2007 Lexus IS250
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Just finished this up yesterday.
Base: Limco Supreme
Sealer: SPI 2K regular reduced 35%
Clear: 4 coats of MS (3 would have been fine but what the hell!)
Sand: 1500 > 2000Compound: Meguiars M105 w/ Tubuf black wool at 900rpm
Polish: Meguiars M205 w/ Lake Country white foam at 900rpm
Polish: 3M Ultrafina w/ Lake Country black finishing foam at 900rpm
Finish polishing: Menzerna Final PolishII w/ Lake Country black foam at 900rpmI usually stop with 3M Ultrafina but it was too swirly. But the Menzerna
Final PolishII is even finer than the Ultrafina. And I never went over 1000rpm!
Not perfect but acceptable…[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/zsolo/Cars/P1010283.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/zsolo/Cars/P1010264.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/zsolo/Cars/P1010263.jpg[/img]🙂
looks nice han 😉
Nice and clean brother.. Ill be glad to get back to collision work myself
Looks great Han!!
How many hours did you spend on the colorsand and buff?
Do you do all your colorsanding by hand, or do you ever use the DA?
Thanx fellas!
Alex,
Yes, i do all the sanding by hand (habit). And this took around 5 hours: hood, bumper and 2 fenders.
Painted Saturday and cut/polished on Sunday. Then 2 more passes Monday morning.Maybe i’ll use the DA next time.
as always, sweet work Han!!
Nice work Han! Love the car also.
What is the reason that you buff at a low rpm like you do? Have you found it to help with swirls? Do you use more pressure or move slower with lower rpm’s?
[quote]What is the reason that you buff at a low rpm like you do? Have you found it to help with swirls? Do you use more pressure or move slower with lower rpm’s?[/quote]
I mainly wanted to see just how low i can go. And at those rpm’s, i’m moving at a snails pace.
No pressure on the first pass; sometimes pressure isn’t needed at all. Sometimes, only one
good pass will remove 2000 (that tells me it’s way soft). I might add a bit more pressure
and crank it up (or down) on the second pass. It all varies day to day. Could be 1200+rpms…This clear, in particular, sands, compounds and polishes well. It’s on the “soft” side.
Actually, the MS does everything well. Being able to quickly nib with 2000 grit
and polish out is a big time saver.The Meguiars M105, isn’t like the other diminishing abrasives. It doesn’t break down and works
best at lower rpm’s. Not just my findings either. And it feels kinda painful to move so slowly
when for years i’ve been compounding at 2000+ rpm. BUT, the cut is fast and it finishes
down nicely for the following steps. Another advantage, with the slow speed, is being able
to concentrate in tight areas/edges without much fear burning through (big plus for newbies).The manufacturer recommendations are just that. Not very different spray guns…
Cut levels in popular polishes:
http://craigdt.web.officelive.com/abrasives.aspx
Many detailers contributed to this list (on going). 3M, aside from the Ultrafina, isn’t very popular
with these guys. And i’ve been moving away from 3M myself…Looks good to me Han.
Been thinking about picking up one of those thin black wool pads you suggested.
Now also considering some of that 105.
My shelves are full of 3M crap… But I’ve used the 85. and I am sold on Meguiars.PPG is to paint, as 3M is to Compounds. And I’ll just leave it at that. 😉
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