Compounding when there’s touch up paint on hood...

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Hey there guys,

Doing a customer’s low mileage HHR tomorrow. Overall nice condition, rust free Michigan car, but the paint is trashed.

The owner has, over the course of ten years, put gobs of touch up paint over every little stone chip and imperfection. I plan to hit most of this car with compound and LC yellow, followed by Megs 205 and LC green. What can I expect to see happen when I work the compound over these spots?

Thanks guys for your input!
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Wow.

I'd rather have the rock chips than those hideous blobs of paint.

IMO, what you will see happen is to have those spots tear up your pads a little, and also collect spent product in the massive craters of the botched T/U paint attempt.
 
If you have enough clear coat, it should be wet sanded. Do you own a paint gauge, if not, don't touch it.
 
Terrible job by the owner. You might be compounding for a while. I think wet sanding would be easier and deliver better results.
 
Great..

I don’t plan to fix those blotches. I will run over one spot and see what happens, otherwise it seems I will mask them off and attempt to work around them.

I am cutting her a deal, she’s a member at my church who I approached for this job. 2-step correction and collinite wax for $250 bucks. I don’t have time to make these spots right, if it’s going to be such a hassle, and I feel comfortable explaining to her why I’m not able to fix touch up blotches.


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Eric7810 said:
Great..

I don’t plan to fix those blotches. I will run over one spot and see what happens, otherwise it seems I will mask them off and attempt to work around them.

I am cutting her a deal, she’s a member at my church who I approached for this job. 2-step correction and collinite wax for $250 bucks. I don’t have time to make these spots right, if it’s going to be such a hassle, and I feel comfortable explaining to her why I’m not able to fix touch up blotches.


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Great plan, Eric.

And a nice gesture for a woman in your church membership. :)
 
Just go over them. You'll be fine. It's a buffer, not an angle grinder. I don't think I've ever "polished off" or stripped touchup with a buffer. Even with a rotary and wool pad. That paint is cured harder than you think.
 
Thanks everyone for your responses.

I ended up being able to run my LC yellow pad on a PC 7424 over the most worrisome blotches without any damage. I didn’t work those areas long, though, one section pass.

Customer tipped me $50 upon payment, she was very pleased. I always take a bottle of water with me and, while explaining the work done, I pour some on the hood to show how effective the wax is. Everyone loves to see that.

Thanks again for the input, guys.

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Oh wow, this is super.

Do you mind explaining the process in steps? I am far far away from being able to do any of it but would certainly like to learn.
 
SixZee said:
Oh wow, this is super.

Do you mind explaining the process in steps? I am far far away from being able to do any of it but would certainly like to learn.
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I am still learning with every job I do. There is enough information on this website, if you are willing to dig through and read it, to get you on your feet and moving.

I feel like far too much of a novice to walk you through my technique, but please search for any of Mike Philips’ videos and blogs on here, searching keywords such as ‘how to detail for beginners’ or ‘section pass’ or ‘selecting a polisher’. I think any of those topics would spark your interest and get you clicking on the ‘related video’ black hole.

Everyone who asks me how I learned this trade I tell them, ‘I read, and I read, I tried it, I screwed up, I read some more and tried again.’

Blessings.




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Damn! That thing was swirl city!

Great job on that, Eric. :)
 
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