Lightning Red Subaru WRX - Detailed by Lawrence

:cheers: Thanks so much guys

@001jigsaw - foam is sprayed via a MTM hydro foam cannon hooked up to a Karcher K7 pressure washer.
 
You are sure talented, sir. I cannot believe the fantastic correction and finish you got using a polish and polishing pad!!!! Was the paint sticky at all?
 
WRAPT C5Z06 said:
You are sure talented, sir. I cannot believe the fantastic correction and finish you got using a polish and polishing pad!!!! Was the paint sticky at all?
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Thank you so much for your kind words. Yes the paint was definitely sticky although I found that running the Flex 3401 between speed 3.5 and 4 helped - initially I was playing around with speed 4 to 4.5 but I think the additional heat exacerbated the sticky issues with paint. By running everything a little slower and cooler it definitely helped.

I also went through a bucket load of pads, making sure I cleaned on the fly between sections and switched out to a fresh pad after every 3 sections. This also helped prevent each pad getting too hot, and working with 'clean' pads on soft paint has always been beneficial for me, as there is a tendency for more 'debris' to be loaded into the pad and in turn re-scour the finish.
 
lawrenceSA said:
Thank you so much for your kind words. Yes the paint was definitely sticky although I found that running the Flex 3401 between speed 3.5 and 4 helped - initially I was playing around with speed 4 to 4.5 but I think the additional heat exacerbated the sticky issues with paint. By running everything a little slower and cooler it definitely helped.

I also went through a bucket load of pads, making sure I cleaned on the fly between sections and switched out to a fresh pad after every 3 sections. This also helped prevent each pad getting too hot, and working with 'clean' pads on soft paint has always been beneficial for me, as there is a tendency for more 'debris' to be loaded into the pad and in turn re-scour the finish.
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Yessir, IME, running a slower speed definiely helps with sticky paint as well as using more pads than usual. You nailed it! About how many pads did you use?
 
If memory serves correctly 2 x black and 2 x white 5" hybrids during test spots, then another 12 x 5" white hybrids and 2 x 6.5" white hybrids during the actual correction
 
FrankS said:
Nice work as usual Lawrence!

That paint must have been super soft to get that kind of correction with what you used.
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Yea I spent 30 hours on my vw, paint is hard as heck and boy it wasn't fun lol. I wish all paint was soft, but then again... durability
 
Looks fantastic. I've done some Subaru's and they have very nice paint that reflects well.
 
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