Sam I've been a mechanic for years, and just fumble my way through body work and detailing on my own vehicles (mainly because I am too cheap to have someone else do it). Thank you so much for the how to, step by step, real world, not trying to sell me on a product, do's and dont's videos. I can definitely see why those Mitchell boys love having you around!
I’ve been a painter for 30 years. I always love listening and taking advice from someone with more polishing experience. Buffing is most of our nemesis. Well done
Some seriously incredible tips! I didn't know a fixed spinning machine was a buffer and an DA/orbital was a polisher. Also never seen anyone center a pad like that in the many hours of detailing videos I've watched.
They should bring Sam a car to an event with all his products and let him detail a vehicle for the crowd that’s interested lol. Love this guy. Love how much time Parker and the boys spend with Sam
Back when I went to bodywork school, the buffers had a big nut that held the pad on, you talk about being able to mess a paint job up! 😂 Kids are lucky now with these da buffers.
There is a lot to learn about *shiny surfaces.* I was under the impression it was up to the cream-type polish and some application and removal effort., to achieve max. reflectivity. (The final test I learned: After applying shine product, a soft towel should slide off the car with little to no push. (Glides off). (Several factors involved with this test). Thanks Sam. {There is a learned skill to polishing}.
These videos are awesome, Sam is such a great guy. My favourite part of the videos is when he holds his bottle of spray wax, he looks so proud of it! I also loved when he hucked the dowel onto the cowl of the car in this video lol
Hello Sam. I noticed that your Mil meter showed around 11 to 12 mil's on the fender and hood. This tells me that the body has more than likely been painted 3 times, even if it's a factory paint job. I work in the paint shop for one of the Big 3 auto manufacturers. We can repaint a body up to 3 times, and there are a lot of reasons for that. The E Coat is around .50 mil's. The first paint job is somewhere between 4.38 & 5.2 mil's. This is E coat, primer, paint, and clear coat. A second time through the paint booths will show around 6.8 to around 8.2 mil's. What we consider high mil's is the 3rd time the body has been repainted, and that is anything over 11 mil's. We use a 3 wet paint system at my plant. That means the primer, paint, and clear coat doesn't dry between applications. Once the vehicle is painted and ran through the gel ovens to cure the paint, about 22 minutes, the body goes across our polish decks. This is where any small imperfections, like dirt in the paint is polished out. Sometimes they use 2,000 to 3,000 grit 1" sanding disk to remove the imperfections. Then use a small 1" polisher with 3m Finesse It polish. If the operator can not polish the imperfection out in about a 45 second, as that is their cycle time, they will send the body to our ICU. Once the body is at ICU, the operator has a little more time to either fix the issue or send it elsewhere for other options. If the imperfection is on a piece of swing metal (door, hood, lift gate, trunk of a fender) the body will go to our Part's area. The people in Part's will change the piece of swing metal with another painted part, or move the affected part to another vehicle that has other paint issues, like a quarter panel, header, rocker, roof, or one of the pillars. The bad part will be used on another vehicle and be repaired in our scuff booths, then sent to repaint. We measure the mil's on each part to make sure it doesn't get painted more than 3 times. We try to match the mil's on the part, to the mil's on the body. It's really a very complex system, with hundreds of variables. Take your mil meter over to Cleetus' shop sometime and measure the mil's on the new vehicles. Check the body ie roof, pillars, rockers, quarter panels. Then check each of the pieces of swing metal. You might be surprised at any differences you come across. The roof could be 11 mil's and the hood, doors, fenders lift gate, trunk or tail gate could be 5 mil's, or a mixture of all of the above. This tells you that parts have been changed in the manufacturing process. I have had people ask me why we don't polish the orange peel out of each vehicle. When your cycle time is around 45 seconds, meaning the plant is producing and rolling a new vehicle out the door every 45 seconds, it would take an army of people just to polish out the orange peel in each and every vehicle, and would raise the cost of each vehicle produced. Keep up the good video's and I hope to see you at Indy on May 3rd & 4th.
I really love this video! Thank you Sam! I watched this in its entirety on a different computer. You're an actual wizard at this though I suppose you should be after you retired from all of that. I would really appreciate the tips and tricks you use to make headlight plastic look clear again!
On my headlights here is the process I do. I use my tire and wheel cleaner for my initial cleaning of the headlight. Then as I mentioned if its real bad I take either 1200 or 1500 sand paper then I use my makita buffer with a wool pad for my initial buff the compound I use is my Light Polish. After this I used my random orbital polisher with my maroon pad and the light polish compound. Settings on the makita are 1500rpm and 6000 orbits per minute on my polisher. The polisher I use on this is the Porter Cable 7424xp
Many factors involved here. If the clear coat is still in tack but just faded I would suggest using my Light Polish with the maroon foam pad with the random orbital polisher using the number 6 setting. This is a 6 inch foam pad.
Sam I've been a mechanic for years, and just fumble my way through body work and detailing on my own vehicles (mainly because I am too cheap to have someone else do it). Thank you so much for the how to, step by step, real world, not trying to sell me on a product, do's and dont's videos. I can definitely see why those Mitchell boys love having you around!
I’ve been a painter for 30 years. I always love listening and taking advice from someone with more polishing experience. Buffing is most of our nemesis. Well done
I don’t understand how this channel isn’t at 100 k subs yet
Some seriously incredible tips! I didn't know a fixed spinning machine was a buffer and an DA/orbital was a polisher. Also never seen anyone center a pad like that in the many hours of detailing videos I've watched.
They should bring Sam a car to an event with all his products and let him detail a vehicle for the crowd that’s interested lol. Love this guy. Love how much time Parker and the boys spend with Sam
Sam, you are a amazing with your wisdom. Just ordered another spraywax. It's legit the best product for surface maintenance and I've used a lot before
Back when I went to bodywork school, the buffers had a big nut that held the pad on, you talk about being able to mess a paint job up! 😂 Kids are lucky now with these da buffers.
Been waiting for this! Very informative. Thanks Sam! And Parker too for filming!
There is a lot to learn about *shiny surfaces.* I was under the impression it was up to the cream-type polish and some application and removal effort., to achieve max. reflectivity. (The final test I learned: After applying shine product, a soft towel should slide off the car with little to no push. (Glides off). (Several factors involved with this test). Thanks Sam. {There is a learned skill to polishing}.
These videos are awesome, Sam is such a great guy. My favourite part of the videos is when he holds his bottle of spray wax, he looks so proud of it! I also loved when he hucked the dowel onto the cowl of the car in this video lol
Sam thank you for sharing all your knowledge. Such an awesome addition to the team.
Sam is a wealth of knowledge on many subjects.
show this guy all the love!!!!!!!
Sam is the best !
Mr Sam your awesome. World of knowledge. Your a natural behind the camera. Keep them Florida Boys lined out!
You don’t see jealousy windows theses days you know when you see them in Florida it’s a lived in house thanks for posting Sam
Sam is the real deal. Sam and Parker is the best team.
Hello Sam. I noticed that your Mil meter showed around 11 to 12 mil's on the fender and hood. This tells me that the body has more than likely been painted 3 times, even if it's a factory paint job. I work in the paint shop for one of the Big 3 auto manufacturers. We can repaint a body up to 3 times, and there are a lot of reasons for that. The E Coat is around .50 mil's. The first paint job is somewhere between 4.38 & 5.2 mil's. This is E coat, primer, paint, and clear coat. A second time through the paint booths will show around 6.8 to around 8.2 mil's. What we consider high mil's is the 3rd time the body has been repainted, and that is anything over 11 mil's. We use a 3 wet paint system at my plant. That means the primer, paint, and clear coat doesn't dry between applications. Once the vehicle is painted and ran through the gel ovens to cure the paint, about 22 minutes, the body goes across our polish decks. This is where any small imperfections, like dirt in the paint is polished out. Sometimes they use 2,000 to 3,000 grit 1" sanding disk to remove the imperfections. Then use a small 1" polisher with 3m Finesse It polish. If the operator can not polish the imperfection out in about a 45 second, as that is their cycle time, they will send the body to our ICU. Once the body is at ICU, the operator has a little more time to either fix the issue or send it elsewhere for other options. If the imperfection is on a piece of swing metal (door, hood, lift gate, trunk of a fender) the body will go to our Part's area. The people in Part's will change the piece of swing metal with another painted part, or move the affected part to another vehicle that has other paint issues, like a quarter panel, header, rocker, roof, or one of the pillars. The bad part will be used on another vehicle and be repaired in our scuff booths, then sent to repaint. We measure the mil's on each part to make sure it doesn't get painted more than 3 times. We try to match the mil's on the part, to the mil's on the body. It's really a very complex system, with hundreds of variables. Take your mil meter over to Cleetus' shop sometime and measure the mil's on the new vehicles. Check the body ie roof, pillars, rockers, quarter panels. Then check each of the pieces of swing metal. You might be surprised at any differences you come across. The roof could be 11 mil's and the hood, doors, fenders lift gate, trunk or tail gate could be 5 mil's, or a mixture of all of the above. This tells you that parts have been changed in the manufacturing process. I have had people ask me why we don't polish the orange peel out of each vehicle. When your cycle time is around 45 seconds, meaning the plant is producing and rolling a new vehicle out the door every 45 seconds, it would take an army of people just to polish out the orange peel in each and every vehicle, and would raise the cost of each vehicle produced. Keep up the good video's and I hope to see you at Indy on May 3rd & 4th.
Very nice always great information! Very helpful!!!
Now I that I know how, I have no reason not to do my own truck :) Thanks Sam!
You can't beat honest hard work and experience!
Amazing what some wet sanding and buffing can do.
I need Mr.Sam to read a phone book or something. My 4 month old son falls asleep every time listening to him talk.
Thanks for the great tutorials Sam! You're a Legend!
Mr. Sam looks at an dirty car. Tik Tok your done.
And boom all shinny :)
Good stuff Sam and Parker. You guys work well together. Look forward to future episodes.
Sam , I love this , you have answered so many questions in just one video ! Well done sir , keep up the great work ! And thank you for sharing too !
Sam the man
Not all hero’s wear capes! Thanks for the videos Parker and Sam
I really love this video! Thank you Sam! I watched this in its entirety on a different computer. You're an actual wizard at this though I suppose you should be after you retired from all of that. I would really appreciate the tips and tricks you use to make headlight plastic look clear again!
On my headlights here is the process I do. I use my tire and wheel cleaner for my initial cleaning of the headlight. Then as I mentioned if its real bad I take either 1200 or 1500 sand paper then I use my makita buffer with a wool pad for my initial buff the compound I use is my Light Polish. After this I used my random orbital polisher with my maroon pad and the light polish compound. Settings on the makita are 1500rpm and 6000 orbits per minute on my polisher. The polisher I use on this is the Porter Cable 7424xp
Between you and Kevin Tate, I’m going to be an armchair expert at paint work! Thanks Sam!
Came for to show support, stayed to watch Sam do his magic! Love it!!
Absolutely love watching Mr.Sam out here teaching
we love watching you Mr. Sam! thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
🎀🖤✌🏼🛞💨
Keep em coming!
Sam needs to make a whole kit from start to finish and sell it sell several
Seconded
It’s in the works!
Sam needs his own shirts/merch other than the detailing products too! Keep the great content coming!
Learning so much from these videos.
This is so informative. Love sam
Hey mate, imported some of your spray wax to New Zealand, really impressed
Sam!!! Great video, I’ve always been curious about how the pros do it. Love the step by step
Great job Sam
Thanks for all the information Sam! Can’t wait to use this on my car truck and boat.
Love the content
more polishing vids plz :)
On the way to 100K
Loving this series Mr. Sam!, awesome info, thanks for doing this!
Hey Sam is a black da sponge pad the softest vs red or yellow?
So I would have assumed use dawn soap. What kind of soap should I use?
Love it thank you Sam
Mr.Sam what is the medium cut stuff you used
Mr Sam, what depth of paint is safe to cut? Looking to wet sand buff and polish both of my cars
I had no idea how important PH balance is when washing your car. I just bought some strips in the mail!
What would the passenger side of the hood look like if you just washed it?
What about a vehicle with missing or oxidized. Clearcoat ? What would you do
Best bet would be to fix the clearcoat
Many factors involved here. If the clear coat is still in tack but just faded I would suggest using my Light Polish with the maroon foam pad with the random orbital polisher using the number 6 setting. This is a 6 inch foam pad.
Any tips for thin paint ( harlydavision )
Wow
Mhmm…mhmmm…k…mhmmm…yup 👌🏼
,"...and DONT use Dawn for crying out loud "
XD
Who is running the camera?
Id like to know sams take on ceramic coatings. He talks about putting paste wax or spray wax as a final coat but never ceramic.
His spray has ceramic in it. It’s called Mr. Sam’s Spray Wax with Ceramic.
@@bretthart4471 you're right, I never noticed that. I guess I think of wax and ceramic as 2 different things.
Dang!!!!
why clay it if your going to wet sand it anyway ? ?????
Mr. Sam needs a microphone.