richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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I've hardly been online in the last 2 weeks. In fact, I've been off on vacation and had a few vehicles lined up to do during that time. This was to be the first motorcycle I've ever detailed other than my own Suzuki, which I have sold and no longer own.
This is also the first time I've worked on gel coat to correct, other than a Sea Doo that I did just to correct water spots on. This is a Screaming Eagle edition Harley and belongs to a friend and the trailer gets pulled behind it.
I shot a ton of pics on this job as I was very proud of how both vehicles came out. I also got to play with the new mf pads and D300. My thoughts (good and bad) on that later.
Here they are as arrived:
Faded headlight cover and cloudy windscreen:
On a road trip last summer, he was forced against a guard rail while pulling the trailer. It's amazing he wasn't hurt or that more damage was not done to the bike. The right side lower saddle bag got scraped pretty good and the right side of the upper case too. The front fender also got scraped along the left side. That I was able to touch up.
Lots of chrome to polish on this!
Now here's the trailer:
The trailer was attended to first. It was foamed, then washed with a strong DG 901/Dawn solution. The wheels, barrels and wells were also cleaned. I removed the vinyl cover on the front.
Correction:
This is a fiberglass trailer. The gel coat was swirled. No scratches fortunately. I tried the Opt mf cutting pad and D300 on it. The swirls had a good 'ole laugh at that! I stepped the mf pad up to M105 with similar snickers. I even tried a Surbuff pad and M105...more disrespectful snickering. So, I broke out my B & S pad and decided to use it with my DA....not bad. Not quite as much power to correct as with a rotary, but not bad.
After that stage I then took the D300 and tried it as a follow up to the wool. I used it with the OPT mf pad. It worked great! Finished down well, easy to use, etc....BUT...what a pain in the ass! Really. I found that it needed to be cleaned every pass. Every 2nd was only marginally OK. I then compared using a yellow B/S pad with the D300. Correction? Just as good. Finished down? Just as good. PITA factor? Clear winner. I can't see myself using these much. Maybe on those sticky Infiniti clears, but not much else. D300 is a fantastic product though, I really do like it a lot!
I followed that up with M205 and a white B/S pad. It was wiped down with ERASER. The wheel faces were done with OG. The paint was also done with OG. The vinyl was treated with UTTG. The chrome was polished with Colli Metal wax. The tires were air gun sprayed with DP gel.
Here's a finished shot of the trailer inside the garage:
This is also the first time I've worked on gel coat to correct, other than a Sea Doo that I did just to correct water spots on. This is a Screaming Eagle edition Harley and belongs to a friend and the trailer gets pulled behind it.
I shot a ton of pics on this job as I was very proud of how both vehicles came out. I also got to play with the new mf pads and D300. My thoughts (good and bad) on that later.
Here they are as arrived:
Faded headlight cover and cloudy windscreen:
On a road trip last summer, he was forced against a guard rail while pulling the trailer. It's amazing he wasn't hurt or that more damage was not done to the bike. The right side lower saddle bag got scraped pretty good and the right side of the upper case too. The front fender also got scraped along the left side. That I was able to touch up.
Lots of chrome to polish on this!
Now here's the trailer:
The trailer was attended to first. It was foamed, then washed with a strong DG 901/Dawn solution. The wheels, barrels and wells were also cleaned. I removed the vinyl cover on the front.
Correction:
This is a fiberglass trailer. The gel coat was swirled. No scratches fortunately. I tried the Opt mf cutting pad and D300 on it. The swirls had a good 'ole laugh at that! I stepped the mf pad up to M105 with similar snickers. I even tried a Surbuff pad and M105...more disrespectful snickering. So, I broke out my B & S pad and decided to use it with my DA....not bad. Not quite as much power to correct as with a rotary, but not bad.
After that stage I then took the D300 and tried it as a follow up to the wool. I used it with the OPT mf pad. It worked great! Finished down well, easy to use, etc....BUT...what a pain in the ass! Really. I found that it needed to be cleaned every pass. Every 2nd was only marginally OK. I then compared using a yellow B/S pad with the D300. Correction? Just as good. Finished down? Just as good. PITA factor? Clear winner. I can't see myself using these much. Maybe on those sticky Infiniti clears, but not much else. D300 is a fantastic product though, I really do like it a lot!
I followed that up with M205 and a white B/S pad. It was wiped down with ERASER. The wheel faces were done with OG. The paint was also done with OG. The vinyl was treated with UTTG. The chrome was polished with Colli Metal wax. The tires were air gun sprayed with DP gel.
Here's a finished shot of the trailer inside the garage:
