Kristopher1129
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- Jan 3, 2011
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Hey guys, just wanted to share my latest paint correction with you. This customer apparently decided it was a good idea to use the rough side of a dish washing sponge to scrub their vehicle clean. Probably looked fine until it dried!
Funny part of this story...is that the customer originally called and made an appointment for just a "few scuffs on the hood, and drivers side front fender. Well, once I brought it inside...there was clearly a little more than that going on, ha. This is what it looked like before...
Once I saw this...I obviously had to make a call and not only up my price, but also reschedule this customer to another day where I can have the time to spend on it.
My method and products are as follows. Obviously washed the vehicle first. Did an ONR wipe down, then clayed every inch of the vehicle. I then ran some test spots to figure out what approach I should take. I quickly found out that compound is just not enough for a lot of these panels. Especially the hood, roof, and top of the trunk. It seems the person who did this really put some weight into those areas.
The sides didn't appear to be as beaten up aside from a couple spots that were obviously agitated more than others. The hood, roof, and top of the trunk were wet sanded using a block, and some 2000 grit sand paper. I then removed the scratches with my Makita, a wool pad, and Malco Tru-Grit compound.
Compound was followed by Megs 205, and a medium cutting pad. I chose the medium cutting foam pad cause I felt it wiped out the compound swirls with ease...and being that I was dealing with a really light color...it worked great. To finish up, I used my PC to lay down a coating of WGDGPS. The results were a LOT better than I had originally hoped for. Here's the after shots.
And of course...the shot everyone waits for, ha. There wasn't too much sun that day. But it was poking it's head out real quick for a nice reflection shot. :dblthumb2:
This car pretty much took me about 7-8 hours to complete. I didn't think that was too bad considering my situation. :buffing:
Funny part of this story...is that the customer originally called and made an appointment for just a "few scuffs on the hood, and drivers side front fender. Well, once I brought it inside...there was clearly a little more than that going on, ha. This is what it looked like before...
Once I saw this...I obviously had to make a call and not only up my price, but also reschedule this customer to another day where I can have the time to spend on it.
My method and products are as follows. Obviously washed the vehicle first. Did an ONR wipe down, then clayed every inch of the vehicle. I then ran some test spots to figure out what approach I should take. I quickly found out that compound is just not enough for a lot of these panels. Especially the hood, roof, and top of the trunk. It seems the person who did this really put some weight into those areas.
The sides didn't appear to be as beaten up aside from a couple spots that were obviously agitated more than others. The hood, roof, and top of the trunk were wet sanded using a block, and some 2000 grit sand paper. I then removed the scratches with my Makita, a wool pad, and Malco Tru-Grit compound.
Compound was followed by Megs 205, and a medium cutting pad. I chose the medium cutting foam pad cause I felt it wiped out the compound swirls with ease...and being that I was dealing with a really light color...it worked great. To finish up, I used my PC to lay down a coating of WGDGPS. The results were a LOT better than I had originally hoped for. Here's the after shots.
And of course...the shot everyone waits for, ha. There wasn't too much sun that day. But it was poking it's head out real quick for a nice reflection shot. :dblthumb2:
This car pretty much took me about 7-8 hours to complete. I didn't think that was too bad considering my situation. :buffing:
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