Anyone read the Sept. Car and Driver yet?

[ziggo99]

Page 28 and 30 are about polishing a car. This quote though...

"Wheeling"-i.ei, polishing a vehicle with a rotating wheel, just like a pro detailer would--works by temporarily heating the paint's clear coat until it softens into a viscous liquid taht fills in an dissipates blemishes"

Maybe I'm just too young, but I've never heard of wheeling, and I know that we don't heat our clear coat until it melts to fix blemishes.

I dunno, that's just the first thing that got me, and then suggesting a rotary buffer or a DeWalt Right Angle Orbital Sander just kinda made me want to stop reading and discount anything that they said.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

It scares and saddens me that people are still publishing that kind of inaccurate garbage in this day and age. Can't they do some research and find out they're full of $&*@ with that "re-flowing the clear coat" crap? I mean seriously... that kind of misinformation getting into people's heads is exactly what makes all of our jobs more difficult to do.

And as for the term "wheeling" -- that's just another extension of the ignorance. They don't understand what compounding/polishing aka "buffing" is, thus they don't know enough to call it by one of those names.

 

[93fox]

It scares and saddens me that people are still publishing that kind of inaccurate garbage in this day and age. Can't they do some research and find out they're full of $&*@ with that "re-flowing the clear coat" crap? I mean seriously... that kind of misinformation getting into people's heads is exactly what makes all of our jobs more difficult to do.

And as for the term "wheeling" -- that's just another extension of the ignorance. They don't understand what compounding/polishing aka "buffing" is, thus they don't know enough to call it by one of those names.

the sad part is... the people who read those kind of articles believe that it is right. Then they think we are the hacks... what is this world coming to? :dunno:

 

[Mentalm]

wow even before i got into detailing like i am now. i knew better than that senseless mumble they wrote... do people not research anything these days before the publish stuff ...like this... thats pretty bad lolol and its in a well established mag. oh god. but then again car and driver. has some hilarious car reviews *not in a good way* so im actually not to surprised something like that made it in there mag.

 

[A.P.A.D.]

wow! liquify the clear coat huh?!

 

[ziggo99]

Some other nice quotes include

Use softer pads and polishing compounds on dark colored cars, as they are especially sensitive to swirl marks. More-aggressive compounds and pads can be used on lighter hues

The key is to keep the spinning pad parallel to the car's surface to avoid swirl marks

Mount a soft foam pad on an orbital sander and apply an approximate 60:40 mix of paste wax and a fine finishing polish onto the pad

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

the sad part is... the people who read those kind of articles believe that it is right. Then they think we are the hacks... what is this world coming to? :dunno:

I was asking myself the same thing yesterday walking around a Concours d'Elegance event and staring at swirls, buffer trails, and wax in the cracks/around emblems on everything from Chevys to Duesenbergs....

They were probably detailed by the same folks who wrote this article!

 

[Flash Gordon]

Page 28 and 30 are about polishing a car. This quote though...


Maybe I'm just too young, but I've never heard of wheeling, and I know that we don't heat our clear coat until it melts to fix blemishes.

I dunno, that's just the first thing that got me, and then suggesting a rotary buffer or a DeWalt Right Angle Orbital Sander just kinda made me want to stop reading and discount anything that they said.

How is the September issue already out and its only August 1st

what is this world coming to? :dunno:

Its coming to Jesus

 

[93fox]

I was asking myself the same thing yesterday walking around a Concours d'Elegance event and staring at swirls, buffer trails, and wax in the cracks/around emblems on everything from Chevys to Duesenbergs....

They were probably detailed by the same folks who wrote this article!

Same here Charlie. Ive been to a few out door car shows, and well you know the sun reveals everything. Its sad sometimes you dont see not one single car without swirls or holograms... And then... THEY GIVE AWARDS!!!! awards for swirls and holograms! :hungry:

 

[Capa1970]

I just got mine today via mail and I dont even recall them mentioning claying prior to polishing.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

I just got mine today via mail and I dont even recall them mentioning claying prior to polishing.

You guys sure this wasn't on their "Flashback" page, showing what horrible misinformation they used to print back in the 70s or something?

 

[qaz393]

you guys might flame this article, but i do have some picture that proves that it does work. i have scratches on my car that dissappeared on a waterspot.

 

[Capa1970]

You guys sure this wasn't on their "Flashback" page, showing what horrible misinformation they used to print back in the 70s or something?

Definitely not the Flashback section but the "Upfront How to Polish your Car like a Pro."
They also erred by recommending Griot's polish #4 for lighter blemishes instead of Griot's #3. They also have Meg's 105 and Griot's #2 polish in the same category and it should be Griot's #1.

 

[Rei86]

How do you liquify clear coat with just a brush and a drill?

 

[qaz393]

here is a fast, cleaned picture of a scratch that i had on my truck. last week, the car has water spot through that line. the waterspot was left for a week on the car and the car is driven to work and parked in the sun. now, the sractch is a shallower (or maybe rounder) and is harder to reflect the light.

i personally dont believe that this will be a effective way to remove scratches. i am a bit confused myself too why the scratcch will shallow out at the waterspot.

note: the scratch only shallow exactly at the outline of the waterspot, therefore im 99% sure the waterspot did this.

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

you guys might flame this article, but i do have some picture that proves that it does work. i have scratches on my car that dissappeared on a waterspot.

Uh, what "it" are you talking about that "does work"?

I don't see anything whatsoever in that pic you posted....

 

[qaz393]

if you look at the scratch near the light, there is a part that dissappeared. that is where a waterspot used to be. it has seem to level a scratch

 

[Flash Gordon]

Crazy talk...

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

if you look at the scratch near the light, there is a part that dissappeared. that is where a waterspot used to be. it has seem to level a scratch

WHAT "has seem to level a scratch"?

You're speaking gibberish at the moment.... Feed back please

 

[JonMiles]

if you look at the scratch near the light, there is a part that dissappeared. that is where a waterspot used to be. it has seem to level a scratch

Could it be that the water spot etched the paint thus making a depression that makes the scratch seem shallower because less clear coat is above the scratch?