North Miami Beach Police Mobil Command Unit - Show Car Makeover

Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
The Ambulance in your write-up is white, do you remember pulling white pigment onto your buffing pad as you buffed on it?
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Thanks for explaining why white is harder than black. +1 Detailing Wisdom for me :props:

As far as i remember there was no paint pulled on to the buffing pads.
 
Malborex said:
As far as i remember there was no paint pulled on to the buffing pads.
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If you don't see any color or pigment transferring to the face of your pads as you're doing any type of compounding or polishing work this means you're working on a clear coat finish and modern clear coats tend to be harder than single stage paints with the exception of single stage white paint.

Of course, the hardness of clears is all over the board, there are soft clears, medium and hard clears. The point is, with clear coats, the hardness is all related to the resin itself. With single stage paints, its' about the resin PLUS the pigment that's added which will affect the softness or hardness of the resin.

Make sense?

I tel a story about how I worked with this guy on a Ferrari he painted and the clear he used was so hard he could not get his sanding marks out using the 3M system. He asked me to try using the Meguiar's system. Even finishing out at #3000 grit Nikken Finishing Papers neither of us could "safely" remove the sanding marks so he had to repaint the Ferrari.

It was the above experience that taught me to always do a "Test Spot" when sanding down any car, that is sand just a section and then see what it's going to take to remove the sanding marks. You don't want to sand a customer's car down only to find out you can't remove the sanding marks so test first.


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Makes sense, but it's funny how buffing a clear coat is sometimes so hard, but putting scratches in it, is very easy.
 
Thank you for allowing me to participate again :xyxthumbs: I'm not sure what was better, detailing truckzilla or the great company of the team :xyxthumbs:
 
I learned a ton in one night and it amazing how far technology has come in detailing, Thanks Guys
 
In this shot, it looks like the guy on the big screen TV is watching Jeff...


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What a fun time we had! It's really good to spend quality time with people who have a common appreciation for detailing no matter the size of the project.

All in all the night went by quickly and I hand it up to you all for sticking it out and giving your best. It was humid and sticky but we got through it.

The best part of the evening was the comedy team of Chris and Tim, you guys really should start a podcast together. It was non-stop laughter...

Mike, thanks for the opportunity in doing this project and sharing your wisdom, especially with the single stage paint.

I always say this but next month is the next detailing boot camp. For those who want hands on, personal instruction, THIS is the place to be. Mike is and always will be a wealth of information and it is a fantastic experience. I attended mine several years ago and the classes seem to get better every year!

Once again, thanks all for the fun night and sweating it out.... :buffing:
 
Chris has quite the personality being locked up all day with two young children.Short of Jeff, he`s the youngest member of a ever evolving cast to knock these projects out.(I am relativity new as a cast member yet not in age).I have to say that my neighbor Craig worked his but off last night.He as well is another welcomed addition to the crew.Good to see Adam, Juan, John, Steve and Paul back.Of coarse I can`t forget my Buddy Robert who`s an institution at AG. Unfortunately Louie threw his back out and could not join us.New members Dan and Jim, I think learned a lot.Of coarse enough can`t be said about Mikes dedication to all these projects.One of the greatest things that occurs on THURSDAY nights besides the camaraderie is everyone checks their Ego at the door in an effort to do the best that the paint can offer us.I love it.:buffing:
 
Thanks for all the kind comments. Last nights project was a monster and without all the hardwork of ever team member this job would have never gotten done in the amount of time it took. Enjoyed working with everybody even the new people. A big thanks to Mike once again for hosting the Thursday night project cars and picking some unusual but yet unique projects to work on. Me and Tim are going to start a Autogeek podcast for sure.
 
I would like to take the time to say:

Kudos everyone for a job well done and the highest accolades for team work and perseverance.

When AG gets a shop in Texas I might just tag in and say hello.
 
U n B e l i e v a ble .!!!!!!!!!
What a Beautiful team effort!!!
Results are amazing, congrats everyone!!
What a display.
 
Thank God for flat panels, otherwise we may still be there.... :):buffing::autowash::pc7424:
 
ixnod said:
I would like to take the time to say:

Kudos everyone for a job well done and the highest accolades for team work and perseverance.

When AG gets a shop in Texas I might just tag in and say hello.
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Not sure when that's going to happen but when it does we'll be sure to post about it on the forum...


juliom2 said:
U n B e l i e v a ble .!!!!!!!!!
What a Beautiful team effort!!!
Results are amazing, congrats everyone!!
What a display.
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Total Team Effort and the results were as good and better than the pictures show...

(Kind of hard to really capture the after shots for something this big)




Juan TW said:
Thank God for flat panels, otherwise we may still be there....
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Hey Juan, thanks again for stopping in and lending a hand...



Optimus Shine said:
Very impressive, you guys should do more emergency vehicles.
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Ugh....

I think I'll stick to cool street rods and classics...



:D
 
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From 2013


I don't know if the North Miami Beach Police department still owns this rig and I'm NOT going to find out.


I'm happy to let some other detailer have the blessing.



:)
 
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