Recent content by chaoscontrol

I live in temecula california and I was wondering if anyone out there knew of a good bodyshop that can completely repaint a '96 civic for around 3,000 and do a good job. One side was done already by a friend and it cam out fogy and now even the paint is comming off, so I am looking for a shop to...

Yea, sorry people are posting faster than I can type... lol

My car is similar to yours its a 1998 honda civic ex, 2 doors black. It has some battle damage, but some new areas of paint just do not reflect correctly. You saw what I was using above what do you recomend?

So does the clearcoat affect the reflection of paint that much? I know it was uneven, and I think the paint was also, but the fog does not change unless I detail the area. I.E. The reflection is blured all the way the same way.

I can get photos up tomarrow, but for the moment yes i have SSR2.5 and also have XMT3, 2 and 1. Whats strange is that there are no swirls in the paint it just does not reflect light correctly. It blurs the reflection giving it no real detail just shape. I have done one area several times and it...

Yes, it was but other parts where also and they do not look like that.

I need some help with part of my car paint, it seems to have this foggy look even detailing will not remove. I use the porter cable on it with, standard pads with poorboy's polish I use three and then one. But after im done the reflection still looks foggy and unclear. Like I can see a...

Hello, I am looking for some information on th bst way to paint a car inside a garage. The drivers side of it was done by my friend a few months back and after seeing how it looked, reading a few things online, and how paint came off while I was cleaning it I know he did a few things wrong. He...