erock
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- May 21, 2011
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So my grandma recently took a trip from West Palm Beach Fl to St.Cloud Fl. Its a three hour drive and she likes to take a scenic route through some less used older highways. A large stretch of the trip is through some undeveloped, wooded area. Here in Florida we have a nasty little pest called the Lovebug. We aint talkin Herbie here. Lovebugs are a science experiment gone wrong from a state university. Originaly they were genetically engineered to be preditors of mesquitos. Some one spiked the punch and now these bugs fly around attached at the rear (loving one and other all day) and they are slow, clumbsy ,fast spreading bugs that plaster the front of your car. And the worst part is they have acidic blood that is strong enough to eat through your clearcoat in no time at all.
Grandma can no longer wash her own car as she is in her 80s. She took the car to a local hand carwash and asked them to remove the bugs. I swear they used sandpaper to clean the bugs. Her finish was so destroyed ,i wanted to go on a rampage.
Heres some pictures of the damage...
As you can see from the pics they were fairly more than aggressive with a harsh pad of some kind.:bash:
So i set to work correcting this gross display of careless cleaning.
First a good wash and clay with pinnacle ultra poly clay and lube.
Next ill do a test spot.
Priming with some Meguiars 105
Ready to polish!
Doing the test spot.....finished with Wolfgang finishing glaze.
Test spot results
As you can see here the scratches are gone but the lovebug splatters are all the way through the clear and into the actual paint.
Heres some pics of other corrections i made since i was already polishing
Before
After
Before
After... as you can see theres some chips that i cant fix
Heres some final pics of the completed correction.
So i hope youve all learned a valuable lesson about not taking your car to these hack carwashes. They will use a ninja sword to clean your paint!!!!! Seriously pay a few extra bucks and have one of the fine detailers from this forum take good care of your car!
Grandma can no longer wash her own car as she is in her 80s. She took the car to a local hand carwash and asked them to remove the bugs. I swear they used sandpaper to clean the bugs. Her finish was so destroyed ,i wanted to go on a rampage.
Heres some pictures of the damage...
As you can see from the pics they were fairly more than aggressive with a harsh pad of some kind.:bash:
So i set to work correcting this gross display of careless cleaning.
First a good wash and clay with pinnacle ultra poly clay and lube.
Next ill do a test spot.
Priming with some Meguiars 105
Ready to polish!
Doing the test spot.....finished with Wolfgang finishing glaze.
Test spot results
As you can see here the scratches are gone but the lovebug splatters are all the way through the clear and into the actual paint.
Heres some pics of other corrections i made since i was already polishing
Before
After
Before
After... as you can see theres some chips that i cant fix
Heres some final pics of the completed correction.
So i hope youve all learned a valuable lesson about not taking your car to these hack carwashes. They will use a ninja sword to clean your paint!!!!! Seriously pay a few extra bucks and have one of the fine detailers from this forum take good care of your car!
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