cookin'.
Todd hopped up the pad with three small dots of BLACKFIRE SRC Finishing Polish. SRC Finishing Polish ain’t the grease ya slick back your nest with, it uses precision cut nano aluminum oxide abrasives to jewel the paint to a mirror finish. It's the chili. It is the finest abrasive in the BLACKFIRE lineup, and it is always best to start with the least aggressive method first.
He set the FLEX on speed 5 and pressed firmly into the test panel. A firm squeeze of the speed-sensitive trigger brought the machine to life. Todd worked with firm pressure and slow arm speed until the polish started to give the goods and turn clear. The residue was wiped with a Supreme 530 Microfiber.
Todd gave paint the goggles. The extremely gentle combination of BLACKFIRE SRC Finishing Polish and the White Polishing Pad made the paint shinier, but it didn't remove the deeper swirl marks. That's okay, no need to have a cow. That's why Todd and Matt-Attack start with a test section.
Matt switched to an Orange Hi-Gloss pad. The Orange Light Cutting Foam has more bite and is sure to help give the swirl marks the breeze. To increase the cutting power, Matt swapped out the polish for BLACKFIRE SRC Compound. SRC Compound uses the latest advancements in diminishing abrasives to remove moderate to severe swirl marks without dulling the paint. Matt set the FLEX at speed 6, flat out, and got on with the business.
Matt worked the FLEX 3401 Dual-Action Polisher and BLACKFIRE SRC Compound in overlapping passes over the test section until it began to appear opaque, then buffed the residue with a Supreme 530 Microfiber towel.
The best light to inspect paint is direct sunlight, and the sun was shining this day in Stuart, Florida. To give you cool cats at home an idea of the different, here is the paint before:
And the paint after in the sunlight, before they even used the BLACKFIRE SRC Finishing Polish, which would increase the gloss even further.
Matt and Todd'e'O determined the final process to be a two step procedure. First BLACKFIRE SRC Compound would be applied by a FLEX 3401 DA and the new Lake Country Hybrid Wool Polishing pad or a FLEX PE14 Rotary using a 4 inch Hydro-Tech Cyan Pad in tight spots. Final polishing would be done with a FLEX PE14 Rotary and 6.5 inch Lake Country Black Finishing and Meguiar's Soft Buff 4 inch Finishing Pads. This would give the paint the shine to keep the mirror warmed happy and the paper shakers heading to backseat bingoville.
With the flip-top back in the garage, Matt and Todd taped up the trim pieces to avoid creaming them with 3M Painter's Tape.
To keep the tight areas from getting the shoulder, a 4 inch Lake Country Cyan Pad was attached to a FLEX PE Rotary Polisher.
Todd polished the trim and small areas with steel nerve, his lid on sideways.
Matt ran the Flex DA flat-out with a Wool Pad with BLACKFIRE SRC Compound. This work requires determination and Matt-Attack doesn't let anybody razz his berries.
Todd handled the other side.
The day was getting late and the sun was making like a tree and leaving. Matt had to cop a breeze or else he would be late on a date with his baby. They had a kick at the local drive in.
On his own, Todd turned up the '57 Chevy's Wonder Bar Radio and jived to the latest from Little Richard.
This hip tool, given to Todd from Marty McFly when he traveled back in time is a Defelsko PosiTest DFT Combo Paint Thickness Gauge. It measures the total thickness of the paint to make sure Todd didn't shave the paint too close.
Approaching 8 PM, Todd wanted to put an egg in his shoe and beat it, but not without cleaning up the corral first.
Cleaning your polishing pads frequently guarantees they will always achieve optimal performance. The Lake Country Hybrid Wool Pad had picked up the color of the '57 Chevy (that had drove to the levee but the levee was dry).
Adding one scope of Detailer’s “Pro Series” Polishing Pad Rejuvenator into a Grit-Guard ® Pad Cleaner made cleaning the pads no-sweat.
Spin the pad over the Grit-Guard insert with pressure to clean, then release pressure to spin the pad dry. The result after 30 seconds... was Madison Avenue.
The final shot from Day 1.
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