Recent content by mfemenel

Yeah i agree. Oh well. Its a 79 vw, i will now refer to them as "patina" and move on. Time to hang it up and enjoy a few. Overall polish came out nice.

Tried magic eraser and then 105. Shines nice but streaks are still there. Anything more aggressive than 105 i could try?

While restoring my 79 Westy I osed por 15s metal prep to clean up some rusty areas. Some of it ran down the sides of the van ad it is brush applied. While it can contact paint for a bit, i apparently let it sit way too long. It is a single stage paint. I have made 2 passes with m105 and a wool...

I had a similar issue and had to go down to me meguiars 205, then ultimate compound, then ultimate polish. Not sure if the ultimate compound step was truly needed but it came out perfect.

All right. Here are the results after M205, Ultimate Polish and a coat of M21. I'm pretty happy. There's some room for improvement of course, a few scratches remain but all in all, really pleased. Once that M21 came off I was thrilled. Next time I'll work the hood scratches a bit more. I put...

Thanks everyone. I had some more aggressive Meguiars 205 and that seems to have taken quite a bit of the dullness out of the hood, followed up by ultimate polish, a friend of mine suggested Manzerna sealant and there was another suggestion in this thread. i'll do some reading and see what makes...

Well to be honest, I'm using cheap tools. I had a Waxmaster RA7000 that I used for years until I found this forum. I'm just a hobbyist and raising 4 kids so I don't have a huge budget to sink into tools. I recently updated to the harbor freight polisher and their orange/blue/black pads. 6 in...

Morinin Gents- I have 2011 Nissan Juke, black that I bought from Car Max a few years ago. It was a fleet car that I think was kept outside for 2 years. I've since taken good care of the paint, claying, polishing, waxing, garage kept etc etc but I can never seem to get a really good deep shine...

Thanks Bill. I'm learning to love and hate German engineering..especially the fuel injected kind.

Cool. Thank you so much for the info. I go the bumpers off yesterday, all heavy overspray around them as well. Much to be done.

Thank you. Until I found this site I wasn't aware that there were different grades of aggressiveness for clay. Recommendation?

Friday I purchased a Westy. It had been sitting out in a field for 8 years and I'm bringing the paint back to life and fixing rust spots. I have a couple of challenging areas I could use some advice on. The top on a Westfalia is fiberglass and it looks like at some point someone painted it while...