Wheeler Dealers buffing?

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Hello all,
Im not sure if you guys have seen the show wheeler dealers, but i was watching it the other night and they were buffing a car. He was compounding a single stage paint but he was keeping the panel wet with a sponge while buffing. Im a newbe but i have not seen this process before. Any insight would be awesome Thanks
 
The wheeler dealer guys from the UK are hacks. I like watching their shows just for the fun of it. They arent your detailing and autobody type of guys. They are all about fixing cars on the cheap and selling them. Watch the episode of with the red MR2. He does body work to the rear quarter panel/wing and starts painting it with a rattle can.
 
ha ha i saw the one with the miata and they painted parts with that too. i was just wondering if any one had seen this before
 
I do watch the show. What I dont get it how they can possibly be making any money to compensate for the time. When they list their cost vs selling price they usually only make a few hundred Quid (I believe that means British Pounds). Yet, the project took the guy that does all the work days or weeks to complete. I hope he isn't relying on that for income.
 
Yes the do "dodgy" work as they would say when it comes to autobody/paint.....But when the tall guy, Ed, "compounds" and is using water with the "compound" he is using a product that needs to be mixed with water to dilute it (way old system). We are all lucky and all the compounds we use are already prepared.
 
oh ok that clears it up. thanks, yea i dont get that show its fun to watch though
 
TheMethod said:
But when the tall guy, Ed, "compounds" and is using water with the "compound" he is using a product that needs to be mixed with water to dilute it (way old system).
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Master Glaze - An AIO from the old days...I have a car polish in my collection that is a powder, you mix it with water when you're ready to use it. Note the use of the "All-In-One" or AIO term?

This is probably from the 1920's


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TheMethod said:
Yes the do "dodgy" work as they would say when it comes to autobody/paint.....But when the tall guy, Ed, "compounds" and is using water with the "compound" he is using a product that needs to be mixed with water to dilute it (way old system). We are all lucky and all the compounds we use are already prepared.
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He was using farecla g3 in some of the videos as his compound and that is RTU not mixing. What older products are you talking about. I've used it a few times and find that it works fairly well and doesnt have a problem staying wet.

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Ahh! Thanks Mike for that pic. I havent heard of concentrated powdered polish before, and for $1 to boot!
 
Lasthope05 said:
He was using farecla g3 in some of the videos as his compound and that is RTU not mixing. What older products are you talking about. I've used it a few times and find that it works fairly well and doesnt have a problem staying wet.
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I mean't the water is used to help reduce burning through the paint, you can see what other kind of work they do, obviously he's not a pro. detailer.

[video=youtube_share;2A56acHlFQ8]- Farecla G3 Buffing Video[/video]
 
Look at the date of the shows at the very end of the credit's.
They seem to have been done a number of years ago.
 
TheMethod said:
I mean't the water is used to help reduce burning through the paint, you can see what other kind of work they do, obviously he's not a pro. detailer.
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If you have ever used farecla G3 before, the water is not used to reduce burning through the paint. Its actually really hard to burn paint with a rotary on a flat surface. The water is there to help relubricate the polish to give it longer working time to help with the overall final appearance. Its the same technique as used in KBM method of using water to reactivate the compound. Also the damp pad is used is so there is no dry buff and to prevent the pad from absorbing too much of the polish like how one would use a prime a fresh pad with quick detailer or using extra polish. As I have stated I have used farecla g3 in the past with and without any water and it has always worked quite well for me.
 
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