Video: Live Broadcast - 1967 A.C. Cobra & 1949 Packard - Show Car Makeovers!

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Video: Live Broadcast - 1967 A.C. Cobra & 1949 Packard - Show Car Makeovers!



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At 5:00pm this thread will be opened for comments and questions while we're buffing out the below two cars.

1967 A.C. Cobra
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1949 Packard Super Eight
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The link to bookmark and share is this one,

Video: Live Broadcast - 1967 A.C. Cobra & 1949 Packard - Show Car Makeovers!


Please share the above link with all your friends, family and car buddies as we'll be going over a lot of tips and techniques for removing swirls and creating a show car finish.


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For Thursday night's project cars we'll be using the following polishers...


Porter Cable 7424XP
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Meguiar's G110v2
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Griot's Garage 6" ROP
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Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher
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Cyclo Polisher
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Makita BO6040
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Flex 3401
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Flex PE14
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DeWALT 849X
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Makita 9227c
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Pete dropped off his Cobra and before we get started I inspected the finish to see what kind of condition it's in...

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There are swirls throughout the entire finish...
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And the Baggie Test indicates the paint is in dire need of claying...
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And here's Yancy setting up...
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We should go live at 5 or shortly after 5:00...


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Get ready, we are going live at 5 pm est! Doing last minute set up and waiting on last car to come in. See you in a few.
 
OK the feed is LIVE will turn on the audio once we are ready to start.
 
5 mins til audio and we start! Grab the popcorn! Dont forget you can ask me questions and I will relay it out to Mike.
 
Here come some tips and techniques for polishers
 
remember low speed when spreading out product, then adjust speed to polish section
 
good tip to mark backing plate with a black sharpie marker to visually see that your pad is rotating.

How many of you do this?
 
There is a little too much gain in the audio. Got a little bit of that busted speaker sound.
 
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