So today we took delivery of this beautiful 1968 Shelby Cobra.
This car is amazing!
So as you can see there is a lot of scratches and swirls all over this vehicle.
These black stripes really do show those scratches.
You see right here, you see scratching, a lot of marring.
This comes from when they used a wool pad in order to buff it and get the surface nice and smooth.
So unfortunately we are here to correct that, and we are going to correct it using our V36 and our cutting pad.
And we are going to be correcting it with V38 and our polishing pad.
The first step is to make sure our vehicle is wash and clayed.
In this case, the vehicle has been washed and clayed before hand.
And I'm going to be using my orange cutting pad.
This is the Hex-Logic cutting pad, fresh out of the package.
I'm going to be using our Torq 10FX.
Now that you have your pad nice and centered,
we are going to be using our cutting compound.
In this case, we are going to be using our V36 light cutting compound.
We are going to be cutting lightly into the paint.
To help remove those deeper scratches and swirls.
Once you have that compound onto the pad.
Spray it twice with our Polishing Pad Conditioner.
To prime the pad.
And then you're going to want to spread it out on the area you are gonna work on.
So just to get a nice 50/50 difference, I'm going to work on this side and leave the other side untouched.
Once you spread the compound out, once you blot it out on the surface,
you're gonna turn it on the lowest speed setting...
and you're gonna spread out the compound on the lowest speed setting.
Once the compound is nice and spread out, you're gonna turn up the machine to speed setting 6 or speed setting 40 on the Torq 10FX.
Alright, once you work the compound to a clear state, like it is right here, grab yourself a microfiber towel and buff off.
Perfect!
So once you buff off the compound, you want to inspect your results.
In this case, a lot of scratches and swirls are gone which is good.
But there a little bit of micro-marring that's left from using any kind of cutting compound.
In this case, you always want to finish off with a nice fine polish.
So that's when V38 comes in.
So we are going to be using a white Hex-Logic Polishing Pad with our V38.
To clear up a lot of this micro-marring and also bring out a nice high shine.
Just apply a few pea sized drops onto your pad.
And then be sure to prime it with your Polishing Pad Conditioner.
And again, your going to repeat the same process.
Spread it out to the area that you're working on.
Spread it out at the lowest speed setting.
And of course, once you do that, again you're going to turn up your machine to the highest speed setting.
In this case, speed setting 40 or speed setting 6 if you're using other machines.
So once you finish polishing with V38, grab yourself a fresh microfiber towel,
gonna buff off
see what kind of results you get.
I can already see a huge difference between this to this.
This looks a little bit distorted. It's a little bit gray. A lot of deeper scratches and swirls are on there.
This is nice, slick, just the way it's suppose to look.