xtr3me
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- Joined
- Jun 3, 2015
- Posts
- 55
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- Location
- Peach State
- Ram Year
- 08 Dodge Ram 1500
- Engine
- 5.7 Hemi
So I dropped my Rupes and one of the brushes broke on the inside and I had to use my Megs G110V2 da polisher to perform a paint correction on a truck with neglected paint while waiting for the brushes I ordered to arrive. The owner of the truck is an avid hunter so the paint has its share of scratches, I was missing my Rupes before I even started.
Steps / Product..
`Wash w/Dawn
`Clayed - Ricardo/ONR lube
`Compound - Menzerna fg 400 / Pads - 5.5" and 4" yellow Buff & Shine
`Glass cleaner - Megs D120
R/ Front Door ~
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R/Front Fender
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R/Rear Door and Pillar
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R/Front Pillar
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L/Front Door
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L/Front Pillar
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L/S Box Bed
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R/S Box Bed
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HOOD
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TEST SPOT ~ There was no doubt I was using Menz FG 400 and either a B&S (yellow) , Lake Country HydroTech (Cyan) and as a last resort a Megs Microfiber pad. Being Ford has a medium paint and I was running low on my other pads I ran with the B&S yellow pads and never gave it a second thought.. As you can see from the size of my test spot.
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IN PROGRESS - HALF & HALF SHOTS
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As can be seen in pics above, the pad and compound combo is removing most of the defects but it was so hot and humid outside that the pad would stop spinning due to the compound drying before I could work a section. I had to rub like my life depended on it to remove the product and the panels were left with a hazed look even though they were cool to the touch. I moved the vehicle to a shaded area to see if that would help, I later used IPA to remove the residue... Okay, a cool drink and some a/c, now back at it...
All the plastic cladding - Bumper, mirror housing, hood cowl, side steps and box rails will be wiped down with IPA, then scuffed with an scratchless scotchbrite pad. Taped off and sprayed with SEM Bumper Coater. The window seals and antenna housing will be coated with Forever Black
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These wheels were in bad shape. I sprayed Iron X, Megs Wheel Brightener w/o any results. I hit one wheel with some metal polish and a sample piece of carpet as can be seen below, now were getting somewhere. You can see how much I polished before trashing that idea. I considered these wheels trashed, so I decided to hit them with full strength aluminum brightener. No foaming, I let dwell for 4-5 mins and on the 3rd soaking they rubbed clean using a brush w/o any effort. Not perfect, but a vast improvement.
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Steps / Product..
`Wash w/Dawn
`Clayed - Ricardo/ONR lube
`Compound - Menzerna fg 400 / Pads - 5.5" and 4" yellow Buff & Shine
`Glass cleaner - Megs D120
R/ Front Door ~
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R/Front Fender
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R/Rear Door and Pillar
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R/Front Pillar
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L/Front Door
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L/Front Pillar
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L/S Box Bed
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R/S Box Bed
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HOOD
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TEST SPOT ~ There was no doubt I was using Menz FG 400 and either a B&S (yellow) , Lake Country HydroTech (Cyan) and as a last resort a Megs Microfiber pad. Being Ford has a medium paint and I was running low on my other pads I ran with the B&S yellow pads and never gave it a second thought.. As you can see from the size of my test spot.
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IN PROGRESS - HALF & HALF SHOTS
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As can be seen in pics above, the pad and compound combo is removing most of the defects but it was so hot and humid outside that the pad would stop spinning due to the compound drying before I could work a section. I had to rub like my life depended on it to remove the product and the panels were left with a hazed look even though they were cool to the touch. I moved the vehicle to a shaded area to see if that would help, I later used IPA to remove the residue... Okay, a cool drink and some a/c, now back at it...
All the plastic cladding - Bumper, mirror housing, hood cowl, side steps and box rails will be wiped down with IPA, then scuffed with an scratchless scotchbrite pad. Taped off and sprayed with SEM Bumper Coater. The window seals and antenna housing will be coated with Forever Black
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These wheels were in bad shape. I sprayed Iron X, Megs Wheel Brightener w/o any results. I hit one wheel with some metal polish and a sample piece of carpet as can be seen below, now were getting somewhere. You can see how much I polished before trashing that idea. I considered these wheels trashed, so I decided to hit them with full strength aluminum brightener. No foaming, I let dwell for 4-5 mins and on the 3rd soaking they rubbed clean using a brush w/o any effort. Not perfect, but a vast improvement.
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