Paint Thickness : WATCH THIS to AVOID A COSTLY mistake!

In this video, as the title suggests, we discuss the importance of not always chasing perfection when machine polishing paint but polishing paint or lacquer responsibly.
No products were harmed in the making of this video.

[@a_ni_ma_l]

Thanks again. How many microns on average does a stage one correction take off?

[@VProjectUKDetailing]

A_NI_MA_L - Like a lot of things in detailing there is often no straight forward answer. Too many variables to answer that question - polisher type?, pad type?, ambient temperature & surface temperature?, paint hardness?, detailers technique?, polish type? - the list goes on 🫣. No two vehicles will be the same either. You should always fully decontaminate, measure paint thickness before starting, do a test section, then measure paint again to see how much you are removing! Then if acceptable levels of removal are achieved at the same time as getting the level of correction you want then in general it should be safe to continue with the rest of the vehicle. Hope that helps? (Or not - LOL) 👍🏽💯🚗

[@ImranAli-rp4kd]

I’ve got a new car and I need to polish it and ceramic coat it as it came with swirls and dealership covered it with some sort of polish and I bought it in winter so the sun wasn’t there to help me , the bonnet has around 130 microns but the sides of the car has anything from 94 microns to 105 microns , I haven’t checked everywhere yet so there maybe some areas with 90 microns and we are seeing them figures on a lot of new cars.
How do we tackle these areas as the areas which get swirled up the most is the lower sides and that’s where the thinnest paint is ?

[@VProjectUKDetailing]

Imran Ali - Thanks for watching. The trick is not to chase perfection - especially in the thin areas. Measure the lacquer thickness so you can work out 25% of clearcoat thickness and work to the thinnest measurement. So in the thin areas if 90 microns is the thinnest then assume it is all 90 microns in those thin areas in order to polish safely. Then find out lacquer hardness by doing a test area. If you get good results with a 1-step then do that. Measure again where do you do a test section to see how much lacquer you are removing. Hope that helps. Thanks again for watching. If you've not already done so then please check out the rest of the channel and subscribe. Thanks.

[@ImranAli-rp4kd]

@@VProjectUKDetailing I’ve already subscribed thanks , the bonnet has a decent thickness of paint and I presume the roof will aswell as that’s a flat area but the sides are not very good , I need to measure the non clear coated area to get a idea of the clear coat thickness and take it from there but I do really want to stick with one step or just finishing polish if I can get away with that

[@ImranAli-rp4kd]

@@VProjectUKDetailing just done a quick check on the non clear coated area and I’m getting reading of 25 microns , seems crazy to me

[@VProjectUKDetailing]

Imran Ali - Once you have an idea of non-clear coated area paint thickness you can work out roughly how much clear coat you have. If it's thin our advice would be to leave it alone, or at best just do a jewelling polish in the thin areas. Good Luck.

[@ImranAli-rp4kd]

@@VProjectUKDetailing I’ve got a idea as the non clear coated area is just 25 microns which seems like nothing and that can mean I got a decent amount of clear coat

[@rayyiu4153]

we have the model GTS8102

[@adblf]

Do you have a link to your PTG?

[@VProjectUKDetailing]

Hi Adam - The PTG I used in this video is a generic PTG which was purchased on eBay. It has the same parameters as PTG’s costing 3 times as much. A generic search on eBay will bring these up easily 👍🏽

[@titusrodney1168]

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[@titusrodney1168]

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[@titusrodney1168]

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[@armanibishop8672]

@Titus Rodney glad I could help =)

[@hakman239]

I have the cem dt156

[@scoupemaster]

ptg that measures individual layers only work on non metal surfaces so is pointless on a average car

[@VProjectUKDetailing]

scoupemaster - You can buy PTG’s that measure individual layers on metal and non metal surfaces! They are quite expensive though 👍🏽

[@scoupemaster]

can you link an example? never heard of them,first time for me,thanks