Langka Job

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

I'm posting this for the benefit of any who may have considered purchasing the langka system

This scratch was a pain.. it was HUGE (long not wide) and DEEP.

Notice there was also some damage under the HUGE scratch

here's some pics...

Befores OUCH!!!!
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/jdp0845/1Before1.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/jdp0845/2Before2.jpg

During (after 1st fill and surface):
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/jdp0845/3During.jpg

Finished product:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/jdp0845/4After.jpg

All in all I was pleased... As I tell people this will not remove the scratch BUT will minimize it

[Bob]

Very nice work!

[Russecu]

Great job! Its hidden pretty well.

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

thanks for looking guys!!

This really is a nice tool until I finally "buck up" and learn to wet sand!!!

[Pete]

With the looks of your work, you might not need to worry about wet sanding in this application.

Silver can be tough to match...you made it look good

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

With the looks of your work, you might not need to worry about wet sanding in this application.

Silver can be tough to match...you made it look good

Get out of my brain pete... ha ha!! You read it man, wet sanding is what I am trying my hand @ learning next!

Cheers!

[Pete]

Wet sanding isn't a big deal...it's removing the sanding marks and making it look nice that's tougher :wink:

You'll get it. Practice panels from a scrap yard are probably the best investment (sometimes free at body shops) for training. I suppose you could sneak into the neighbor's garage at night and test, but, um, well :twisted:

Scuff, sand, go through clear, burn some paint with the rotary

[Charlies02GLS]

Nice job on the touch up. That's definately a huge improvement over what was there. Did you use the sealer provided in the kit or just use your normal one?

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Wet sanding isn't a big deal...it's removing the sanding marks and making it look nice that's tougher :wink:

You'll get it. Practice panels from a scrap yard are probably the best investment (sometimes free at body shops) for training. I suppose you could sneak into the neighbor's garage at night and test, but, um, well :twisted:

Scuff, sand, go through clear, burn some paint with the rotary

Yeah, I have to master the rotary.. that's where the my skills are lacking!!

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Nice job on the touch up. That's definately a huge improvement over what was there. Did you use the sealer provided in the kit or just use your normal one?

I used a sealant that I was sent to do product testing on...

Similar in natrure to acrylic jet.

The product is currently also being tested on millitary/government applications... Pretty cool that it is on the presidential helicopter!!

[littlemissGTO]

Great work. About how long did it take you to tackle this project?

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Great work. About how long did it take you to tackle this project?

This job took me a while because of the geometry of the scratch.

It was so narrow and deep that the touch up had an difficult time "biting" into the scratch and alot of the touchup that should have stayed in the scratch was coming out during the surfacing/leveling part of the process.

Once I realized what I was dealing with it didn't take long.

I put the touch-up on (5 minutes), about 4hrs later I surfaced/leveled the touchup (15 minutes)

I know it may sound strange but I've had easier times using this product for big gouges as opposed to this very fine/deep scratch.

You can put lipstick on a pig and it will look a lot better... know what I mean?

[littlemissGTO]

LOL yes I do.