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Old 02-29-2008, 12:33 AM
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Tailgate Swirls removed

Heres somethin i did this morning just to keep me off the computer for a few hours and have my little workout for the day before i goto bed this morning. (i work nightshift. Sleep during the day)

So its a 2005 Nissan frontier. The bed is just covered in ORANGE PEEL. Its beyond the warrenty so I cant just hand it back. So i'll live with it for now and get that worked out at a later date. For now i'll just keep it swirl free.

Products of choice:

Megs Gold Class Wash
Megs Claybar w/ Megs NXT Quick Detailer
wait for surface to cool (meaning make breakfast)

Prima Swirl with White LC Pad at speed 5
Prima Epic with Black LC pad at speed 3



1st step: Prep



2nd)As you can see here. The tailgate isn't exactly swamped with swirls but a nice noticeable amount.



3rd)Test spot on left side of tailgate: There wasn't a great amount of swirls and the paint is great to work with. (except the orange peel of course) but white pad was all i needed



4th) The first pass with the white pad got them about 80% The 2nd pass cleared up the area perfectly.




5th)time to goto town on the rest of the gate. Here is the Start to finish results I got on the entire project after 2 passes at speed 5

Before:


First pass:


Second Pass:



6th step) Take out into the sunlight to triple check my results. I got a nice 95-96% correction after two passes on the entire tailgate. Which means I must be doing something right.



I blame the orange peel for now showing the proper reflection on my trucks bed. The sun came out at like 7 this morning. Almost makes the tailgate look primered huh

Results in sunlight before epic was applied:



After waiting a bit. It was finally time to apply the Prima Epic. This stuff is amazing. Very easy to use and the smoothness of this product once finished is great!

After 30 minutes: 1 coat



Out in the sun:







Thanks for lookin. Sorry for such a long write-up on such a small part of the truck. But i get into this stuff hah


Adam

If your interested in seeing what the whole truck looks like. Here it is:
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