Mike Phillips
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1962 Volkswagen - HOK PEARL Paint - Training Car for the September Competition Ready Detailing Class
This class is SOLD OUT!
For those of you that signed up for this class, here's just ONE of the cool cars you'll be working on when we go over Show Car Detailing.
1962 Volkswagen with a custom House of Kolor Candy Metallic Yellow Paint Job
Now to the casual observer, this car looks great because it appears as though the paint looks great...
See how under these light condition the paint looks clear and glossy?
Hologram scratches from the misuse of a rotary buffer
To the person with a trained eye that knows how to correctly inspect a car finish, this expensive, custom House of Kolor paint job is filled with hologram swirls!
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures. Kind of hurts your eyes doesn't it?
Here's my camera flash lighting up the side of the door....
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures.
Here's the hood....
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures.
This is the other side of the hood only here I'm using the FLEX Swirl Finder Light to reveal the swirls and scratches....
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures.
The word hologram means a specific type of scratch pattern inflicted into the paint by the misuse of a rotary buffer.
It's the normal procedure for even the best body shops to buff out their paint jobs using a wool pad, a compound and a polish with only a rotary buffer and then STOP after these two steps. Nothing wrong with a rotary buffer to buff out a fresh, custom paint job but the final machine polishing step should be performed using a dual action, orbital polisher like we sell here at Autogeek and like we use in all our detailing classes
By using a dual action orbital polisher you will remove the holograms and leave a true show car finish.
The 2016 September Competition Ready Class will use one of the many types of tools we cover in this class to remove the holograms and restore a true show car finish to this very cool bug!
This class is SOLD OUT!
For those of you that signed up for this class, here's just ONE of the cool cars you'll be working on when we go over Show Car Detailing.
1962 Volkswagen with a custom House of Kolor Candy Metallic Yellow Paint Job
Now to the casual observer, this car looks great because it appears as though the paint looks great...
See how under these light condition the paint looks clear and glossy?
Hologram scratches from the misuse of a rotary buffer
To the person with a trained eye that knows how to correctly inspect a car finish, this expensive, custom House of Kolor paint job is filled with hologram swirls!
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures. Kind of hurts your eyes doesn't it?
Here's my camera flash lighting up the side of the door....
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures.
Here's the hood....
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures.
This is the other side of the hood only here I'm using the FLEX Swirl Finder Light to reveal the swirls and scratches....
The below picture is the full size resolution section cropped out of the above pictures.
The word hologram means a specific type of scratch pattern inflicted into the paint by the misuse of a rotary buffer.
It's the normal procedure for even the best body shops to buff out their paint jobs using a wool pad, a compound and a polish with only a rotary buffer and then STOP after these two steps. Nothing wrong with a rotary buffer to buff out a fresh, custom paint job but the final machine polishing step should be performed using a dual action, orbital polisher like we sell here at Autogeek and like we use in all our detailing classes
By using a dual action orbital polisher you will remove the holograms and leave a true show car finish.
The 2016 September Competition Ready Class will use one of the many types of tools we cover in this class to remove the holograms and restore a true show car finish to this very cool bug!
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