first time with the flex... (and first time ever polishing period)

[CacheHX]

first time with the flex... (and first time ever polishing period) updated (pg. 2)

well I went an found a hood off an old chevy pickup (i think about a 1965) today an tore into it with the new flex. First used menz power gloss with orange ccs pad; then went to power finish with white ccs pad; then 85RD with blue ccs pad. topped it all off with some fuzion.... this is what i got. the paint was obviously in horrible condition (deep scrapes, dents an some rust under the paint) but check out that shine! didnt have my camera so just snapped a cell phone pic.

 

[Rsurfer]

Amazing turn around. Now you can polish a real car.

 

[Clutch34]

woahh..! great work! your off to a great start! :xyxthumbs:

 

[cleanscapes]

Must say you did a very good job.

 

[killrflake]

Came out pretty nice. Guess your ready for the next big step, your oun car:xyxthumbs:

 

[A4 1.8tqm]

I guess it looks a little better...

 

[BobbyG]

Very nice indeed! Send that Flex on over to me and I'll tell you what I think of it! rops: rops:

OH, and I promise to send it right back too!! :buffing:

 

[HighEndDetail]

Great, now use it on your car :buffing:

 

[LincolnZephyr2006]

Hmmm.. good job! I would just be careful on old stuff with deep gashes to save your pads!

 

[CEE DOG]

:dblthumb2: Nice work! How do you like how smooth that Flex runs?

 

[CacheHX]

Re: first time with the flex... (and first time ever polishing period) updated

well to add to my thread here, I just wanted to share an see what ya thought...

I did a 3 stage polish on my cousins black chevy. Used menzerna, ccs, flex, klasse, and souveran.

technically speaking this was my second time if ya count the hood i did in the picture above.

here are some before an afters...

 

[CacheHX]

the spots in the paint are paint job flaws... they wont go away

 

[rohnramirez]

Hmmm.. good job! I would just be careful on old stuff with deep gashes to save your pads!

Ditto :iagree:

And just to add a little something to that. Since you have an old beat up panel to practice on, get some sandpapers and start wetsanding with 2000grit to 2500grit, then compound , polish. i'm sure you'll get better results. Good luck. I'm also new to the forum. waiting for my pcxp to get started on my ride too.