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Mike Phillips
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Pictures & Videos: 2003 Honda Civic Extreme Makeover - Duragloss
This is my fiancé's daughter's Honda in dire need of an extreme makeover. This car was painted approximately 1 year ago at a local body shop using single stage paint. Not sure why they're shooting single stage paint as the norm is basecoat/clearcoat technology but here's the good news...
She'll never have to worry about clearcoat failure... just oxidation...
Duragloss Extreme Makeover
Since a polished surface will hold up and last longer in the elements than a textured surface I'm going to machine polish this paint to restore a clear, glossy smooth surface and then coat it with something.
For products we're going to use products from Duragloss, specifically we used the Duragloss Marine/RV Polisher & Cleaner which is technically a cleaner/sealant, kind of like a traditional cleaner/wax except instead of the protection ingredients being a waxy substance like Carnauba Wax the protection ingredients are synthetic or man-made.
Duragloss Products
For this project we're using the 501 to remove the oxidation and polish and seal the paint and then topping with the Wet Look 111 Clear Coat Polish.
I'll let the pictures do the talking....
Before
Dull Hazy Headlight Lens
Replaced Headlight at the time of the paint job
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Side-by-Side Test
The 10 @ 10 Technique for picking up a bead of product...
Always remove tape by pulling back at a low angle, don't remove tape by pulling it "up" and away from the paint...
(Don't ask me how I know)
Not perfect but a dramatic improvement...
Jeff working the trunk lid...
More to come...
This is my fiancé's daughter's Honda in dire need of an extreme makeover. This car was painted approximately 1 year ago at a local body shop using single stage paint. Not sure why they're shooting single stage paint as the norm is basecoat/clearcoat technology but here's the good news...
She'll never have to worry about clearcoat failure... just oxidation...
Duragloss Extreme Makeover
Since a polished surface will hold up and last longer in the elements than a textured surface I'm going to machine polish this paint to restore a clear, glossy smooth surface and then coat it with something.
For products we're going to use products from Duragloss, specifically we used the Duragloss Marine/RV Polisher & Cleaner which is technically a cleaner/sealant, kind of like a traditional cleaner/wax except instead of the protection ingredients being a waxy substance like Carnauba Wax the protection ingredients are synthetic or man-made.
Duragloss Products
For this project we're using the 501 to remove the oxidation and polish and seal the paint and then topping with the Wet Look 111 Clear Coat Polish.
I'll let the pictures do the talking....
Before
Dull Hazy Headlight Lens
Replaced Headlight at the time of the paint job
Before
Before
Before
Before
Before
Side-by-Side Test
The 10 @ 10 Technique for picking up a bead of product...
Always remove tape by pulling back at a low angle, don't remove tape by pulling it "up" and away from the paint...
(Don't ask me how I know)
Not perfect but a dramatic improvement...
Jeff working the trunk lid...
More to come...