Re: Two project cars for Mobiel Tech Expo Classes
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1969 Camaro
Hugger Orange
Numbers matching 396 Big Block with 4-speed
Before
Clay results
We could feel contaminants but nothing shows on the clay - my guess is --> clear overspray paint.
First Test Spot
First we're going to test the RUPES Quarz Gloss with the RUPES Green Foam Pad
After 8 section passes, we wipe off and inspect with the SCANGRIP Sunmatch Swirl Finder Light and what we're seeing is light micro-marring.
This is a cropped out section of the above.
Conclusion
The Quarz Gloss was aggressive enough to remove the majority of the deepest paint defects but either it or the pad was leaving light micro-marring in the paint.
Second Test Spot
Next we will test the RUPES Keramik Gloss with the RUPES yellow foam pad
Before on both sides of the tape line
Next we did 8 section passes
Wipe off and inspect with the SCANGRIP Sunmatch
This looks great. These are acceptable results.
Out of the two test spots on the hood, the Kermaik Gloss compound with the RUPES yellow pad looked like it would do the job in one-step.
After the test spots, I had my good friend Craig and Frank start at the top and the plan was to work their way down until they had buffed out the entire car. BUT... after polishing on the roof Craig found deeper scratches were still in the paint after wiping off and inspecting. Our goal was a show car finish, this means around 90% to 95% defect removal.
Blue/Blue
The Yellow/Yellow RUPES combination was leaving a nice finish but not removing all the defects while the Green/Green was removing all the defects but not leaving an acceptable finish. So next we tested my favorite combination and that is the RUPES Zephir Gloss Coarse compound with the very aggressive RUPES blue foam pads and true to my experience, this combination on this specific paint on this Camaro removed 95% + of the defects and left an incredibly nice finish. So the guys re-fitted their polishers with blue foam pads and went to work.
After
Current status
As of this morning, the car looks just like you see in the last 4 pictures above. The paint has only been compounded, nothing else.
Thank you to both Frank and Craig for handling the paint correction process for this Camaro while I worked on another project.
