richy
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You might remember this car. It's my old FX35 that I owned for 6 years before my current Lincoln. I detailed it again after not touching it for 2 years this past June:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/66625-my-old-car.html
Unfortunately, some douche-bag decided he'd key the side of it. I was really hoping the OG coating would have given it some protection against the keyed monster, and it probably did...but...there was still considerable damage there. I was not able to correct it all. I was very bummed out. I really wanted to get it back to perfect. It got cleaned up as usual to work on. Here's the story in pics:
These wheels were the originals that came with the car. The new owner fitted them with Blizzak Winter tires. These wheels did not get coated in June, only the 20" chrome ones did. Part of the plan was to OG these as well.
Damage shot when dirty:
First up was to clean the wheels.
Barrels and faces got cleaned with Tarminator.
Barrels and faces then got further refined with Zep Citrus.
Tires cleaned with Zep 505.
Wells cleaned with LATA.
Next up was a foam wash:
That was followed by a hand wash.
That was followed by an IronX paste decontamination wash using a grout sponge.
It was pulled inside to be blown off completely with the Master Blaster. I couldn't help but to admire the beading on the hood and how the paint was sheeting water. The other very, very cool thing was how the trim was beading water. The DG beta trim product is holding up perfectly!!
Now that she was all clean and decontaminated, let's have a look at how serious these key marks were:
Not only did this prick scratch right up to several edges, he went right through the plastic gas cover!
The front passenger door scratch was the lightest of the bunch. I was able to correct that with my Flex 3401 + TB black wool + M105 (a few passes nonetheless). That was followed up by a product I hadn't used in quite a while: Opt Hyper Polish and a green TB pad. I then followed that with Reflect + blue pad to really refine it. I didn't care I was adding a 3rd step as I wasn't going to be doing a lot of polishing. Those steps were followed by an ERASER wipedown and then a reapplication of OG that was flash cured.
The other panels needed to be filled.
I was pretty careful not to put too much paint on and also I used the micro brushes I get off Ebay that lay a very light bead of paint in the scratch and don't "blob" more on than you need. Turns out that just wet sanding with my Megs 3K grit sanding discs was enough to level them. Here's a light one that had been filled in and had been sanded:
Here it is after the same 3 step process as above:
So, want the bad news? The damned gas cap just wouldn't correct like the rest. I know I was being much more careful on it as it was edges all around the area to be corrected. I just couldn't be as aggressive there as I needed to be, and, unfortunately, it showed. Also, below it were some very deep ones that also didn't keep the paint. I improved them as much as I could. The rest of the side of the car came out great.
The wheels were coated with OG. The glass, wheels and paint (including newly OG'd area after 12 hours) got shot with Permanon. The tires were done with DG wet shine via air gun. Here is the finished product:
Closeup of back scratch area:
Here's the gas cap...<sigh>
Other Repair Areas:
Thanks for looking!!
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/66625-my-old-car.html
Unfortunately, some douche-bag decided he'd key the side of it. I was really hoping the OG coating would have given it some protection against the keyed monster, and it probably did...but...there was still considerable damage there. I was not able to correct it all. I was very bummed out. I really wanted to get it back to perfect. It got cleaned up as usual to work on. Here's the story in pics:
These wheels were the originals that came with the car. The new owner fitted them with Blizzak Winter tires. These wheels did not get coated in June, only the 20" chrome ones did. Part of the plan was to OG these as well.
Damage shot when dirty:
First up was to clean the wheels.
Barrels and faces got cleaned with Tarminator.
Barrels and faces then got further refined with Zep Citrus.
Tires cleaned with Zep 505.
Wells cleaned with LATA.
Next up was a foam wash:
That was followed by a hand wash.
That was followed by an IronX paste decontamination wash using a grout sponge.
It was pulled inside to be blown off completely with the Master Blaster. I couldn't help but to admire the beading on the hood and how the paint was sheeting water. The other very, very cool thing was how the trim was beading water. The DG beta trim product is holding up perfectly!!
Now that she was all clean and decontaminated, let's have a look at how serious these key marks were:
Not only did this prick scratch right up to several edges, he went right through the plastic gas cover!
The front passenger door scratch was the lightest of the bunch. I was able to correct that with my Flex 3401 + TB black wool + M105 (a few passes nonetheless). That was followed up by a product I hadn't used in quite a while: Opt Hyper Polish and a green TB pad. I then followed that with Reflect + blue pad to really refine it. I didn't care I was adding a 3rd step as I wasn't going to be doing a lot of polishing. Those steps were followed by an ERASER wipedown and then a reapplication of OG that was flash cured.
The other panels needed to be filled.
I was pretty careful not to put too much paint on and also I used the micro brushes I get off Ebay that lay a very light bead of paint in the scratch and don't "blob" more on than you need. Turns out that just wet sanding with my Megs 3K grit sanding discs was enough to level them. Here's a light one that had been filled in and had been sanded:
Here it is after the same 3 step process as above:
So, want the bad news? The damned gas cap just wouldn't correct like the rest. I know I was being much more careful on it as it was edges all around the area to be corrected. I just couldn't be as aggressive there as I needed to be, and, unfortunately, it showed. Also, below it were some very deep ones that also didn't keep the paint. I improved them as much as I could. The rest of the side of the car came out great.
The wheels were coated with OG. The glass, wheels and paint (including newly OG'd area after 12 hours) got shot with Permanon. The tires were done with DG wet shine via air gun. Here is the finished product:
Closeup of back scratch area:
Here's the gas cap...<sigh>
Other Repair Areas:
Thanks for looking!!
