my first rotary job

[Cosmin]

here is the link , with picture , before and after , i use meguiar`s products with makita .

http://www.noswirls.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13449#post13449

any advice is welcome , 10x

[Cosmin]

Re: my first rotary job

here is full version:
well i don`t do this for living yet but plan to...everything start with curiosity to find a way to clean my car and give it a good look even if is 8 years old. got a orbital buffer , cheap with some good bonets. i try 1, 2, 3 steps with meguiars, but with orbital buffer and some terry/microfiber bonets u can not made too much. i was looking in wax the car didn`t know too much about corecting paint.

Before:


after:



i don`t remember if i use clay bar at that time. but for sure i use carnuba wax, no3 from 1,2,3 kit. alot of stuff was cover by polish , so if i wash the car is till have imperfections, i didn`t pu the rotary on it yet.
back to rotary i got makita and order some pads and 105,83,80 , and i got this chev tahoe for practice, pass rear fender was respray and i send it down with 1000-1500-2000 fallow with makita wool pad and 105, and results u see it in the pictures.

i use 600-900-1500 rpm and after 2-3 pass with 1500 went down 900-600 and move on to next piece. of course i wash the car using a foam sponge with gold class soap , claybar, wash again , tape all the areas...kind of miss some spots, and i went with 105 and wool pad all away around , is a family car all full of scretchs \even dog ones. send everything that was visible with 2000 and wash the area again wirh soap and raise with water.

i would say i remove 95% of existing scretches wat was left are deep ones that need touch up . after 105 i went with polish pad meg and 83 all away around.but the paste was give me hard time and i start spray 50/50 water with alchool to get the paste wet so i can gfinish the panel. it worked.

so.. this was my first day of practice. i wish i went with 80 but got dark and i couldn`t see the glaze at work. i start late this project and took me 8 h everything , but was practice and first time with rotary at work .the car got wax , no 3 carnuba wax , and reflactions mother polymer car wax, both aplly in diferent step and remove with orbital buffer ( clean bonets).

my future plan is to learn and practice how to touch up chips, and deep scretchs . also i have to brake down the time to 6 hours for a similar project.
here are some pic, unfortunatly they move the car next day so ...plus some dust polen end up on the finish when it ook the pic. the car is outside 24/7.




















and... the hood in the sky

[Mike Phillips]

Re: my first rotary job

Looks like you're off to a great start!




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[Tuck91]

Re: my first rotary job

nice job on the truck, I like that paint color

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: my first rotary job

Congrats. The suv looks great. Nice work.

[Cosmin]

Re: my first rotary job

Congrats. The suv looks great. Nice work.

thank you , i plan to wetsand my car by end of the year,will be my best advertise, until that i have to get a gauge and other tools and practice. i will try to post right, and i am happy to join mol , i wish i did this early, like 4-5 years ago when i paint a bike kandy blue and i left it with orange peel i was afraid of buffing , but was a good color for show events , even like that went well.
tomorow i have a beat up chevy impala , will be a radical improvement if i do my magic pactice.

[Carfire]

Re: my first rotary job

Nice Job!!
Looks Great!!
Huge Improvement!!
Keep Up the Great Work!!

[MyFirstES300]

Re: my first rotary job

I somewhat skipped the written portion, but the pics tell all. Fantastic! Good start!

[stump]

Re: my first rotary job

whay to go! keep practicing dude, machine polish is all about experience.

[mujjuman]

Re: my first rotary job

wow lol, thats a great job! how much was your rotary?