Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Driver side started but I was froze out

I ran out of the F7 polish, so I had to buy some more. I decided to try the G6 polish in addition to the F7. The G6 is definitely more aggressive. I like it! It cuts much faster. I guess you live and learn. The G6 leaves a tremendous amount of swirl marks. They don't show up until you shine a light on it at an angle. I am now polishing in the warehouse because outside it is too cold and it gets dark too fast. The swirl marks come out easy with the F7 and the cyclo. I have about 3/4 of the street side compounded and one small section cycloed. It is getting too cold to polish at this point. It just is taking too long to get the metal up to temperature. What I have discovered is that you need to actually heat the metal up at some degree to get the metal to "melt" and bring out the shine. Here are some pictures of the swirl marks. See if you can find what section was cyloed. I'm done with polishing in 2009. I will have to wait till the spring to continue and finish up the shine.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

One side is close

I got to spend the day outside this Saturday. I think this will be the last time this year that the old Aluminum money pit will see the light of day till next spring. It was in the upper 50's and it felt even warmer in the sun. I finished polishing the curb side with the F7 Nuvite. It is now compounded and cycloed. I will finish with the final polish in the spring when it warms up a little.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Still Polishing

Today I spend about 5 hours polishing. I have compounded and cycloed with F7. I now have about 1/4 of the trailer polished to F7. I have not cycloed wtih the S, but it still looks pretty good.

Painted rear endcap

Tonight I finished the rear endcap. I painted it white just like the tub and sink. I pulled it into the ware house, turned on the fantastic vent to blow in and opened the rear window for ventilation. Feel pretty good about the look of the endcap.