Wet sanding is terrifying and very, very slow...
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- čas přidán 23. 06. 2024
- The beautiful gloss black bonnet of my Rover P6 used to look stunning but was ruined by being parked under trees for months when a garage had it, and every time its machine polished the marks come back, so now Ive got to bite the bullet and get more extreme and wet sand the paint...gulp...
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Little tip for you. Once you have cut the surface to a nice shine, wipe it over with some panel wipe - the degreaser stuff you use before painting a panel. If it stays shiny after you wipe the panel wipe off, it's a very good sign that the panel will stay shiny - rather than going dull or hazy again after a few weeks. Because the panel wipe removes the polish, it will basically tell you if it's the paint that is shiny, or just the polish making it look shiny.
thanks, thats good to know for next time
@@furiousdriving Well yes you can basically see what you are getting by pouring clean water on it [ no need to waste panel wipe ] after you flatted it and looking at the reflections from numerous angles , dark colours like black show every imperfection , and so polishing takes more effort has to be well done and consistent , you were happy but I saw what I call Hazy , so more fine polish to remove abrasion marks .
Still you were very brave if you never did that before .
I can’t believe that a professional garage would store cars in such a poor way😮
Honestly, it doesn't surprise me at all. So many "professional" places fall short.
A lot of hard work went into this one and it shows. That bonnet looks great. Rotting leaves and tree sap are a sod to remove so taking the paint back is possibly the only solution for the consumer. I hope it looks great the following day. Top job Matt and thanks for sharing.
look amazing, hope it stays that way for you matt! WIP update - the eunos roadster has a MOT! After the short failure list i sorted the low hanging stuff and then gave it back to them for the rear brake pipe (across the car), glad i did as a simple swap took them forever on the ramp. They then decided to fail it on the fog light (had been rewired previously as the 3rd brake light) i read up on MOT rules over the weekend and successfully argued that it was ok, they reluctantly agreed! It's therefore now on the road and the kids love it! The Mrs isn't so convinced.. There are still things to do, passenger wing and door to replace in BRG, but will keep an eye out for these parts and drive it in the mean time. Small service kit has arrived oil/filter/sparks - I will get the kids involved to do it. Hurrah!
great news, well done and just in time for the sun!
I had a black car once...never again. It was an absolute B****** to get clean and even harder to keep clean, never mind getting a high polished gloss on it! I admire your ambition...off to wrestle with the tree sap-riddled adriatic blue paint of my range rover....
Just done something similar on my headlights...it is terrifying but hopefully the lights are clearer, enough for the MOT.
I love your videos, particularly fixing stuff. It's clear that you don't enjoy doing this and I suspect that you might not be giving that car the love it needs in terms of its paintwork. It's a lovely car and deserves a high level of attention. Perhaps a professional detail would be the answer.
You did a great job Matt, as others have said black paint is very difficult to polish and easy to get holograms on.
Did something similar with my old Mini - don’t rub too hard, and it’ll come up fine with some cutting compound and a buff. End result looks great!
I think you were too timid. Would have used 2000 or maybe even 1500 and a rubber block with a small degree of flex as this is gentler and more effective - a rigid wooden block will tend to give concentrated point contact and the panel isn't flat. Before using finer cutting compounds you generally need a fairly uniform matte finish, it looked like you didn't even deglaze the surface entirely with the wet sand. You didn't mention if you clay-barred it first which is absolutely the first thing you should do - obviously the surface contaminants will happily add themselves to your abrasive mix and add new scratches. Did my awful paint with 1500, you just need to rinse it constantly so you can see when to stop this is good practice anyway as it tends to minimize scratches. Certainly I didn't need any great effort to remove what I added with the 1500. A strong LED lamp helps also as a directional source rather than defused sunlight.
The reflective number plates are a good safety feature of cars its more difficult for a vehicle to blend into the background and they make a car look more bright and cheerful 😊
It was a lot of hard work but it paid off in the end - that bonnet looks really great now.
Love the smell of the ceramic glaze
Lets all be honest now, if you're driving a classic you're probably going to break down. You may as well break down with something nice, pretty and shiny to look at!
exactly! Break down in style
@@furiousdriving At least when people see you on the hard shoulder they'll think "Damn what a good looking car"
@@Uni_Iris_1 I like to think they’re jealous
Well anyone passing is far more likely to assume at least your trying if a car looks nice.
3:15 This is TOTALLY my jam. Too many folks are scared to give jobs like this a go. Well done Mr Matt.
After the wet sand.
You should just hit it with G3 compound and plain water with the mop.
The wash and wax you put on has fillers in so fills in minor scratches. This won’t last as the fillers come out.
After the G3 go down to a 3M untra fina.
Then you can go over with a decent wax and job done.
That diamond brite stuff is full of fillers so doesn’t last.
Gutting when you spend so much time on it and still there are numerous imperfections. I'm the same - can't help focussing on them but they do tend to be forgotten over time! I recently spent several days repairing, filling, sanding, filling, sanding, filling sanding, priming, painting, lacquering my Beetle rear wing and quarter panel, only to then do some wet sanding too late in the evening when i couldn't see well enough, and went through to the basecoat and even primer in one place 😩. It's staying like it 😆
I think you are very brave to wet sand the bonnet! Hope all goes well, and you end up with a P6 to be proud of...
I feel your pain and anxiety Matt, deliberately installing scratches by sanding the paintwork of your pride and joy, seems so wrong, and a very scary prospect, even though it’s for the greater good.
The bonnet looked infinitely better at the end of the video, great content as always❤.
I hope it will stay shiny this time, great job, Matt
fingers crossed...I'll see in the morning
Looks a lot better. Well the effort.
Looks tidy that! Agree on your thoughts re wet sanding as well, its terrifying 😂
Yipee I'm here and loving your work.
It sure looks a lot better Matt wet sanding is a art in itself so I think you did very well best regards Andy Allen.
Gives me a flashback to valeting new cars in the eighties. Brown BL paint was horrible. You could polish it up indoors and it would still be smeary and have a "glaze" to it when tou took it outside! Grr.
Looking stunning Matt
Great work looking good
Not the way this one would have tackled the job, but looks perfectly decent.
Well done, Matt!
You have nerves of steel. That first rub with the wet sand must have felt awful. Great result though, but I bet you will revisit this task!
brill job Matt.
Looks a lot better 👌
Great Job Matt, not a job I would fancy doing.
I admire your dedication, I’d have chickened out and handed it over to a detailer 👏👍
I’m no expert but when you started sanding you said it had black on the sanding block. Shouldn’t it have been clear (whitish)? That means there is no clear coat on the paint.
This would explain a lot about the etching. Clear coat protects from etching in the black paint.
Nice job, it looks good 👍
Different paint requires different tactics. I wet sanded a patch on my door after filling some scratches. I started with 1000 grit and a line board as in what pdr people use. That way i could get it rea!ky flat. Then I went straigbt to 2000 grit then G3 on a wool pad, towling it off to inspect every step. After the G3 i had a nice shine without having to add any products.
Try getting some 3m trizac 3000 then go over with 8000 and get a good cut compound g360 or roar 610 and a tougher polishing pad or microfibre and and it will make a vast difference to that
I'd still rather work on single stage lacquer than base coat/clear coat....I really cannot fathom how the re-finishers do that...
Use a bit of Fairy Liquid in water for lubrication and only a straight motion .These days discs are quicker, and did it really need flatting to start with
Use 3M green,yellow and blue stage polish I guarantee you will get a much better result!
Know that feeling of why did I start this project all too well.
Will you be going to Festival of the unexceptional this month?? I'll be bringing the Rover 213
Looking good 👍
It looks really good. Did you say anything to the garage?.. I took my mx 5 to a " specialist " for a service, and they forgot to tighten the oil cap
Getting there and hope the blooming doesn’t come back.
Also matt did you see Classic Britains Nada Rover P6 I never knew they existed surely they are the pinnacle of P6s.
I have seen it, they are very cool with the A/C and electric windows
@@furiousdriving it was the plexiglass roof that impressed me
Can l add paint correction to your many list of skills for an unqualified chap you do very well as a semi professional you could call your self jack of all trades master of none
looks good to me - miles better.
The little bit I have done, I've put a little soap in the water. Sandpaper doesn't clog and it feels nicer. As an American, I have a three car garage would could fit four cars parking like your cars. I would be surprised if your house cost less than mine.
Comparing south east England near London prices to most of the US (outside NYC or LA) I could have an acre and a barn for the price of a regular house here, its become ridiculous now
Australia not so cheap anymore. Outside the major cities better but still getting expensive. Seems like half population of UK now living in France as property is SO cheap.
Almost impossible to get black perfect, major improvement though 👍
try 3m fast cut, it's a pro compound and the best. the green top is what I use. works on faded and yellowedf plastic light lenses too. watch the edges of the bonnet and anywhere there are folds in the metal as the paint will be thinner and you may burn through with a mop.
Burning through is what I’m always worried about doing this sort of thing. Kent Paints will have some of that I’m sure
@@furiousdriving 👌
I use colour magic on my sometimes pink cinquecento, abit like putting makeup on a pig but wears off after several weeks 😭 i must be near the primer at this stage but ill keep going for now. My car lives outside so it's got lots to put up with, seagulls shit like elephants these days so i power wash it before anything else, nasty stuff, bird shite 😢
Once you have finished playing with your paintwork Matt you might like to have a look at the NS headlamps earthing point it's a bit dim.
I thought that but it may be the angle we are viewing it.
I think its the angle to the camera
Check it with a light meter,you might just have one knocking about Matt.
Surely you should use a foam block not wood ? The wood block will be flat , non of the bonnet will be perfectly flat , so it will just rub on the very centre of the block?
Yeah or do it with no block at all and just your hand
@@Lobo-ih3bh You want some sort of block because the pressure you apply won't be even i.e. with your finger tips but it should be flexible i.e. rubber or foam.
@@peterbroad1772 each to their own I guess, it’s worked fine for me on all the cars I’ve done.
I wonder if you could have put a Gloss Black wrap over the entire bonnet
Would have looked pretty good I think
The bonnet of the Mondeo is the same/worse. Similar story but complicated by two stage paint (metallic base plus lacquer), and a very thin lacquer coat (thanks Ford).
I’ve given up trying to improve it, as the sap from the bushes has wrecked the top surface - plus the whole car will need painting at some stage…
Hope you’ve solved it!
me too, time will tell. I guess with the Mondeo new paint will be the only way to really fix it
Is clay bar still a thing these days? I remember using it, and to start with you can feel it drag over the paintwork, then when you have all the dirt out of the scratches, it is smooth as silk.
Yes I use it a lot before normal polishing
Washing up liquid!?!?!?! Car shampoo works far better as a lubricant and paper cleaner, plus you don't run the risk of some nasty chemicals in the washing up liquid making the paint go cloudy and look as if it been washed with washing powder
What's wrong with the headlights? When you started it up it was on full beams but the passenger side full beam was dim. I've noticed this before in other videos.
just the angle to the camera
forward and backward/upn down works a lot better than roundy round , A little rhyme for you 🙂
very Australian hat, mate ;)
Canadian!
Great job Matt! I need to do the same to mine, but the paint work isn't good as yours
less to lose if it goes wrong, more to gain if it goes well? Get some G7 and G3 that are less than a decade old and it'll be easier
@@furiousdriving makes sense. Also, no joke, but I still have a tub of G3 that I bought in 2007-8, after watching Ed China using it on a MR2 in WD
@@GentilsGarage about as old as mine, bought when I tried painting this myself
Sand in straight lines
Hi I used to do that for a living, black is the worst colour to mop polish. I used to hate doing black cars. You may have had more success with a better compound.
If I was nearer I’d have helped you but I think I’m too far away
2:12 I think those are slug trails from eating the leaf debris.
thats more unpleasant, thanks
Exactly this. The trail is caused by the "tooth" in the slug's mouth that scrapes across the ground, lifting off whatever it is that slugs seem to eat.
You need to invest in a decent DA polisher. The one you have looks cheap and nasty. Also try clay bar before you use any compound. Get a decent clay bar and some lube.
Did it come back through the next day? kept us hanging!
dont know, its not the next day yet
Where's your rover estate that you were going to paint 🤓🚗
At the painters
Sadly, that rover sounds pretty sick when you start it up; the rattles sound like loose ancillaries, and it should sound like a lovely smooth V8. Do you know what’s wrong with it? I always want to pop the bonnet and tighten down whatever’s spoiling the pleasure. Yeah, wet sanding is painful, but with patience can yield amazing results.
The doors rattle mic was inside and the alternator bearing is squeaking
AND the Roof looks like, probably the Boot too kinda need doing ...😆😉
Vinyl roof probably won’t polish very well
Sorry Matt it was so arduous for you 😩 but be consoled by the fact it was 3 x more arduous for us 😂👌🏻
thats what Id hoped
Your polishing technique is all wrong im afraid. You are going far to fast and seem to randomly go all over the place. You must move in slow even passes. Left to right, then up and down. Doing 20 to 30" patch at a time. I had a bonnet that was bad last year that i worked on and spend 5hrs on just the bonnet alone. From corse, medium, to final Refining polish.
Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, but I think that's slug/snail trails munching their way across algae created by the hedge life
gross...thanks!
Minders capri had SLE number plate.
I never twigged that all the times I saw it!
it looked like you headlights are not working correctly on near side
its the angle of the lenses to the camera
🤞🤞🤞 Matt , what a horror job! I presume you had to change your undies!? I realy hope it stays this nice, otherwise it will be utterly frustrating! 👍🏻👍🏻🆙 and 🤞🤞🤞
WHAT IS THAT NOISE ???
Maybe you should get a paint meter so you know how much still is on the car 😂
Id like one, theyre a bit pricy though, and in this case I think the painter laid it on quite thick, fortunately
👍🏴👍
The moral here is avoid parking near or under trees particularly in summer, sap is corrosive.
Thanks for letting the side down for stoic Englishmen by wearing shorts other than on a beach.
And don’t leave it with people who park there either
Cheap sandpaper?
what ever was in the garage
Shades of Ian lol
Did the company who left it under a hedge compensate you for the damage?
no
@@furiousdriving It may be a bit late now, but I'd have been tempted to contact them to see if they were willing to pay to have a detailer polish it, or even just to pay you for some polish and equipment.
Did I miss something? Where is the Volvo?
parked nearby
Does it help being dressed like bush tucker man when polishing a car 🤣🤣nice job could have been disastrous 👍🔧😎
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