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    Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

    Well, I stopped by a local junk yard this afternoon and found a pretty nice hood. Its red and from an early 90's Chevy pickup. Its oxidized and has its share of swirls, marring, and RIDS. I'll finally be able to practice with the rotary that I've had for 2 years. Can't wait. Just need to purchase some saw horses. I don't have anything I can improvise with. Darn.

    Colin
    A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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    Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

    Shane
    1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL

    If you trim yourself to fit the world you'll whittle yourself away. - Aaron Tippin

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      Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

      Very cool,

      post up some pics to show us how it comes along or what you have done.
      Nick
      Tucker's Detailing Services
      815-954-0773
      2012 Ford Transit Connect

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        Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

        It would be cool to post some before and afters...

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          Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

          Take some time to play around on the edges of this hood and see how quickly you can burn through it. Paint tends to flow away from edges as it dries so the paint is very thin there. When most people talk about burning through paint with a rotary, rarely is it right in the middle of a flat panel - you need to be doing something seriously wrong in order for that to happen. But spin a foam cutting pad at 1800rpm and have your attention lapse for a brief second and BAM - you've burned an edge.

          When body panels don't quite line up, the probability of burning an edge goes sky high. Plastic trim, tail light lenses, etc are all targets for that oh so brief moment when you're concentrating a bit too much on the spot your trying to correct and lose sight of your surrounding areas.

          We tape things off when working with a D/A just to prevent build up in the crevices. We tape off when working with a rotary to protect things!
          Michael Stoops
          Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.

          Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy.

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            Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

            Originally posted by Michael Stoops View Post
            We tape things off when working with a D/A just to prevent build up in the crevices. We tape off when working with a rotary to protect things!
            Thats a funny one LOL.
            Nick
            Tucker's Detailing Services
            815-954-0773
            2012 Ford Transit Connect

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            • #7
              Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

              Way to go CNFowler

              I'm lucky...I get panels for nothing.

              You'll get a lot of enjoyment out of the practice,because you know it's not something to worry about. So you can go nuts

              I've been doing work on painted plastic. If you can spare another $10,get a painted plastic panel and see how your technique goes with heat build up.

              Good luck...keep posting pics of your progress

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                Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

                Thanks guys. I'll definitely post up pics, both before and after.

                Mike S, thanks for the info. I'll play around with burning through. It will be nice knowing I can take chances and test things out without damaging something of value.

                Eddie, nice tip on the plastic panel. After reading some of the threads about paint wrinkling, I'll have to pick up a plastic panel and test things out.

                Colin
                A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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                  Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

                  Originally posted by Michael Stoops View Post
                  We tape things off when working with a D/A just to prevent build up in the crevices. We tape off when working with a rotary to protect things!
                  I wonder if there are very narrow tapes designed for edges.

                  What I do is I tilt the pad at an angle to avoid burning through the edges... but that is very tiring.

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                    Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

                    have fun, i did had the time to to get a piece like yours, i got a fews of my friends car & i did it for them for free
                    it only takes a little patience and plenty of PASSION!!

                    detailing blog

                    http://thedetailers.blogspot.com

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                    • #11
                      Re: Picked up a junk hood for $10. Time to practice!

                      Thats the smart way of learning, Colin. Have fun practicing.
                      quality creates its own demand

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