27-02-2010, 06:48am
The last frame I did in the shop took a bit over 35hr to clean, smooth and polish. And you will cry, bitch, moan, swear and smell if you decide to go there, it is a prick of a job but it does look good.
I started out with a double coarse 3M paint stripper pad in the drill then used wet and dry from 40 through to 2400 (some on a small palm sander), when I was done with that I started with a brown stick on a hard polish mop then progress down to a white stick on a semi soft mop then past on a soft mop then I finished it all off with mother billet polish by hand.
It looks great, would I do a gain, yes but when some else is paying me to do it!
I started out with a double coarse 3M paint stripper pad in the drill then used wet and dry from 40 through to 2400 (some on a small palm sander), when I was done with that I started with a brown stick on a hard polish mop then progress down to a white stick on a semi soft mop then past on a soft mop then I finished it all off with mother billet polish by hand.
It looks great, would I do a gain, yes but when some else is paying me to do it!