I did one third of my hood today and it just seemed to take a whole lot more effort than I thought it would. After like 6 passes with the orange pad & SHR, I could still see some micro scratches and swirls. In fact, I couldn't really see a difference between the part I did and the rest of the hood. I was expecting perfection after that much work so I was a little disappointed. Maybe I'm expecting too much? The pics I took didn't show what I was seeing in person unfortunately so they're basically useless for this purpose but I'll include some finished shots. Don't get me wrong, the finish looks great from a distance, I was just expecting it to be completely flawless.
Before I gave up doing the rest of the car I shot a quick video of my technique so you can point out anything I might be doing wrong.
The video below is me just finishing up the section with the white pad but that's basically how I did it with the orange pad. I might have pressed a little harder with the orange pad, but this is essentially the process and about how long I spent on each pass (you can tell the rotational speed in the video because I put a piece of tape on the backing plate).
Watching someone else on a video (AJ / Adam) and seeing it done live are two different things altogether so maybe a critique of my technique would be a close second to seeing it done the right way in person.
Anyway, on to the video:<object height="385" width="480">
Edit - I forgot about the pics... I looked at the ones where I tried to get the swirls to show but they truly don't show anything useful. I was planning on doing the whole car today with SHR & FMP but it didn't seem like it was really getting me anywhere so I stopped, washed it again, and put 2 coats of Zaino Z5-Pro on it (I know, blasphemy). But I already had a couple coats of Z2-Pro on it and I like how that turned out so I kept with what worked... Here's a couple shots of the final product. Again, I could never get my camera to show the swirls, and from a distance you can't really see them, but I can when I get up close with light on it.
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I did one third of my hood today and it just seemed to take a whole lot more effort than I thought it would. After like 6 passes with the orange pad & SHR, I could still see some micro scratches and swirls. In fact, I couldn't really see a difference between the part I did and the rest of the hood. I was expecting perfection after that much work so I was a little disappointed. Maybe I'm expecting too much? The pics I took didn't show what I was seeing in person unfortunately so they're basically useless for this purpose but I'll include some finished shots. Don't get me wrong, the finish looks great from a distance, I was just expecting it to be completely flawless.
Before I gave up doing the rest of the car I shot a quick video of my technique so you can point out anything I might be doing wrong.
The video below is me just finishing up the section with the white pad but that's basically how I did it with the orange pad. I might have pressed a little harder with the orange pad, but this is essentially the process and about how long I spent on each pass (you can tell the rotational speed in the video because I put a piece of tape on the backing plate).
Watching someone else on a video (AJ / Adam) and seeing it done live are two different things altogether so maybe a critique of my technique would be a close second to seeing it done the right way in person.
Anyway, on to the video:<object height="385" width="480">
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZd15IpaqKs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></object>
Thanks for your help!
Edit - I forgot about the pics... I looked at the ones where I tried to get the swirls to show but they truly don't show anything useful. I was planning on doing the whole car today with SHR & FMP but it didn't seem like it was really getting me anywhere so I stopped, washed it again, and put 2 coats of Zaino Z5-Pro on it (I know, blasphemy). But I already had a couple coats of Z2-Pro on it and I like how that turned out so I kept with what worked... Here's a couple shots of the final product. Again, I could never get my camera to show the swirls, and from a distance you can't really see them, but I can when I get up close with light on it.
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