If you had a junk car to practice on?..

Rod73

Rod73

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If you had a scrap car that you could play with what would you do?!

Roommate's old 93 Ford .. probably never been detailed ever ... or even washed/cleaned for several years inside out
 
Having trouble uploading pictures. .. will do that soon, sometime this evening
 
Back it 1981 I practiced on an AMC yellow Pacer, a lot of glass but it did have a bonnet. Lol

I was introduce to my first rotary.
 
When I was first starting to do more than an old fashioned wax I went around to several local body shops and asked them if they had any hood that were going to the junk yard. And i was able to get a couple of black hoods that were only destroyed on on half.

I tried everything on them. Rotary, with and without wool, wet and dry sanding. Even painting with Walmart products. Learned what works and what doesn't. Found out pretty quick that I better practice with the rotary before I do any real cars.

I even tried to teach myself to beat out the tin. It actually would have looked OK if you don't mind too much Bondo.
 
I have a 1996 520 BMW with clear coat failure and hail damage I been practicing on. Wet sanded scratches out of it try all my new products on it. Next need to try some PDR
 
LSP durability.
Different LSP, different climate performance :D
 
I think I would give it an intensive wash, clay, Iron treatment etc.

Then I would pull out the rotary, wool, and compound and start from there. The reason I say pull out the rotary is so you can get a good feel on how a rotary behaves and not worry about jacking up the paint in this scenario.
 
Wet sand and practice using a rotary
 
Another +1 for wetsanding

You can also practice paint touch up, glass polishing, headlight restoration, and using a rotary

(btw cannot see the photo with my work computer)
 
Honestly, I would like it just to try techniques on new products before actually putting it on my 'baby'
 
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