Great video, as usual. Small point that might be of interest to one or two viewers concerning the polishing pads. When I was taught to do this work, they said not to use the soft pad near the edge. Use the hard pad. The soft pad will try to bend around the edge and remove paint and the hard or stiff one will just stay flat and leave the edge alone. Crazy, but the stiff pad will just hang out in the air and not bother the edge unless you tip the machine by accident. Hey, it's just the way I was taught as a kid. I have wrecked plenty of paint jobs by other methods. Live and learn.
Used it for the first time last weekend definitely worth buying if you're a person who likes detailing your own car recommend first time to use on lowest setting 800 so you don't burn paint don't leave in one spot keep moving it over paint easy to use th-cam.com/users/postUgkxfzbDkCRyv3CFXnLZI4APZtRRuG2uRmP2 truck looks like new again used maguires black light battery life like all milwaukee products seem to hold up well 😀
Congratulations on your work, I follow your videos from Brazil. Although I do not fully master English, I can understand your explanations, and as a hobbyist and enthusiast of the profession I have learned a lot from you. Thank you and much success.
Trev you are most informative along with being fastidious in your application of duty . If ever in your home country it would be a pleasure to have a natter . I'm an Australian who was fortunate enough too work in a small shop one tradesman to one apprentice . You do masterful work .
My 'trick' to get rid of the dust clumps is to use a hacksaw blade (or similar size and characteristic type of high tensile steel strip) with a slapper effect and it shocks the lumps off from the surface of the paper. It takes a certain technique (HA - as my Sifu once said to me - "Perfect practice makes perfect") - but once 'mastered' - it can help increase the life of any sandpaper. Yes - it can also shock some of the actual grit off the paper and sometimes for a 'better to be safe than sorry'- followed by a quick blow over from the airgun - but I'd much rather lose a little of the sanding grit than have those damaging clumps still stuck on the paper. Cheers from AUSTRALIA.
Yes - you are right and probably a much better suggestion for the 'novice' to start (if done correctly) using this sandpaper cleaning technique, especially as the rounded edges of the wire have less chance of marking the sandpaper as can occur if you do not keep the hacksaw blade on the absolute same plane as the sandpaper when whacking it to dislodge the dust clumps. I started out using the hacksaw blade technique as a hacksaw blade was more readily available than a coat hanger inside the workshop (HA - yes - I went to misspell it as "hangar" - HA - I had to look up Google for me correct spellins ofs it - HA). But a coat hanger squashed together so the there are two strands of the wire with maybe 5 - 10mm gap would probably be a much better way to start to learn the 'sandpaper whack'. The benefit of the hacksaw blade is that it is a nice flat surface, whereas if you put even a little kink in the coat hanger (and they are usually soft wire) you can end up putting dents in the sandpaper and//or the backing disc. But either the hacksaw blade or coat hanger - if done correctly - definitely helps increase the life of the sandpaper - HA - until you end up whacking all the cutting grit off the sandpaper. HA - sorry for the 'WAR&PEACE' length typing about sandpaper whacking. Have a nice day.
Very informative as always, great to see all the sanding stages being explained. I didn’t even know you could get 6000 grit discs, that made such a difference. Thank you for taking the time to make this guide, you’re a real craftsman.
You may already know this one Trev, you may not. I include it because I am sure you are someone that this will resonate with. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. Louis Nizer
I'm in the process of saving to equip for mig welding and air tools. The wait is killing me but I'm learning so much from you while I'm building up my home shop.
I contacted you last month regards dent removal on our Vespa. Having watched your vids and taken my time I now have a bike that looks like it did when it was new. Thanks for your help Trev. 👍
Great video Trev. I always learn something new from your videos. Busy doing this on my Mk1 Golf that I resprayed and your videos are always a great refresher plus they get me motivated! BTW that Porsches paint is absolutely indredible. Cheers from South Africa
Trev it doesn't happen by majic does it? Anybody that thinks painting is easy is crazy. It's hard work, but very rewarding. You can't go from step A, directly to step D if you want a quality job. Detail, detail, and then some more detail. I enjoy your videos from across the pond in Atlanta, GA USA. You do some beautiful work. I am also a big fan of 3M products. You get what you pay for. 3M sets the bar.
A great instructional video. Thanks a lot for making it! I made the mistake of painting my car using a spray gun with about 28psi instead of 40psi, as stated in the manual. The paint came out rather textured, to put it one way. Fortunately it's only about half the car that I had painted (the rest was O.K.). I've been manually sanding the new paintwork. First I used 400 grit, with a cork block and no pressure, just to remove the loose top layer. Then I went over it all with 600 grit, in much the same way; no real pressure, just evening out the peeks and troughs of the paint. Since then, I've been using 1500 grit wet & dry with water. I still haven't used a lot of pressure. The water tends to get the sand paper to suck onto the paintwork, giving an even sanding. I know it's going to take a looooong time doing it this way, but I don't want to spend more money on power tools for one paint job.
Thanks Trev, I learn so much watching your blog. Your attention to detail tells much about what it takes to get it right. Showing the products that you use is great and I really enjoy the music at the end. All in all my favorite TH-cam channel. From Chicago.
A couple of things that I do is soak "ALL" sanding disc or paper in water about 20 mins prior to sanding surfaces. After compounding I use the Master Shine by Wizard as a glazing compound for scratches on the dark gray waffle pad. If you can't get the Master Shine in the UK let me know I will send you a bottle, from the States. #3 my RPM'S on the buffing process stay at 1000 rpm's ! Great Video's !
It’s all about “Time and money” one of the unfortunate things in life! I totally agree with you mate! Well done on this video, one of the most educational and informative vids on the web, hands down Thank you keep them paint jobs going
One more excellent video, Trev! Thanks. I have seen some videos about colour sanding and buffing but yours is by far the best. Lots of valuable information in your video!
Its good how you explain it to the home novice as you said a few different methods but your basic novice tips have nailed it . We also sell paint and panel consumables happy to get your opinion on them if your interested
Love your videos Trev. Thanks for the update on new equipment I didnt know half this stuff existed. I generally block back with 1500 and then 2000 buff with cut and polish and then brasso after that. Might have to look at the local shop to see what's there. Great stuff.
My uncle worked in the bodyshop in Luton. Back in the sixties. He passed his CA over to my dad and gave it a quick spray job. Sneaky weekend job methinks. Dad is 86 now and would love to see this.
Love the idea of adding some bars to the bottom of the stand. In all my years of paintwork I've had a love hate relationship with those stands, should help make it more love than hate. LOL
Congrats on the new Black Magic sloth speed wonder wand. Digital..too cool. Lightweight must make the day less tedious indeed. I do a lot of buffing up of aluminum. Really enjoy getting to the final stages and seeing my identical twin is perfectly in sync with me in the same side to side motion from the inside surface of the metal panel. Well, like a mirror I suppose. Excellent vid..best to you and yours.
Excellent! Thank you so much for sharing those tips with us! They will be put to good use soon, now that the good weather has arrived here in New England!
Good morning Trev, really good stuff. Everyone has tip, trick, or technique that makes my work better. This video certainly did that. I am amazed at the expertise that you provide in these videos. Thanks and take care.
Excellent info, I would never have thought to wipe the discs down, and I thought 2K paints cured in a couple of hours, and I thought the high shine was from clearcoat so learnt a ton of stuff there.
Hey Trev awesome video I love your work and your approach and style! Keep up the fantastic work that you are doing here! Its very motivating and informative!!!! You should be on motor trend TV! Your much better than all of those shows combined!!
This had helped me out loads mate, keep doing theses videos as it gives us the info needed, Hope to see you do a how to spay vid for beginners. Keep up the good work Ace 👍🏻
Orange peel effect..when I worked for British Leyland in the 70s that original shot would have been top notch finish. Very inspiring again Trev I got as far as looking at the Farecla in my garage..looking lovingly at my old Passat..then thought perhaps you were right..it is over 20 years old and I should try something new..the Farecla that is..bought a bottle of Auto Glym once too...now how long does that last?. Keep it up young man..as you say old habits die hard. You will have to let people know what show or event you will be appearing at with the completed project..could even be tempted to put 2 gallons of fuel in car just to come and look.
Rodney Perkins polishing products do go off and g3 will separate over time and will not mix back together. I’ll be promoting the business for sure so people interested can pop by and maybe buy a cake and help support us, it would be great to see you one day. Cheers Trev 👍
Excellent demonstration of how it’s done. It’s a very time consuming job but worth every second when you get the results. I have found the 3M perfect it, full system the best around. Good job. I find polishing the next day gets the best results.
cheers Trev , i am sure my mk1 Escort estate will thank me for watching this once i get to the stage of paintwork, top info as usuall, your time and effort is very much appreciated
Got some great tips here thanks. For de-nibbing: If the panel is flat-ish you can put masking tape on the ends of a razor blade and scrape it off-bluntly. Super fast techique and gets rid of only the high spot. Your 1-7/8 discs would be a great followup.
Great Trev! Sure would like to see you bring back a good look to an oxidized, but otherwise fine paint job from 1985. I seen some other guy’s vids but I’ll love to see “The Trev’s Tried and True” way about it.
I flat and polished a black car that I painted, not sure if I would ever do it again. I turned a nice paint job into an onyx black mirror and every detail was visible, the good, the bad and ugly. I essentially turned it into a show car and was to scared to drive it. I Ended up selling it. The new owner had it ceramic coated it.
That it's a good move with water I do the same with my polishing ,& plus I rather use menzerna to polish those panels , there compound is much better my opinion!!
Really, really good Video. I've always been to scared of dry DA sanding I've always used wet and dry and a block, but following on from this video i will try it on my next project😀( which if your interested is a 1953 split screen morris minor)
Great stuff Trev, now i know where all my imperfections have come from Haha, i'm ok with that, i look at it like this........every scratch or dull spot reminds me of all my hard but novice work! Thanks Trev
Great video, as usual. Small point that might be of interest to one or two viewers concerning the polishing pads. When I was taught to do this work, they said not to use the soft pad near the edge. Use the hard pad. The soft pad will try to bend around the edge and remove paint and the hard or stiff one will just stay flat and leave the edge alone. Crazy, but the stiff pad will just hang out in the air and not bother the edge unless you tip the machine by accident.
Hey, it's just the way I was taught as a kid. I have wrecked plenty of paint jobs by other methods. Live and learn.
Used it for the first time last weekend definitely worth buying if you're a person who likes detailing your own car recommend first time to use on lowest setting 800 so you don't burn paint don't leave in one spot keep moving it over paint easy to use th-cam.com/users/postUgkxfzbDkCRyv3CFXnLZI4APZtRRuG2uRmP2 truck looks like new again used maguires black light battery life like all milwaukee products seem to hold up well 😀
I never knew what I was doing wrong until I watched this. Trev to the rescue once again!
Congratulations on your work, I follow your videos from Brazil. Although I do not fully master English, I can understand your explanations, and as a hobbyist and enthusiast of the profession I have learned a lot from you. Thank you and much success.
What an excellent and comprehensive tutorial!! Thank you for that! I now feel confident to get into polishing my car without too much fear!!
Trev you are most informative along with being fastidious in your application of duty . If ever in your home country it would be a pleasure to have a natter . I'm an Australian who was fortunate enough too work in a small shop one tradesman to one apprentice . You do masterful work .
Once again, exactly what I needed to know - thanks Trev! I don’t feel so bad about my paint finish now I know the final processes still to complete.
My 'trick' to get rid of the dust clumps is to use a hacksaw blade (or similar size and characteristic type of high tensile steel strip) with a slapper effect and it shocks the lumps off from the surface of the paper. It takes a certain technique (HA - as my Sifu once said to me - "Perfect practice makes perfect") - but once 'mastered' - it can help increase the life of any sandpaper. Yes - it can also shock some of the actual grit off the paper and sometimes for a 'better to be safe than sorry'- followed by a quick blow over from the airgun - but I'd much rather lose a little of the sanding grit than have those damaging clumps still stuck on the paper. Cheers from AUSTRALIA.
coat hangar works pretty good too, just gotta be careful not to rupture the paper.
Yes - you are right and probably a much better suggestion for the 'novice' to start (if done correctly) using this sandpaper cleaning technique, especially as the rounded edges of the wire have less chance of marking the sandpaper as can occur if you do not keep the hacksaw blade on the absolute same plane as the sandpaper when whacking it to dislodge the dust clumps. I started out using the hacksaw blade technique as a hacksaw blade was more readily available than a coat hanger inside the workshop (HA - yes - I went to misspell it as "hangar" - HA - I had to look up Google for me correct spellins ofs it - HA). But a coat hanger squashed together so the there are two strands of the wire with maybe 5 - 10mm gap would probably be a much better way to start to learn the 'sandpaper whack'. The benefit of the hacksaw blade is that it is a nice flat surface, whereas if you put even a little kink in the coat hanger (and they are usually soft wire) you can end up putting dents in the sandpaper and//or the backing disc. But either the hacksaw blade or coat hanger - if done correctly - definitely helps increase the life of the sandpaper - HA - until you end up whacking all the cutting grit off the sandpaper. HA - sorry for the 'WAR&PEACE' length typing about sandpaper whacking. Have a nice day.
I learn so much from you. I totally appreciate your effort to clearly describe all the consumables you use, too.
Very informative as always, great to see all the sanding stages being explained. I didn’t even know you could get 6000 grit discs, that made such a difference.
Thank you for taking the time to make this guide, you’re a real craftsman.
You may already know this one Trev, you may not.
I include it because I am sure you are someone that this will resonate with.
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.
Louis Nizer
Brilliant Trev that's very helpful to me, thanks for sharing your knowledge
No doubt about It Trev,
You are an old school gun.
Thanks for taking the time to share.
I'm in the process of saving to equip for mig welding and air tools. The wait is killing me but I'm learning so much from you while I'm building up my home shop.
Another great video, always clear, concise and informative, as usual. 😁
Outstanding video Trev, an easy to understand explanation, the best on youtube by far.
Hey Trev, Your denibbing step is brilliant!
Very good! I'd be lying if I was to say I don't find the occasional bit of polishing stressful but you do make it look easy! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you hopefully some of my tips will help you find it less stressful. Cheers Trev 👍
Great videos lad...very instructional👍👍👍
Thanks Trev, very informative, can't wait to see the van finished, first from Australia!
Hmmm. Just what I needed to see. Very educational. Thank you for your tutorial. Greatly appreciate your efforts.
I contacted you last month regards dent removal on our Vespa.
Having watched your vids and taken my time I now have a bike that looks like it did when it was new.
Thanks for your help Trev. 👍
Stacey Nixon brilliant I’m glad your job turned out well, I’m glad I helped too. Cheers Trev 👍
Great video Trev. I always learn something new from your videos. Busy doing this on my Mk1 Golf that I resprayed and your videos are always a great refresher plus they get me motivated! BTW that Porsches paint is absolutely indredible. Cheers from South Africa
Trev it doesn't happen by majic does it? Anybody that thinks painting is easy is crazy. It's hard work, but very rewarding. You can't go from step A, directly to step D if you want a quality job. Detail, detail, and then some more detail.
I enjoy your videos from across the pond in Atlanta, GA USA. You do some beautiful work.
I am also a big fan of 3M products. You get what you pay for. 3M sets the bar.
great vid, thanks for taking the time out to explain all these bits and the process to use them
A great instructional video. Thanks a lot for making it!
I made the mistake of painting my car using a spray gun with about 28psi instead of 40psi, as stated in the manual. The paint came out rather textured, to put it one way. Fortunately it's only about half the car that I had painted (the rest was O.K.). I've been manually sanding the new paintwork. First I used 400 grit, with a cork block and no pressure, just to remove the loose top layer. Then I went over it all with 600 grit, in much the same way; no real pressure, just evening out the peeks and troughs of the paint. Since then, I've been using 1500 grit wet & dry with water. I still haven't used a lot of pressure. The water tends to get the sand paper to suck onto the paintwork, giving an even sanding. I know it's going to take a looooong time doing it this way, but I don't want to spend more money on power tools for one paint job.
Thanks Trev, I learn so much watching your blog. Your attention to detail tells much about what it takes to get it right. Showing the products that you use is great and I really enjoy the music at the end. All in all my favorite TH-cam channel. From Chicago.
Brilliant as always. As good as this is, the extra bonus is a clear outline of the parts/tools used.
Thank You Trev for the most excellent video! You certainly put the "e" on Olde English Craftsmanship!!
Thanks Trev for a really thorough and informative video.
You are a master painter,I wouldn't expect less from you ,your very careful.
A couple of things that I do is soak "ALL" sanding disc or paper in water about 20 mins prior to sanding surfaces. After compounding I use the Master Shine by Wizard as a glazing compound for scratches on the dark gray waffle pad. If you can't get the Master Shine in the UK let me know I will send you a bottle, from the States. #3 my RPM'S on the buffing process stay at 1000 rpm's ! Great Video's !
It’s all about “Time and money” one of the unfortunate things in life! I totally agree with you mate!
Well done on this video, one of the most educational and informative vids on the web, hands down
Thank you keep them paint jobs going
Mu2driver thanks 🤩
The best polishing vid on U tube.
What a really well-produced, careful and considered video. Great work. Subscribed!
Thank you for your effort, great video
You have helped me refine my method.
Please keep up the great work Trev
Watching from Australia
Thank you Trev. I have done a little polishing but this gives me a better direction. Have a great day My Friend.
Great video. Very informative. Love your work
One more excellent video, Trev! Thanks. I have seen some videos about colour sanding and buffing but yours is by far the best. Lots of valuable information in your video!
Always great to see a master at work. So many great tips included. Thanks for explaining how long these steps take. 20 minutes is fast. Cheers! : )
Its good how you explain it to the home novice as you said a few different methods but your basic novice tips have nailed it . We also sell paint and panel consumables happy to get your opinion on them if your interested
Love your videos Trev. Thanks for the update on new equipment I didnt know half this stuff existed. I generally block back with 1500 and then 2000 buff with cut and polish and then brasso after that. Might have to look at the local shop to see what's there. Great stuff.
I am learning, Great job
Very nice work Trev! Good detail. Thanks, Tom
My uncle worked in the bodyshop in Luton. Back in the sixties. He passed his CA over to my dad and gave it a quick spray job. Sneaky weekend job methinks. Dad is 86 now and would love to see this.
Love the idea of adding some bars to the bottom of the stand. In all my years of paintwork I've had a love hate relationship with those stands, should help make it more love than hate. LOL
All these small quality of life pointers is why I keep watching Trev vids.
Congrats on the new Black Magic sloth speed wonder wand. Digital..too cool. Lightweight must make the day less tedious indeed. I do a lot of buffing up of aluminum. Really enjoy getting to the final stages and seeing my identical twin is perfectly in sync with me in the same side to side motion from the inside surface of the metal panel. Well, like a mirror I suppose. Excellent vid..best to you and yours.
Thanks for info will be doing it soon on 68 barracuda.
Nice one Trev. Very helpful , just got a car back from the paint shop. More orange peel than an🍊.
very cool the shop I worked at we did a 65 cornet and we spent 40 hours wet sanding and polishing the car
you have a great talent for body work looks great
Another brilliant comprehensive vido.
Excellent! Thank you so much for sharing those tips with us! They will be put to good use soon, now that the good weather has arrived here in New England!
Fabulous video Trev. Seen lots of similarish videos, but you're is sooooo clear and informative. Your experience is amazing.
great video tev . and the cars in the shop are top class paint and finish
Good morning Trev, really good stuff. Everyone has tip, trick, or technique that makes my work better. This video certainly did that. I am amazed at the expertise that you provide in these videos. Thanks and take care.
Coming from a refinishing background and a interest in detailing. I know how its done. But, its a Trev video so im watching it.
Excellent info, I would never have thought to wipe the discs down, and I thought 2K paints cured in a couple of hours, and I thought the high shine was from clearcoat so learnt a ton of stuff there.
Hey Trev awesome video I love your work and your approach and style! Keep up the fantastic work that you are doing here! Its very motivating and informative!!!! You should be on motor trend TV! Your much better than all of those shows combined!!
Great video, thanks for making this!
This had helped me out loads mate, keep doing theses videos as it gives us the info needed,
Hope to see you do a how to spay vid for beginners.
Keep up the good work Ace 👍🏻
Thanks Trev great video as always 👍
Very Kool... I have never used a foam polishing pad... always been leary of them, but seeing you use them,maybe I will give them a go...Thank you
Orange peel effect..when I worked for British Leyland in the 70s that original shot would have been top notch finish. Very inspiring again Trev I got as far as looking at the Farecla in my garage..looking lovingly at my old Passat..then thought perhaps you were right..it is over 20 years old and I should try something new..the Farecla that is..bought a bottle of Auto Glym once too...now how long does that last?. Keep it up young man..as you say old habits die hard. You will have to let people know what show or event you will be appearing at with the completed project..could even be tempted to put 2 gallons of fuel in car just to come and look.
Rodney Perkins polishing products do go off and g3 will separate over time and will not mix back together. I’ll be promoting the business for sure so people interested can pop by and maybe buy a cake and help support us, it would be great to see you one day. Cheers Trev 👍
That's buitiful color Trev ,love it.
3m products are very pricey but probably the best.good show trev
Excellent demonstration of how it’s done. It’s a very time consuming job but worth every second when you get the results. I have found the 3M perfect it, full system the best around. Good job.
I find polishing the next day gets the best results.
Beautiful work
Trev , top vid you make look so easy mate , cheers mark
Perfect trev, just what I needed! Great video, time to wet sand my driveway paint job on my van, and polisher her up! 👍🏻
A lot of work and sweat Trev but so worth it.
cheers Trev , i am sure my mk1 Escort estate will thank me for watching this once i get to the stage of paintwork, top info as usuall, your time and effort is very much appreciated
Trev,excellant video and thanks for all the helpful tip. Greatly enjoy your channel. Wish you were here in the USA. Thanks again. Cheers 👍
Very good job like always Trev!
Good informative video, but experience and practice is a must. Never stop moving and past quickly over edges, the two things i learned fast.
Got some great tips here thanks. For de-nibbing: If the panel is flat-ish you can put masking tape on the ends of a razor blade and scrape it off-bluntly. Super fast techique and gets rid of only the high spot. Your 1-7/8 discs would be a great followup.
Richard Michael Owen Thanks Richard I’ll have to give that one a go. Cheers Trev 👍
Great lesson. Thanks.
Great video Trev, What a great finish a showroom shine. More great info and tips.
Cheers, Jeff.
cabdriveruk thanks Jeff👍 cheers Trev 👍
Beautiful job and great video! Thank you!
Fantastic video trev and a lot of interesting information thanks mate Really do appreciate it!!!!!
Great video trev. Keep them coming.
Great Trev! Sure would like to see you bring back a good look to an oxidized, but otherwise fine paint job from 1985. I seen some other guy’s vids but I’ll love to see “The Trev’s Tried and True” way about it.
Trev, Great advice & info your videos are top notch for the DIY metalwork or body repairs keep em coming! Cheers Dave
davejaguar66 thanks Dave much appreciated. Cheers Trev 👍
Lovely color. Looks like Ford Azure Blue.
LOVE THE CABLE TIE IDEA...
Thanks Trev, I just learned so much. The panel looks great.
Awesome work as always Trev!
Love this color,like a gun metal blue.
The shiny dimple tactic is good
Thanks Trev ,great video. Nice paint ,top job mate.
From where i come its called a cut and polish. Because you cut the top layer of paint of to achieve a flat surface and then polish to protect .
Quality job Trev.
Brilliant teaching, Trev!
Great blog Trev! Thanks for posting it and look forward to your next.
I flat and polished a black car that I painted, not sure if I would ever do it again. I turned a nice paint job into an onyx black mirror and every detail was visible, the good, the bad and ugly. I essentially turned it into a show car and was to scared to drive it. I Ended up selling it. The new owner had it ceramic coated it.
That it's a good move with water I do the same with my polishing ,& plus I rather use menzerna to polish those panels , there compound is much better my opinion!!
Really, really good Video. I've always been to scared of dry DA sanding I've always used wet and dry and a block, but following on from this video i will try it on my next project😀( which if your interested is a 1953 split screen morris minor)
Great stuff Trev, now i know where all my imperfections have come from Haha, i'm ok with that, i look at it like this........every scratch or dull spot reminds me of all my hard but novice work! Thanks Trev
Mini Man Shed thanks Martin 🤩
Gday Trev, very informative stuff, we found these tips very helpful!
Was going to paint my car, figured few layers of clear coat would have been enough, now i am scared.
And, great blog again!