91 hr extreme detail on firebird

[nooncha]

No he didn't that is the original clear coat in the final product. Your car may not even need wet sanding to achieve those results.

Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it. I bought my car from Louisiana for $1000, so the paint definitely needs it lol.

[JoeliusZ28]

Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it. I bought my car from Louisiana for $1000, so the paint definitely needs it lol.

You would be surprised what you can do with a wool pad on a buffer, and much more quickly than using sandpaper. He evenly wet-sanded every square inch of that car which is something you normally only do on a show car headed to autorama or something. Normally you can get away with wetsanding the upper-area of the body where most of the light reflects and hits your eyes. The reason you do wet-sand like that is typically NOT for scratch or dulling correction but rather to remove orange peel in the clear coat by leveling it out although it can do both. The science behind that is sandpaper used properly only hits the high points of the clear coat whereas a whool pad will hit everything.

As an example I wetsanded my entire truck lightly when i bought it but the reason i did it was not because of scratches (it hardly had any at all) but rather because it was the easiest way to remove 6 years of grime that had built up on the paint, during which the truck had never seen a good cleaning. Normally a clay bar would suffice for this job but I killed two birds with one stone going straight to wetsanding. This truck still has a lot of the factory orange peel that the person in the above link removed entirely and it still looks good. (Every vehicle rolls off the line with some degree of orange peel).

Unfortunately i never took a good before picture but you can see the road grime behind the wheels if you look close.


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[MP81]

Ya, Joel's truck is really shiny.

And is secretly a drag truck.

[JoeliusZ28]

5 cylinders of fury

[MP81]

Hot rod.

Man, I need to put that buffer to good use this summer and make my paint real nice and shiny.

I did a 3 step on it early last year, and that made the paint look better than I've ever seen it before!

[Darren]

So I have a question about this. After he was done wetsanding the car, did he apply a layer of clearcoat afterwards? (after the compound and polishing)

My car desperately needs this kind of attention after I gave it a wash before the winter and saw the paint is in much need of attention. This may save me a lot of money if I can do this instead of getting the whole car repainted.

come spring time give Joel a call I am sure you would be happy with his services and hes very fair priced.

5 cylinders of fury

Especially on the highway right?

[JoeliusZ28]

Especially on the highway right?

Roll races are for believers in disney world! *insert generic excuse*

[MP81]

It pulled the wheels off the line on Woodward.

I saw it. It happened.

[DETROITMUSCLE]

I think Joel needs to do the same to my car and we'll see whos NBM shines better

[JoeliusZ28]

you know id hook you up jeff

[DETROITMUSCLE]

you know id hook you up jeff

I need you to come take a look at some stuff on my door. I'm thinking they sprayed it at one time with the side molding on and now that its off its apparent. Not sure if that could be blended better or if I'm SOL.

[JoeliusZ28]

I need you to come take a look at some stuff on my door. I'm thinking they sprayed it at one time with the side molding on and now that its off its apparent. Not sure if that could be blended better or if I'm SOL.

always unfortunate when shops do that

I cannot blend color but i can blend the edge so it isnt so "abrupt"

[DETROITMUSCLE]

always unfortunate when shops do that

I cannot blend color but i can blend the edge so it isnt so "abrupt"

yeah figured that, the paint isn't off but there is an edge there for sure and thats what bothers me. Next time your around I'll show ya.