Looks like its past the point of no return or just severely oxidized? Can it be fixed?

Brought back from the grave!!

Now THAT is a save! Awesome work, Jake. :)
 
PaulMys said:
Brought back from the grave!!

Now THAT is a save! Awesome work, Jake. :)
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Thank you brother! I could not have done it without my amazing friends here on the forum, and some great products and pads! This job made me better.

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Nice work. Didnt look promising but came out great


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That is pure magic what you did!! Not only did you pull the rabbit out of the hat, you pulled the entire zoo out!!


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Jayfro said:
That is pure magic what you did!! Not only did you pull the rabbit out of the hat, you pulled the entire zoo out!!


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The Houston Zoo has rabbits?

Is that right next to the squirrel, and common yard bird exhibit?

Your zoo needs help, Jay.



J/K, man. :props:
 
Jacob Harrod AUTOCLEAN said:
Thank you brother. I was quite amazed as was my wife, and customer.

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I just popped in the forum and started reading, let me say congrats that was an awesome transformation, I’m sure you were feeling real good to see the result , funny I thought based on first photo that the car was beige /gold / light gray, but Dark gray !!!???!!???? Great job I’m sure by now you have gained more clients and confidence that you can do this, thanks for sharing your experience


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Celabe said:
I just popped in the forum and started reading, let me say congrats that was an awesome transformation, I’m sure you were feeling real good to see the result , funny I thought based on first photo that the car was beige /gold / light gray, but Dark gray !!!???!!???? Great job I’m sure by now you have gained more clients and confidence that you can do this, thanks for sharing your experience


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Thank you! The car is actually a metallic black. I am using this as an advertising piece so I should get more clients. We'll see how it goes.

One thing is for sure. My friends here on the forum are proud of me and I'm proud of how it turned out as well.

I couldn't have done it without the forum.

I checked in with my sister in law today and she says the shine is still holding up, the car is just dirty.

I sincerely appreciate your kind words



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Heres a couple of pics from today. The car is dusty but still looks great one week later.

Yes those are clouds you see in the reflection!



 
Mike Phillips said:
The above was in my first how-to book, The Art of Detailing



Then when I updated it and came out with The Complete Guide to a Show Car Shine, I added another category. So now there are 12 Paint Condition Categories, not 11 categories.

The added category was

#10 Beginning Clearcoat Failure


And the reason why is becasue it is a condtioin of paint and it's very different than actual clearcoat failure.


Clear as mud?


:)
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Mike, I'm working on a re write of my show and shine article on this ford focus. Now I've went down the rabbit hole and thought of something.

When your talking about extreme oxidation in single stage paints you mentioned rejuvenating the paint with polishing oils. Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze comes to mind when I think of this.

I know that modern clear coats are basically plastics, but it says in your writings
Mike Phillips said:
Paint with extreme oxidation can be saved by carefully removing the dead, oxidized paint and rejuvenating with polishing oils
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Now here's this. What if we rubbed a hood down like this the night before with the #7 show car glaze to soften up the dead paint, then came back the following day and compounded off the dead paint.

Do you think that the #7 Show Car Glaze would Soften up the dead paint and make it easier to remove via the compounding process for clear coat paint?

I can remember when I did this job that there was A LOT of dead paint building up on the face of the fiber pad I was using. Actually I wished that I had more pads to get the hood done because my pad was getting loaded up with a lot of material and product, but I just kept cleaning it on the fly.

Eventually my fiber pad got so loaded up that I had to finish the compounding process with a foam cutting pad.

Im thinking now that maybe I could have just used a rotary with a wool pad instead for the compounding process.
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Jacob Harrod AUTOCLEAN said:
Mike, I'm working on a re write of my show and shine article on this ford focus. Now I've went down the rabbit hole and thought of something.

When your talking about extreme oxidation in single stage paints you mentioned rejuvenating the paint with polishing oils. Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze comes to mind when I think of this...

Now here's this. What if we rubbed a hood down like this the night before with the #7 show car glaze to soften up the dead paint, then came back the following day and compounded off the dead paint.

Do you think that the #7 Show Car Glaze would Soften up the dead paint and make it easier to remove via the compounding process for clear coat paint?

I can remember when I did this job that there was A LOT of dead paint building up on the face of the fiber pad I was using. Actually I wished that I had more pads to get the hood done because my pad was getting loaded up with a lot of material and product, but I just kept cleaning it on the fly.

Eventually my fiber pad got so loaded up that I had to finish the compounding process with a foam cutting pad.

Im thinking now that maybe I could have just used a rotary with a wool pad instead for the compounding process.
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If I had that job, I think I'd do the Comet Cleanser method to remove the bulk of the dead paint before touching it with any pad besides an aggressive wool on a rotary. Even then I'd probably do the Comet thing first. I don't think there is any easier/quicker way to remove the dead paint and the end result would be exactly the same.

I never did the Comet thing on a clear-coat so I'm not sure how it would work, but that would be my starting point. Obviously - a small test spot first.
 
2black1s said:
If I had that job, I think I'd do the Comet Cleanser method to remove the bulk of the dead paint before touching it with any pad besides an aggressive wool on a rotary. Even then I'd probably do the Comet thing first. I don't think there is any easier/quicker way to remove the dead paint and the end result would be exactly the same.

I never did the Comet thing on a clear-coat so I'm not sure how it would work, but that would be my starting point. Obviously - a small test spot first.
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Yea that's a great Idea! I remember reading about that! Thanks John! I appreciate you buddy!

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