Darrell@Scoobyworx

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Paint from factory is very thin but if you know what your doing your ok, this post prooves that

Black-Hawk

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Many differant ways to achieve the same/better finish, As i dont have access to a DA at home i used 2000 wet+dry and a double density block for the flat bits, then a 3000 trizac disc wet by hand, then used a rotary machine polisher with 1) 3m fastcut plus 2) 3m extra fine plus, and 3) 3m ultra fine se, once the machine polishing is finished it'll be having the 3 stage Blackfire "Wet ice over fire" treatment

Black-Hawk

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Very soft, but not too thin, took measurements before comencing.

Black-Hawk

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Just spoke to him and what he actually told you was "you cant polish a turd"

wrx9181

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Cheers mate

Cannon Fodder

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I suppose your car has had so many layers of paint by now that the paint weighs more than the panel it's sitting on, good job though to make all the paint finishes finally match.

F1 CJE UK

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What reading did you get? My WRC blue paint seems very thin and hard ish. It is also blood sticky so not much fun to work on

The Veteran

I would be to full of terror to do that to my paint.

Black-Hawk

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You'll be receiving a solicitors letter for that b0ll0cks.
Painted areas on my car, (that i've painted)
N/S fog lamp cover (accesory)
Splitter (accesory)
Vaine spoiler (accesory)
Rear arches/ bumper spats (accesories)
Bootlid (donor part, original unpainted)

Cannon Fodder

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Touchy, touchy.

Black-Hawk

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Around 100 microns all over, hav'nt checked after.

prodriverules

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The Trooper 1815

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Ladies!

Flaps

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The results from those latest pics look superb! I wish I had the time and knowledge to be able to do something like this, I'd probably have my account on here deleted if I posted up the date of when I last washed my car!

Black-Hawk

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Go and wash your car,... i'm building up for another sesion

R1CH D

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You seriously have OCD in a big way Jarv. Looking bloody good now though..

SRSport

I zoomed in on that finished panel and showed it to my wife saying, 'do you like the house'? Looking at me blankly I zoomed out and she was pretty amazed to see that it was a reflection on car paint.

Black-Hawk

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Been at it again today, started by going over the boot lid with the machine again as i was'nt 100% h,a,p,p,y, it was a donor panel that i removed the holes on and painted to go spoilerless,



That done it was onto the front door,

Flatted,



And machined,



And i think this is a cracking reflection shot,



And finally for this weekend the wing,

Paintwork before,



And flatted,



And machined back again,



Like i said, enough sanding for one weekend.

And i did realy want to use my new Blackfire "Wet ice over fire kit" this is a 3 stage kit and it goes a little something like this,
First washed the car using a hose, 2 buckets, a wash mitt and some Autosmart "Duet" shampoo,

1st stage, Blackfire "Gloss enhancing polish" applied with a micro fibre applicator to 1/2 to 1 panel at a time and buffed off straight away with a buffing towel,





2nd stage, Blackfire "Wet dimond all finish paint protection" this applied with a foam applicator all over car as it requires 15mins to cure, then buffed off with a buffing towel,






And finally... Blackfire "midnight sun paste wax" applied to 3 or 4 panels at a time with a foam applicator, requires 5 mins to cure then buff with a buffing towel,





And some randoms after i'd finished (not the best light for the pic's but never mind)











Its been a long day

SRSport

Stunning, simply stunning, well done mate.

Rob Day

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Thats pretty sick, the picture of the Renault looks like a direct picture, and not a reflection!!!!

Top work, I must get the pics up of the areas I need to attend to, then you can tell me if they are workable or not

Rob

The Trooper 1815

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Gareth, Your misses needs to let you out once in a while.

Cannon Fodder

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She does, she locks him out of the house; so he then cleans the car.

martyp1970

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that is an amazing finish and lots of good old fashioned elbow grease has gone into it.
i always struggle when it comes to body work,compounds,knowing what grade paper to use and for what purpose etc etc...
could you tell me why exactly you were sanding the cars finish laquere off , i can see the results are simply fantastic but will there be no protection on the bodywork like there was ?.
will this mean stone chips will be aquired easier ?.
so what was the purpose in laymans terms please haha.

S3LDM

Wow What a result Jarv fair play mate...[img]/happy-smiley-638.gif[/img]

Carlh

WOW. that took some work and it paid off. That is absolutely stunning. The reflections are better than show-room. Just amazing.

johnnybon

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Hi mate do you need my address as you havnt turned up yet and the car needs your attention

Black-Hawk

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Factory paint may look nice, but if you look close you'll see the Orange peel affect in the paint/lacquer, this dulls the gloss and blurs reflections, removing the peel deepens the gloss and sharpens reflections, so just an enhancement realy.

Black-Hawk

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The paint was showroom, its now 100% better

SRSport

If you cut through the paint and saw a cross section of it you would see the slightly uneven, wavy lacquer. When you wet sand it you are taking off as little lacquer as possible while taking off as much of the uneven layer as possible.


The top line shows the showroom finish while the blue line shows the aim of wet sanding and how light can reflect much more consistently, giving it the mirror finish you see.

SRSport

^ err, it shows my edit of the lines on photobucket but not on here...any one know why?

Edit... its showing now...bloomin' photobucket.