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- What's goin' on, everybody?
Today in the Detail Garage
we've got our work cut out for us
because the owner of this beautiful Dodge Ram
has recently had his vehicle vandalized,
and I'm gonna show you guys a couple ways to remove it,
as well restore some of that shine.
So just by looking at it,
we see that we've got this
overwhelming amount of yellow spray paint
all over this black paint job.
And for whatever reason, the person decided
to go around the entire truck spraying it,
and there's heavy amounts of spray paint in different areas.
So one way that we would normally do this
is just use the natural cleaning oils of Butter Wet Wax
to help lift it off gently without having to polish it
or basically do any kind of other work
because the natural cleaning oils of Butter Wet Wax
will lift off any of this kind of overspray
or any kind of paint transfer, or vandalism in this case,
while also shining it and protecting it.
But since we have the entire truck to polish here,
we're going to skip that step
and move on to polishing with our TORQ15DA
with a microfiber pad, which is going to help
really cut the surface and remove anything that's on there.
We'll also use some V36, which is my go-to polish.
So to start off here,
I'm just going to grab my machine and some V36.
Now, this is the TORQ15DA
with an orange microfiber pad on the surface.
I'm going to show you how to load it up using the V36.
Shake up the bottle,
then we'll just apply a few lines to the surface.
And what's different about using a microfiber pad
is all in the way that you load it.
And what I mean by that is,
instead of leaving dots or dabs on the surface,
what you're going to do is
massage it or work it into the fibers.
This way, it doesn't hit a dry spot,
which could create marring or
creates an excessive amount of heat.
And all you have to do is take your finger
and spread it out into the fibers.
This is going to help us evenly work the product in,
that we're not hitting dry spots,
and it's also giving the proper work time for the polish.
And like always, we use a bit of pad conditioner
to help moisten the pad, which is going to help,
again, prevent any kind of excess heat.
It moistens the pad and also prevents a lot of the dusting.
Just a couple of sprays to get us started.
And a lot of people ask us what,
or how often do you need to use pad conditioner,
and, essentially, this is just at the initial application
and for the first few sections.
And after that, you just do it as necessary
because the more you put on there,
the moister the pad's gonna get,
and that's gonna start slinging a lot
of the pad conditioner.
It also makes it hard for your chemical to stick to the pad.
So just a couple of sprays at the beginning
and then just as necessary as you work.
Now, we're going to start here in this small section.
I'll give you guys a little bit of before and after here.
And we're just gonna blotch it out.
And if you're new to polishing
or any kind of paint correction,
there's a few things you want to keep in mind,
and that is the speed that you're working in.
On this, on a dual action or a random orbital,
you want to use the highest speed setting
for when you're actually polishing it,
but when you're spreading anything out,
you just use the lowest speed setting.
You want to make sure that the machine is completely flat,
and you're not applying too much pressure on the head here,
which could cause the pad to stall or slow down.
And, also, it creates a lot of heat here.
And then, when you're working on the back hand here,
you just want to keep it nice and level.
This way, you're not digging in from the front or the back.
And then, just want to move about an inch per second.
This way, you're moving across the surface evenly,
but you're also not creating a lot of heat there
and not damaging the surface.
So on the lowest speed setting,
we're going to spread it out,
and on the high speed setting,
we're going to break it down,
work it into the paint,
and then remove all this transfer.
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And then, basically, once your compound or polish is gone,
basically clear or translucent,
you just want to take a clean microfiber towel
and buff off the excess.
Now you can check your work.
So, obviously, it's removed a lot of that
paint transfer and the contamination of vandalism,
but, also, it's removing the
scratch and the swirls that are underneath that,
and it's reviving a deep luster shine.
So as I had mentioned,
there's a couple of ways that you can remove
this kind of vandalism and overspray.
And one way is just by using a
little bit of Butter Wet Wax,
which has those natural cleaning oils that'll clean it,
protect it, as well as add some shine.
Now, on this vinyl stripe here,
normally you want to avoid waxing this,
but since this already has a gloss finish,
it's safe for that.
So we're in luck on that part at least.
And what we've got here
is just a clean microfiber towel,
and we've got a little bit of Butter Wet Wax on it.
We're just going to work it back and forth.
Not applying too much pressure,
but you're just gently working it into the surface,
letting the cleaner do its job,
letting the wax lift up anything that's on the surface.
And you can really see it coming off,
which is really pretty amazing for
how long this has been on there.
As far as we know, it's been on there
for at least 24 hours,
so it's had plenty of time to cook.
And it's been outside,
so it's been baking on the surface of the vehicle.
And if this were something that you took
to your insurance or to a body shop,
this could cost you thousands of dollars to fix
or repaint if necessary.
So having the knowledge, the products,
as well as the ability to do it yourself
is going to save you a lot of time,
a lot of money in the long run.
And this is really just a great way to
maintain your vehicle
as well as restore some of that shine.
Really gets intermittent,
and, also, this is a great way to protect your investment.
So just buff it off there,
and you can see that we've got this
nicely removed area here.
I've still got a lot of work to do around the vehicle,
but, like I mentioned, you can polish it
using either a microfiber pad,
you can use a foam pad,
or if you're just not comfortable
using a machine polisher,
you can also use some of that Butter Wet Wax.
Or you can hand polish it,
but that's going to take a really long time.
At least with this, you're just removing
that top layer, the overspray, or the contamination.
But if you're going to hand polish it,
then you're going to have to work it in
until you completely diminish
any kind of swirls or scratches.
So, like I said, I've got a lot of work to do here,
so I'm going to grab one of the guys inside of the shop.
They're going to help me finish off this vehicle.
You guys can check out these products
on our website, chemicalguys.com,
or at your local detail garage.
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