16-03-2012, 09:10 PM
It's not scare mongering on my part. How is the untrained to know the paint thickness of each panel and how long is "too long" in one spot? When you've done it a few times then fine, it's easy enough, but hand someone a power tool who doesn't know how to use it and you're asking for tears.
RF theory is simple enough.. for me. But if I sent you out with all my tools tomorrow and told you to crack on, it's not that hard, you'd f*ck up somewhere I guarantee. Do it a few times though and you'll get the hang of it.
I'm not saying he shouldn't try it. That's how I learned, lots of reading, a few choice purchases and a bit of patience and i'm happy with my bodywork skills now, from fibreglassing to painting to finishing and correcting. Noone taught me how to do it, I just tried it.
The comment about black cars is silly though. You'd only end up covering it in swirls if you did a bad job. The idea of mopping a car is to remove swirls completely. The fact they show up more on a black car just means you're doing a bad job of it
RF theory is simple enough.. for me. But if I sent you out with all my tools tomorrow and told you to crack on, it's not that hard, you'd f*ck up somewhere I guarantee. Do it a few times though and you'll get the hang of it.
I'm not saying he shouldn't try it. That's how I learned, lots of reading, a few choice purchases and a bit of patience and i'm happy with my bodywork skills now, from fibreglassing to painting to finishing and correcting. Noone taught me how to do it, I just tried it.
The comment about black cars is silly though. You'd only end up covering it in swirls if you did a bad job. The idea of mopping a car is to remove swirls completely. The fact they show up more on a black car just means you're doing a bad job of it
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