Mike Phillips
Oct 7th, 2004, 02:24 PM
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On Wednesday, October 13th, we will preparing the finish on this 1964 Bentley S3 for display at this years 2004 Irvine Concours d'Elegance (http://www.atscconcours.com/). This is one of approximately 175 Bentley S3's built. The car features right hand drive, Scarlet hides, a 6.2 liter V8 with twin Carburetors. The paint color is called Black Pearl and is a clear coat finish that is approximately 25 years old. As such, we will be proceeding with extreme caution as we carefully massage out the surface imperfection and restore a show car finish worthy of the Bentley marque.
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/21964SilverCoud.jpg
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloud2.jpg
While in the above pictures, it would appear as thought this car is immaculate in every dimension, (and it is compared to 95% of the cars on the road), however, closer inspection of the finish reveals that the paint needs a little polishing work in order to remove the swirls and take it to it's maximum potential.
Here's a shot of the finish on the driver’s side front fender under direct sunlight,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls1.jpg
Here's a close-up of this same area,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls2.jpg
In the photos above, the finish on this Rolls Royce as beautiful as it may be, has swirls. In this case the finish has two kinds of swirls,
* Cobweb-Effect These are the type of swirls that build up over time by normal, everyday wear and tear.
* Buffer Swirl These are they type of swirls that are usually instilled by the incorrect use of a rotary buffer. This could be bad technique, or wrong pad and product selection and in some cases all the above.
Here's a couple more shots depicting the same thing. Here's the rear trunk lid,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls3.jpg
And here's a close-up of the trunk lid,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirlsdecklid4.jpg
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See you here at 4:00pm, on October 13th!
Mike
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On Wednesday, October 13th, we will preparing the finish on this 1964 Bentley S3 for display at this years 2004 Irvine Concours d'Elegance (http://www.atscconcours.com/). This is one of approximately 175 Bentley S3's built. The car features right hand drive, Scarlet hides, a 6.2 liter V8 with twin Carburetors. The paint color is called Black Pearl and is a clear coat finish that is approximately 25 years old. As such, we will be proceeding with extreme caution as we carefully massage out the surface imperfection and restore a show car finish worthy of the Bentley marque.
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/21964SilverCoud.jpg
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloud2.jpg
While in the above pictures, it would appear as thought this car is immaculate in every dimension, (and it is compared to 95% of the cars on the road), however, closer inspection of the finish reveals that the paint needs a little polishing work in order to remove the swirls and take it to it's maximum potential.
Here's a shot of the finish on the driver’s side front fender under direct sunlight,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls1.jpg
Here's a close-up of this same area,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls2.jpg
In the photos above, the finish on this Rolls Royce as beautiful as it may be, has swirls. In this case the finish has two kinds of swirls,
* Cobweb-Effect These are the type of swirls that build up over time by normal, everyday wear and tear.
* Buffer Swirl These are they type of swirls that are usually instilled by the incorrect use of a rotary buffer. This could be bad technique, or wrong pad and product selection and in some cases all the above.
Here's a couple more shots depicting the same thing. Here's the rear trunk lid,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirls3.jpg
And here's a close-up of the trunk lid,
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/gallery/data/500/2SilverCloudSwirlsdecklid4.jpg
If you want to be a part of the Meguiar's Transformation Team, please reply to this thread.
Sign-up list
1. Wayne
2. Scott - aka HotRodGuy
3. David - aka David
4. Joe - akda Lt1Corvette
5. porsche912e
6. Bob - aka RDVT4ME
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
See you here at 4:00pm, on October 13th!
Mike
p.s.
You must be a registered member of Meguiar's Online in order to reply to this thread. If you are not a registered member you can, Click here to register to become a member of Meguiar's Online (http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/register.php?s=)
If you are unsure as to how to become a member, click on the link below and follow the step-by-step guide on becoming a member. Click here to learn how to become a Meguiar's Online Member! (http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2551)