Caddy Brought Back From Hell!

Nice work buddy. I too have a black car and hate it but love it when it is clean and glowing. How did you fix all the scratches and chips?
 
Superman0440 said:
sweet job no interior pics??
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I know, sorry. That's also a small amount of pics for me too, but he was anxious to get back home (several hour drive) and I wanted to tell him all the steps that had been done. He was so impressed at the clean up job on the leather and plastic, that he bought one of my extra knock-off Autoglym Interior pads. Thanks for commenting.

queens guy said:
Nice work buddy. I too have a black car and hate it but love it when it is clean and glowing. How did you fix all the scratches and chips?
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The chips got filled and were then compounded and polished. The scratches got compounded and polished. Hence the need for the wool pad! And thank you for taking the time to comment.

blinkstafoo182 said:
I was wondering the same thing.
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See above. The Jeep I did, I had to run after the owner to get him to bring it back in to photograph it...I almost didn't get any!
 
The chips got filled and were then compounded and polished. The scratches got compounded and polished. Hence the need for the wool pad! And thank you for taking the time to comment.

Richy did you use something like dr. color? I am asking as I need to fix the same chips on my car.
 
queens guy said:
The chips got filled and were then compounded and polished. The scratches got compounded and polished. Hence the need for the wool pad! And thank you for taking the time to comment.

Richy did you use something like dr. color? I am asking as I need to fix the same chips on my car.
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No, I had purchased a bottle of touch up paint for him and my method for doing chips is one of two ways (obviously both are done after all wash & decon steps). If I have more time to play with like I did with this car:
1) Spread some touch up paint on a plastic cottage cheese lid or something clean that I fish out of my recycle box. I then do one of two things: If it's a small chip, I use a pointy toothpick and apply a very small amount of paint to the end and then place the toothpick into the chip and let the paint wick down into it. You don't want to use too much. (I think that's what a lot of people do wrong and get a big "blob"). If it's a bigger chip or a wider scratch, I use a micro-brush that I buy on Ebay. Griot's Garage sells similar ones for WAY more $. Ebay is your friend for these. They are used in the Dental industry for something.
On either approach, let it dry and do a second coat in an hour or so if needed. I use touch up paint that I get from a paint supply place that supplies paint to body shops. They match it perfectly.

2)If I'm pushed for time, then I compound and polish first and then do the touch up last. You still need time for it to dry prior to coating (that's all I do anymore).

Hope that helps.
 
Black paint pays a lot of bills. When somebody once said "black paint isn't a color...it's an occupation" ..I doubt they realized just how true that statement actually is.

Incredible results!
 
lokerola said:
Wow - awesome turnaround!
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Thank you very much!

silverfox said:
Black paint pays a lot of bills. When somebody once said "black paint isn't a color...it's an occupation" ..I doubt they realized just how true that statement actually is.

Incredible results!
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I love that quote!!! And, thank you very much.
 
Hey Richy , with what products that you cleaned the interior please .

Top job as usual .
 
sproketser said:
Hey Richy , with what products that you cleaned the interior please .

Top job as usual .
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Thanks! My usual interior regime: Opt Power Clean at 4:1 with a knock-off Autoglym Interior pad followed by Ultima Interior Guard (UIGP).


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