It's so bad, it looks faked. If it wasn't Mike's post, I'd swear it was.
I hear what you're saying but the sad truth is this is real damage done by some hack detailer that doesn't know squat about anything related to this craft.
The damage done is actually a
property crime in my mind because the clear layer of paint is THIN to start with.
These types of swirls are the visual appearance of REMOVED PAINT. Undoing this damage will remove a little more paint.
So whoever did this property damage to Bill's car has set Bill up for complete clearcoat failure down the road.
I asked my buddy Paul Grasso of "Grasso Garage" what a quality paint job would cost on a mundane passenger car that needed ZERO body work, just sanded to factory primer or to the body panel and repainted and he said $3000.00
We're talking Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, nothing complex.
So for the 30 minutes some guy spent absolutely destroying the paint on the Alfa Romeo he committed in my opinion real
property damage BECAUSE with just a little tiny bit of knowledge this could have been 100% avoided.
Heck I post pictures all the time of absolute Newbies to machine polishing turning out professional results their FIRST time.
Here's the most recent example,
From working by hand to working by machine - You can do it.
I'll create more examples this Thursday night...
I can't believe the paint's that swirled out and yet somehow hasn't failed.
We're going to practice what we preach and use the least aggressive products to get the job done and then set Bill up with a few products to take care of it as long as it can last...
My guess is the guy that did this refers to the rotary buffer as a
wheel and hasn't swapped over to a new pad since sometime in the 1960's. He's probably using some caveman compound that cost about as much as cheap beer.
Bill has the link to this thread and he'll be here this Thursday night for the 1965 Chevy Extreme Makeover.
We'll set a date to do an extreme makeover for his car at this time... stay tuned as this story unfolds...
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