Do You Even Sand, Bro?

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Old May 19, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Do You Even Sand, Bro?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8754916484/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8753792761/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8753792169/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8754914876/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8754914178/
A few hours into polishing:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8754913572/
I think this is about 12 hours later:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8754913572/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/8754911798/
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Old May 19, 2013 | 03:00 PM
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Old May 19, 2013 | 03:06 PM
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Looks good
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Old May 19, 2013 | 03:12 PM
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Looks great

Is it just me or does the 2 hours and 12 hour pictures look the same? Same two towels on the trunk, same time of day (it looks like)?
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Old May 19, 2013 | 03:18 PM
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Old May 19, 2013 | 04:51 PM
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Old May 20, 2013 | 07:24 PM
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Old May 20, 2013 | 07:28 PM
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Very shiny! Nice work!
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Old May 21, 2013 | 10:33 PM
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Dayum!
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Old May 26, 2013 | 01:12 AM
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http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/detail...55099_31363613

hmmm, u going to autocon?
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Old May 27, 2013 | 08:02 AM
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What steps did you do to achieve this? What grits of sand paper did you use?

The shine is stunning.
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Old May 27, 2013 | 08:45 AM
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That looks amazing.
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Old Jul 2, 2013 | 05:09 PM
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so what exactly did you do here? looks stunning.
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Old Jul 2, 2013 | 06:14 PM
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beautiful
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Old Jul 2, 2013 | 08:56 PM
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Show car!
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 04:21 PM
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Acura once made timeless looking cars. I can't help but think they have largely lost the plot.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 04:22 PM
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 04:56 PM
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great result's I detail cars but would never trust myself to sand them.
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