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I love working on Miatas.
First, they're small, so you can do lots of them; they're like eating wings. Second, they have very little trim and only two doors, so all you have to tape are the hood and trunk seams. Third, the paint is nice and soft, so even when you;re working on a badly swirled car you're going to get good quick results. And Fourth, the curves are so beautiful, when they shine they pick up all sorts of fantastic reflections!
I had six friends show up for our mid-season detail day, all guys who had missed the big class we had this spring with Rod Kraft. We spent a lot of time learning clay/polish/wax with the G-100, W-8006 and M-80; I put a serious dent in my gallon jug of Speed Glaze!
I have really come to love Speed Glaze. It does a great job of taking the finish from badly damaged to maximum potential with no switching of pads and products. And it is a product that someone who has never used a D/A polisher can get the hang of almost intuitively.
Four of the guys had never seen a G-100 before, so the three of us who knew how to work with them gave the other guys some basic knowledge (don't turn it on until it's on the paint, move the tool slowly, push hard but not too hard, etc).... I think we made some converts!
Here are some results photos. First, some before and afters of Dan and Angela's '94. This is two passes with M-80 and a W-8006 on speed 5, following the procedures in Mike's video, and finished up with Gold Class liquid wax. I know NXT and M-21 are Da Bomb, but GC is still a great wax for bringing out vivid colors on dark cars. This car had some nicks and scratches, a mixture of original single stage and clearcoat repaint, and bird damage that was beyond our tools' ability to correct. When you get that, the best course is to make the overall picture so vibrant that the details are not noticed. I think we achueved our goal.
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First, they're small, so you can do lots of them; they're like eating wings. Second, they have very little trim and only two doors, so all you have to tape are the hood and trunk seams. Third, the paint is nice and soft, so even when you;re working on a badly swirled car you're going to get good quick results. And Fourth, the curves are so beautiful, when they shine they pick up all sorts of fantastic reflections!
I had six friends show up for our mid-season detail day, all guys who had missed the big class we had this spring with Rod Kraft. We spent a lot of time learning clay/polish/wax with the G-100, W-8006 and M-80; I put a serious dent in my gallon jug of Speed Glaze!
I have really come to love Speed Glaze. It does a great job of taking the finish from badly damaged to maximum potential with no switching of pads and products. And it is a product that someone who has never used a D/A polisher can get the hang of almost intuitively.
Four of the guys had never seen a G-100 before, so the three of us who knew how to work with them gave the other guys some basic knowledge (don't turn it on until it's on the paint, move the tool slowly, push hard but not too hard, etc).... I think we made some converts!
Here are some results photos. First, some before and afters of Dan and Angela's '94. This is two passes with M-80 and a W-8006 on speed 5, following the procedures in Mike's video, and finished up with Gold Class liquid wax. I know NXT and M-21 are Da Bomb, but GC is still a great wax for bringing out vivid colors on dark cars. This car had some nicks and scratches, a mixture of original single stage and clearcoat repaint, and bird damage that was beyond our tools' ability to correct. When you get that, the best course is to make the overall picture so vibrant that the details are not noticed. I think we achueved our goal.
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