build diary

December 17, 2004: A bit of polishing tonight.
I put the Seven up on the lift and used it as a lathe. That works pretty well but it's hard to get right in to the corner by the spokes without your fingers going bonk bonk bonk. I don't have the perfect mirror finish yet - it's still more of a satin - but it's looking pretty nice. It's the shiniest thing on the car by far right now! I first hit the spinning wheel with the Scotch Brite bit on a Dremel to bring down the high points. I don't think I can dig it down to the point of removing all the marks but it looks much better. Maybe some coarse sandpaper? The bit was followed with a Scotch Brite pad and then polish, but this still left some "grain". I tried again with 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper left over from when I finished the paint on the Cadillac then hit it with the Meguiars polish. Much better. I think I need one more intermediate step with something a little more aggressive than the Meguiars but even as it is it would look blinding in the sun.

I added a short short video clip of what it's like to pass on a country road. Pretty quick! The videos are now in a more Mac-friendly format, my apologies to those of you with OS X. This weekend is supposed to be nice, I'll head back out again with the camera.

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