How To Polish a Street Rod! - Modeled by Stacy

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How To Polish a Street Rod! - Modeled by Stacy!


1940 Ford Streetrod with Gtechniq EXO



This 1940 Ford arrived at Autogeek completely swirled out with holograms and a dull, hazy look. The students in my detailing boot camp class removed the swirls and scratches using Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover and Advanced Finishing Polish with Flex 3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polishers and then stripped the paint using GTechniq Panel Wipe and then applied Gtechniq EXO and here are the results...


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Before

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Holograms

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If you look at the roof on the passenger side you can see holograms are all over the roof too...

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Re: 1940 Ford Coupe polished to perfect at Autogeek, modeled by Stacy!

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Here's everything we used to create a true show car finish on this 1940 Ford Hotrod...

Detailer's Waterless Autowash
To wipe the body panels clean. As a rule, you don't "wash" antique cars as you will introduce rust causing moisture to places you cannot reach to dry.

Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay
Pinnacle Clay Lube
Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish
Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover
Gtechniq Panel Wipe
Gtechniq EXO
Flex 3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polishers
Lake Country Hybrid 5" and 6.5" White Poshing Pads - Remove Swirls
Lake Country Hybrid 5" and 6.5" Black Finishing pads - Polish to High Gloss
Super Soft Deluxe Green Microfiber Towels with Rolled Edges
Microfibers Gloves


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Re: How To Polish a Street Rod!

1940 Ford Coupe polished to perfect at Autogeek, modeled by Stacy!

After the students in my detailing boot camp class finished removing the swirls and polishing the paint to perfection, my fiancé Stacy helped us with the finishing touches.
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Please help me to give Stacy a warm AutogeekOnline welcome!


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Hi Stacy, welcome to AGO. Nice job on the coupe Mike.
 
Mike the class was fantastic!

The knowledge you shared with all of us is priceless. I could have worked on my own for years and still not gotten the tips, instruction and insight that you shared with us over the weekend. Thanks for speeding up the learning curve! 10 hours a day really went fast, I know that is because of the countless hours you put in before we arrived.

I would also like to thank Nick for having Autogeek's price catalog memorized, this is no small feat! I would also be remiss if, I did not thank Mr Bob "Max" McKee for providing a top quality site, excellent staff and outstanding training program.

Thanks to everyone in the Autogeek organization for helping me improve may car care skill set.


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Sailfish said:
Thanks to everyone in the Autogeek organization for helping me improve may car care skill set.
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Thanks Paul for the kind words it was great having you in the class and I hope to see you at some of our future Thursday Night Clinics...


I'm going out to the shop to finish off the Corvette and I'll try to get more pictures from Saturday and Sunday tomorrow.



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This isn't discussed much, but cleaning the clay during use (folding, kneading, re-flattening) is bound to be important for the effectiveness of the clay and to avoid any scratches/marring from the contaminants rather than the clay itself.

The clay on the left in the below photo seems long past the point where it should have been "cleaned." Opinions?

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The clay on the left in the below photo seems long past the point where it should have been "cleaned." Opinions?
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The picture was taken after that clay was used on just half the roof. I asked the students to inspect their clay after claying a section and if they had a clay patty that did a good job of showing how contaminated the paint was to STOP and bring me the clay for "the picture value" before kneading.


Just goes to show that even show cars need to be clayed. Of course, afterwards we machine polished it using a medium cut polish on a forced rotation dual action polisher use 6.5" and 5" Hybrid Polishing pads that decimated all the rotary buffers swirls in the paint before the Ford arrived and along with them any marring from the neglected paint.


Good point though for anyone new to car detailing in general and claying in specific.



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Completely off topic...What's under the hood?

Bill
 
Amazing work as usual Mike and Stacy is a beauitful woman. Congrats to the both of you!
 
Finishing with all the pictures taken on day 2 of the class and came across some "Sun Shots" taken outside just before the owner took his 1940 Ford Coupe home...

It was cloudy outside so I did the best I could do...

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I'll try to have Mike back with his hotrod coupe down the road to see how the EXO is holding up...


Products used to create this show car finish...

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On Autogeek.net

Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover

Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish

Gtechniq Panel Wipe

Gtechniq EXO Hybrid Coating - Aerosol

Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay

Pinnacle Clay Lube

Flex 3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polisher

Lake Country 6.5 Hybrid Foam Pads

Lake Country 6.5 Hybrid Foam Pads

Super Soft Deluxe Green Microfiber Towels with Rolled Edges, 6 Pack

Microfiber Gloves 6 Pairs





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