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Old 02-27-2003, 08:04 PM   #31
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primera man thanks for the great information on doing this i will have to try this real soon :coolguy:








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Old 02-27-2003, 08:21 PM   #32
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jedi from what I can see I think you don't have enough paint coats on your model, if you look at the top part of that pic that little cicle part the color is fading away.
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Old 02-27-2003, 08:40 PM   #33
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Here is the pic with the car and the mirror finish. The two compound I use.



Turtle Wax on the first stage. This compound will do the trick like the tamiya compound. Also the paint I use on the r32 is tamiya and it did not leave a scratch on the car.



The second compund I use is to really hide all the unnotice scratch left by the turtle wax since this is a liquid form you could almost say it is equal to wet sanding with 4000 grit paper and the turtle wax is like the 2000 grit paper. What I like is that this compound will also use the paint on the car to blend fill all the micro scratches. The result is seeing my own reflection on the car.

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Old 02-27-2003, 09:04 PM   #34
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Now, is the deorodant also part of the polishing process ? Like put it on so your arm doesn't sweat ? Interesting idea
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Old 02-27-2003, 09:44 PM   #35
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heheheh well you do work up a sweat buffing the car so you might as well smell good too hehehe
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Old 02-27-2003, 09:50 PM   #36
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Hey, I just picked up some of that turtle wax rubbing compound today. It made my Datsun 240Z super shiny.
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Old 02-27-2003, 10:00 PM   #37
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I retook the first pic so now yo ucould see how shinny it is. Stupid me set my camera wrong all this time now the pics are super more detail.
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Old 07-11-2003, 05:15 AM   #38
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does it also work if you have sprayed clear coats on it?
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Old 07-11-2003, 12:00 PM   #39
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thanks Pman!!! btw how about metallic colors, do you put clear first or you don't
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Old 07-11-2003, 12:45 PM   #40
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I just tried to polish my Opel Astra and it didn't turn out that great.
I use those polishing clothes as well, I am sure your swirls came from the fact that you used the 3200 and 3600 grits. I never use these on the final coat basically only for primer. When I get to the final coat start with the 6000 and work slowly. You can even follow up with Primeras mehtod after using the clothes for that ultra shine.

Primera great how to I do basically the same thing but different products.
I have used a few and all work well
Mequires cleaner wax is great for heavy orange peel
Meguires or Novus Plastic cleaners and polishes are awesome also
and as a final top coat I have used Meguires carnuba wax and Finish 2000

omeone mentioned using car rubbing compound, sounds like you used a number 7 or something like it that was too abrasive, if you use one that does not cut as much it will work and then you can follow up with a finish glaze
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Old 08-04-2003, 05:34 PM   #41
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Hei Pman, I have one little question: do you do the window trim before or after you polish the body? I have my F40 all ready now, just waiting for the paint to cure right, but I haven't done the trim. What do you say? Should I polish now and do the trim later or vice-versa?
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Old 08-04-2003, 09:24 PM   #42
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Hei Pman, I have one little question: do you do the window trim before or after you polish the body? I have my F40 all ready now, just waiting for the paint to cure right, but I haven't done the trim. What do you say? Should I polish now and do the trim later or vice-versa?
I polish the body before adding the trim etc so you can give it a good polish.
If you do all the trim etc first you can end up rubbing some of it off in places.
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rubbing compound purpose?

What really is the purpose of rubbing with tamiya compound?
It feels very similar to light-sand the surface. When you rub a glossy surface with rubbing compound, is that normal that the surface will go dull and the paint sticks on the rubbing cloth?

Which one will perform best:
- sanding, rubbing then clear-coat
or
- sanding, rubbing then wax?

or maybe:
- sanding, rubbing, clear-coat and wax?
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Re: HOW TO.....Use Rubbing Compound And Polishing A Body

Is it essential to sand the
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Re: HOW TO.....Use Rubbing Compound And Polishing A Body

Is it essential to sand the body before polishing?
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