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Old 07-03-2012, 09:14 AM   #1
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post up your 50/50 shots!

Everyone loves the 50/50 shot. Here is an opportunity to post up what you got! :happy0180:

I'll start



I have a really bad one coming up that I just finished this weekend. Will post it up when I got time.
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Old 07-03-2012, 10:08 AM   #2
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This is the Cosmetic Maintenance section of the forums^^^. I think it's pretty awesome and thanks for sharing.
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Old 07-03-2012, 11:57 AM   #3
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I don't understand. If your talking about detailing, that picture is an awful example. When I first saw it I thought it was 3 flattened pennies.
Apologize if the topic is confusing. I was refering to 50/50 shots of paint that has been polished and paint that hasn't. The line on that photo might not be defined enough for you to understand. It was only after one pass of polish so it wasn't as refined.

Here is a better example of a 50/50 shot. I just finished this car this weekend. I couldn't get every scratch off because the paint was in horrible condition and the paint was already thin to begin with.





It was like the guy took sandpaper to the back of the car. There are some scratches that are just too deep to remove. This was only after 105 cutting polish so there are still some polishing marks left over. I went over the car with 205 afterwards to clear up the gloss.
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Old 07-03-2012, 12:11 PM   #4
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Old 07-03-2012, 12:30 PM   #5
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^ nice. the glory of black cars.
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Old 07-03-2012, 04:17 PM   #6
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Love the black cars!
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Ok, I'll play. It's not as dramatic as a black car, but one of my personal favorite 50/50s.







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Love the flakes in the red.
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Nicely done Mike!
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Porsche cayenne Turbo

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A few 50/50 shots of the left fender


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Old 07-05-2012, 04:43 PM   #11
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On a 2 year old mazda 3



Full detail on UTube

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhHfMdJoV8"]Black Mazda 3 Detailed by ECC - YouTube[/ame]
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Hot damn! There may be hope for my mom's E320 after all, just gotta wait for that Griots Garage orbital polisher to come in:

(not a 50/50, just a before shot)
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Hot damn! There may be hope for my mom's E320 after all, just gotta wait for that Griots Garage orbital polisher to come in:
The first two pics that I posted were from a black W210 E430. Your car definitely has hope.
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