Porsche Pilot
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Should this Pony be sent to the glue factory?
The client called me and stated that he "had some stuff" on the hood of his 2006 Mustang. He purchased the car used about 6 months ago and advised that the previous owner was in a collision. The front fenders, hood and clip were repainted at the local Ford dealership. On the phone, he said he wanted to know if I could make the hood match the rest of the car. I made the assumption that there were the usual swirls and RIDS. Boy was I wrong.
The client brought the car to the Art of Shine Super Fantastic Shine Mahal (my garage) this afternoon. I nearly doubled over in pain when this pulled up:
The paint is actually gone from the edge here. The picture really doesn't show but it was bare metal.
I advised the client that this paint was in extremely unstable condition and needs a repaint. The clear coat was trashed in some places although not uniformily. The client pleaded for me to try and that he had faith in Art of Shine's skills. I am glad he had some faith in me because at the moment I sure didn't.
I needed to tread carefully with the process as I knew there wasn't much left to work with. After a few tests, I settled on the following process:
Wash with CG Citrus
Clay with Pinnacle with ONR as lube
Bob (Flex 3401)
LC flat orange
LC flat white
Wolfgang DGPS
Megs 105
Menz SIP
Megs 205
This test spot shows the results of the LC orange with the combo of 105 and SIP.
I had to polish the entire hood in sections this size. The panel was so random with issues and patience was a virture. When the heavy defects were removed, it revealed pock marks of missing paint in various spots. I had to know when to stop in each section as to not cause any additional damage.
On a side note, ambient air temp was 99 with heat indices of 104. Dusting was a major issue and I had to keep a fairly moist pad with distilled water to get the work done.
Still some hazing left behind after the 105/SIP and orange:
Some afters shots following 205 on white. There are still some swirls and RIDS but I really couldn't brave to go any further and the improvement was pretty good.
In the end, the results were Ok but certainly not what we would consider a full correction. I couldn't grab any shots after the WDGPS as a storm was rolling in and I couldnt put the Porsche outside since the Opti Coat is curing on it. In the morning I will give the Stang a bath and return it to the hopefully happy customer. Someday I will learn how to do a proper right up, ala CEE DOG, but here ya go.
The client called me and stated that he "had some stuff" on the hood of his 2006 Mustang. He purchased the car used about 6 months ago and advised that the previous owner was in a collision. The front fenders, hood and clip were repainted at the local Ford dealership. On the phone, he said he wanted to know if I could make the hood match the rest of the car. I made the assumption that there were the usual swirls and RIDS. Boy was I wrong.
The client brought the car to the Art of Shine Super Fantastic Shine Mahal (my garage) this afternoon. I nearly doubled over in pain when this pulled up:
The paint is actually gone from the edge here. The picture really doesn't show but it was bare metal.
I advised the client that this paint was in extremely unstable condition and needs a repaint. The clear coat was trashed in some places although not uniformily. The client pleaded for me to try and that he had faith in Art of Shine's skills. I am glad he had some faith in me because at the moment I sure didn't.
I needed to tread carefully with the process as I knew there wasn't much left to work with. After a few tests, I settled on the following process:
Wash with CG Citrus
Clay with Pinnacle with ONR as lube
Bob (Flex 3401)
LC flat orange
LC flat white
Wolfgang DGPS
Megs 105
Menz SIP
Megs 205
This test spot shows the results of the LC orange with the combo of 105 and SIP.
I had to polish the entire hood in sections this size. The panel was so random with issues and patience was a virture. When the heavy defects were removed, it revealed pock marks of missing paint in various spots. I had to know when to stop in each section as to not cause any additional damage.
On a side note, ambient air temp was 99 with heat indices of 104. Dusting was a major issue and I had to keep a fairly moist pad with distilled water to get the work done.
Still some hazing left behind after the 105/SIP and orange:
Some afters shots following 205 on white. There are still some swirls and RIDS but I really couldn't brave to go any further and the improvement was pretty good.
In the end, the results were Ok but certainly not what we would consider a full correction. I couldn't grab any shots after the WDGPS as a storm was rolling in and I couldnt put the Porsche outside since the Opti Coat is curing on it. In the morning I will give the Stang a bath and return it to the hopefully happy customer. Someday I will learn how to do a proper right up, ala CEE DOG, but here ya go.
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