The Mother of All "How to Remove Swirls from Your Viper's Paint!"

[Junkman2008]

Thanks for watching gents.

[ACR]

Junkman excellent series. Regrading towels, have you found cheaper alternatives to the Blonde? The Rag Company is local to me. What should I get from them?

[Vprbite]

I will actually be buying an orbital soon. I was scared to but junkman has a video where he lets his 10 year old daughter at his car with an orbital. So, I figured if she isn't scared of it, perhaps I shouldn't be.

Thanks for the videos, as always. I will carefully watch them later.

[Slithr]

Junkman excellent series. Regrading towels, have you found cheaper alternatives to the Blonde? The Rag Company is local to me. What should I get from them?

ACR, check out this thread JM posted telling us of the best detailing towels from the Rag Co.

http://driveviper.com/forums/threads...-on-the-Dollar!

[ACR]

ACR, check out this thread JM posted telling us of the best detailing towels from the Rag Co.

http://driveviper.com/forums/threads...-on-the-Dollar!

Thanks!

[Junkman2008]

I will actually be buying an orbital soon. I was scared to but junkman has a video where he lets his 10 year old daughter at his car with an orbital. So, I figured if she isn't scared of it, perhaps I shouldn't be.

Yes, and she has little noodley girly arms. Surely you can bench press at least 2 of those polishers.

[Vprbite]

I'll start with one and do reps. I wouldn't want to attempt 2 without a spotter. : )

Actually, I grew up with rotary buffers that people regularly burned through paint wih and it built up a fear like electroshock therapy that I now have no reason not to get over with these new orbitals. And products. There are gentler products and aggressive products. So you don't have to go with an ultra aggressive compound if you don't want/need to. Not like it used to be. I look forward to doing some slight correction shortly.

[Junkman2008]

Let me bump this old thread for the new guys who have joined since they were posted and have never seen these videos. Paint correction made simple. So easy a caveman could do it. The information has not changed in all these years and they are still my most watched videos.

[Junkman2008]

Hey everyone, the videos that were originally in my initial post were accidentally deleted but I was able to recover them and combine all 5 videos into ONE video. After all these years, people are still watching this video series (they let me know BIG TIME when it disappeared and it has over a million views!). So I have fixed the initial thread and made the series even better by adding annotations to the video. If you can't fix your paint with a machine after watching THIS video, you never tried!

[Grcforce327]

Hey everyone, the videos that were originally in my initial post were accidentally deleted but I was able to recover them and combine all 5 videos into ONE video. After all these years, people are still watching this video series (they let me know BIG TIME when it disappeared and it has over a million views!). So I have fixed the initial thread and made the series even better by adding annotations to the video. If you can't fix your paint with a machine after watching THIS video, you never tried!

I'm still not understanding the whole process. Maybe you could travel 70mi and demonstrate. da959c72-0d8e-4491-a2af-9595ef682ae5_1749094817768.gif

[Junkman2008]

Are you in Lexington?

[Grcforce327]

Are you in Lexington?

Yep! Met you over a decade ago at a viper meet just outside Louisville,where you were the star attraction. Recently got back into a viper. Still have the equipment,and made some recent purchases at the Rag Company.

[Junkman2008]

Yep! Met you over a decade ago at a viper meet just outside Louisville,where you were the star attraction. Recently got back into a viper. Still have the equipment,and made some recent purchases at the Rag Company.

Well first off, that would be SEVENTY-THREE miles! Every time the Wildcats and Cardinals tangle, the TV broadcast love to make that crystal clear!

Yes, I definitely remember that meet! We had a good time and you guys brought out some sweet wheels. Man, once this pandemic is over and the heat comes back, we could always do that again. Just let me know, I'm always game for hanging out with some good car guys!

[Grcforce327]

Well first off, that would be SEVENTY-THREE miles! Every time the Wildcats and Cardinals tangle, the TV broadcast love to make that crystal clear!

Yes, I definitely remember that meet! We had a good time and you guys brought out some sweet wheels. Man, once this pandemic is over and the heat comes back, we could always do that again. Just let me know, I'm always game for hanging out with some good car guys!

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[Junkman2008]

[Fisher]

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[laney487]

Hey Junkman just now seeing this video, going to watch this whole thing and learn to get the swirls out now and start doing your drying with water technique, thanks again..

[Junkman2008]

Welcome to the swirl-free party. If you have any questions, let me know. I've touched my fair share of Vipers over the years. Here's one that I had to wetsand a scratch out of.

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Nothing but a relection of the ceiling left on that puppy.

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[gfviperman]

Perfect!!!

[Junkman2008]

It was a good time too. Viper owners are good car guys to hang out with.

[laney487]

WOW well ive watched your video 2x now and it doesnt seem too hard.. i cant even begin to understand why i was so scared to do it, id much rather do it myself now that i know it can be done pretty easily and with time.. i understand why detail shops charge so much with the time involved but it seems like it will be great to of done it myself gives that self satisfaction! ordered all the parts you said to get and the meguirs stuff you was right you cant buy that crap at the store.. what a shame..

[Junkman2008]

There are faster ways to do this stuff but the catch is, it's way more dangerous to do it the faster way. Since I enjoy spending time with my car, I don't care how long it takes. It's really simple to do if you understand everything you watched and what I said. I take the rocket science out of this stuff because when it comes down to it, it's not rocket science.

[laney487]

i love my car man dont mind spending the time especially knowing its effective and safe! Got all the stuff in today and looking forward to maybe starting on a rear quarter or trunk a bit tomorrow and see how it goes.. i feel pretty confident. i def wouldnt want to do the fast and not safe way i would be sure to mess it up im good at screwing stuff up! dont mind taking the long and hard way i love my ride!

[Junkman2008]

Make sure you watch that video again before you start. TAKE NOTES. Also, remember one of the most important things I say about doing this for the first time. Perfect one spot before even thinking about doing the entire car. If you can't fix one spot, there's no need to even bother with the rest of the car. You'll just end up disappointed and frustrated. I have taught kids to do this at car shows and I even allow them to work on MY car.

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[Junkman2008]

For the question about doing tight or small areas on your viper, here's one solution. The 3" pad (technically a 3.5" pad). Now this pad is tricky to use because it will stop rotating and be useless if you apply TOO MUCH PRESSURE. So you have to pay special attention to the amount of pressure than you use in order to ensure that it continually rotates and occilates. It takes a little practice but if the pad isn't rotating AND occilating, you're wasting your time. You won't get any satisfactory results.

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The other solution is to do it by hand, which blows. But if you want to address these tight areas by hand, here's a link to some pads you can use.

If you would rather use a machine, here's a link to these pads on Autogeek. They are not the Hex-Logic style that the pictures shows but they will work too. If you can find a 3.5" Hex-Logic version, buy them.. You can also find single pads for compounding or polishing instead of a kit if you look around long enough. The black pad is used to apply wax, although I never use the black pad. I apply wax by hand. Keep in mind that you also must have a 3" back plate to use this size pad.

WARNING!!! Do NOT use these pads on a drill! You will immediately wipe the paint off the car in a instant and be standing there pissed as hell!