Full Write Up, 1966 Pontiac Lemans Show Car, Fully Sanded and Polished

[JoshVette]

I rarely ever post up and brag about my own work, but I thought this was worth reading. check it out.

This is a very lengthy, thorough and detailed write up of the exact process, steps and techniques I performed on a 66 Lemans that was fully color sanded and polished out to perfection.

If anyone is curious what it takes to paint and perfect a car, this is what you want to read.

Lots of information for the DIY's as well as the pro's.

Please understand why I posted a link and did not rewrite the entire documentation as it took me over 5 hours just to do the write up.

Thanks and enjoy,
Josh


http://www.autopia.org/forum/pro-det...polishing.html

[E36M34life]

I'm just speechless, I have great respect for people who have this kind of patience and skill, fantastic job!

[Deep Gloss Auto]

Josh: there are no words to express the sheer skill, patience and diligence it takes to achieve such results.. VERY well done!!

[Cyrix2k]

Wow, that turned out great!

[JoshVette]

Thank you all very much for the kind words, I don't post up too much to show off my own work, but I thought this might be a useful thread for the DIY guys as well as part time pro detailers.

I know how much I learn from reading threads so I thought I'd contribute a bit myself.

Thanks again for the compliments.

Please ask any and all questions, if there's anything I can help answer I will.

Josh

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by E36M34life

I'm just speechless, I have great respect for people who have this kind of patience and skill, fantastic job!

Originally Posted by Deep Gloss Auto

Josh: there are no words to express the sheer skill, patience and diligence it takes to achieve such results.. VERY well done!!

Thanks,

Definately a lot of patience involved, it took me two days to even get the car nearly half way done.....

After 4 days of working I was happy to see the finished product.

Josh

[Colonel]

Amazing work! I'm not aware of jeweling though, could you explain this process? Thanks!

[98 528i]

Awesome job

[HiTheNameIsBj]

teach me your ways master

[mosportgreen66]

nice work man... even better to see you wearing a mask!

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by Colonel

Amazing work! I'm not aware of jeweling though, could you explain this process? Thanks!

I explained it quite a bit in the thread, if you'll see the way I described working in the polish on higher rpms, then once worked in properly I turn the speed down to a low setting and finish working it in a bit longer. So the polish cuts finer as I work it in and then even finer again once it's been "jeweled" on the lower speed.

Does that make sense?
Josh

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by 98 528i

Awesome job

Thanks

Originally Posted by HitTheNameIsBJ

teach me your ways master

Come with me young grasshopper, snatch the pebble from my hand...

Originally Posted by mosportgreen66

nice work man... even better to see you wearing a mask!

Thanks, doing this for a living means I breath in alot of that powter and dusk and lets just say after detailing a few Dr.'s cars and talking with them about this stuff I've learned it can be very hazardous to my life with long term exposure. Basically it's about equal to breathing in glass..... No joke.

Josh

[lkwd318ti]

Amazing job on that car...
Thanks for the write up!

Originally Posted by JoshVette

after detailing a few Dr.'s cars and talking with them about this stuff I've learned it can be very hazardous to my life with long term exposure. Basically it's about equal to breathing in glass..... No joke.

Josh

Good to know, I didn't know about how hazardous it is hah...

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by lkwd318ti

Amazing job on that car...
Thanks for the write up!
Good to know, I didn't know about how hazardous it is hah...

Thanks, you're very welcome.

[Totoland]

FANTASTIC WRITE-UP JOSH! The workmanship is First Class! I recently finished a black BMW 530i that I wetsanded everything except the roof so I know what that's like.

The 2 biggest helpers I have are: The Snap-On lift and an air powered orbital sander. I used 2000 and 2500 grit by hand and foam block, then finished the surface with 3M Trizact 3000 on the orbital. Big, big, big difference for prepping the surface for compounding. I ended up using 3M Perfect-It 3000 compound with wool, followed by 3M Dark Glaze, then Ultrafina SE.

I've got to hand it to you: That Poncho looks fantastic.

Toto

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by Totoland

FANTASTIC WRITE-UP JOSH! The workmanship is First Class! I recently finished a black BMW 530i that I wetsanded everything except the roof so I know what that's like.

The 2 biggest helpers I have are: The Snap-On lift and an air powered orbital sander. I used 2000 and 2500 grit by hand and foam block, then finished the surface with 3M Trizact 3000 on the orbital. Big, big, big difference for prepping the surface for compounding. I ended up using 3M Perfect-It 3000 compound with wool, followed by 3M Dark Glaze, then Ultrafina SE.

I've got to hand it to you: That Poncho looks fantastic.

Toto

Thanks Toto, coming from you that means a lot. I know your quality of work and skill level.

Thank you.
Josh