My buddy KC @ thedetailers.blogspot.com was supposed to conduct another detailing clinic a few days ago but is temporarily out of action and had to cancel. However, he had one participant who purposely flew in from East Malaysia to learn from the master himself. Unfortunately, Yoda was unable to teach the young padawan about the ways of the force... a call was made and it was left to me.... Obi-Wan to demonstrate the ways of the force to the young padawan....
The force was most certainly strong in this one as he had waited two months and traveled hundreds of kilometers to seek the master himself.... unfortunately he had to make do with me. :-)
Anyway.... may the force be with us all... and on with the story.
I met the young padawan (hmmm..... makes me sound like an old uncle.) at his abode. I brought along his Makita lightsaber and other supplies from the master. I only had a couple of hours to train him in the ways of the force.
A sample vehicle was required....
Note the horrendous condition of the paint with some patches of clear coat failure, many swirls and RIDS (Random Isolated Deep Scratches)..... PERFECT!!!
Will the young padawan be able to master the force without master Yoda? Click the link below to find out:
The young padawan apprentice was first thought about the legendary Optimum No-Rinse or ONR. Legend has it that the ONR does not require any rinsing to clean the car and it was time for the young padawan's first test..... (Note: As the writer of this blog may not be in a sane mental state, the identities of all involved have been protected.)
After the ONR, a demonstration of the cleaning ability of the Optimum Power Clean was carried out as well as the proper technique for claying with ONR as a lube.
The surface was now ready for correction and a section of the hood was taped off for a 50/50. Pretty severe swirls.
As the young padawan's lightsaber was still brand new and in the box..... I lent him mine instead. The surface was compounded with Optimum Hyper Compound with the Optimum Double-Sided Wool pad and followed by polishing with the Optimum Double-Sided Foam pad.
Some wetsanding was also demonstrated on a deep scratch.....
After compounding the sanding marks...
Some 50/50 shots of the young padawan's use of the force...
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After correction, the apprentice was schooled in the ways to protect the paint with Optimum Opti-Seal followed by Optimum Car Wax.
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Not too bad for a young apprentice holding a lightsaber for the first time.
I wish him lightspeed, all the best and MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.......
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