I got a distress called from my neighbor, that his colleague car has splashes of acid on his hood, seems like some whitish spot on a leopard skin.....
WATCH out for these guys..(M'sia A/C usually fitted on top )
..picture for illustration only
I should not have met up with him at night to view his car, under poor street lighting & many defects cannot be shown. He decided to go ahead to set a date on the 1st Jan mark a beginning of a new year. I said 'Ok, lets get it done'
On the actual day, I got a shock to find out the real picture, for nothing hides under the sun & i discovery the acid splatters actually corroded the car Clear coat & spotted the paint...... the hat seems like too big for me to wear....
will collaborate more
Some pics of the Spotted leopard
under noon day sun
from driver
closer
close up pics
more visible under shade
AKA whale sharks skin
under sun
some other paint defect discovered on this uncharted quest
paint chiped on rear left door
some stains on the left rear 1/4 area
left side rear bumper ...evidence of chewing gum sticking on the rear bumper
rear bumper scratches
some scratches at the right side passenger to rear 1/4
More evidence of the spots
if you see carefully u actually these spots actually look like crater on the moon
closer pics
My Rescue mission is to lose the spot on this leopard
Aim to get it corrected & restored
Menu for this ride
TBW - with an 1oz of APC to get rid of whatever that is on the surface
APC dilution 1:10 on all wheels, I am not a brightener person, dont feel comfortable to stronger acid...i am pleased with all the
Clay with Mild - Meguairs Last Touch
[i][b]Dealing with OEM soft Clear coat[/b][/i]
initial test Meguiar's #80 - Speed Glaze polish with Cutting Foam Pad on Rotary & upgraded to a more aggresive DOuble sided wool pad still not achieving the results i want, Then I call to discus the severity with the owner & advising him the details & damaged - resorting to wet sanding -
if i continue to compound, i may damaged this soft clear coat & the intense heats actually melts everything else.... he says go ahead to do the rest & i Wetsanded the whole bonnet - 200 unigrit sand paper
Meguiar's #105- Ultimate polish with double sided wool pad
and follow with Meguiar's #105 Cutting Foam Pad
Meguiar's #80 - Speed Glaze polish with Cutting Foam Pad on roof areas
Meguiar's #80 - Speed Glaze polish with Polishing Foam Pad
finishing off with Meguair's NXT2.0- Synthetic Sealant 2.0
& seal with Meguiar's Ultimate quik detailer
The glass is polish with single side wool & a special formulated glass Polish
some engine pics before
some engine pics before
stainted water marks on the plastic well
Bonnet pics before
engine after
close up after engine detail
close up after engine detail
wheel before
APC agotating at work
wheel brush
now a clean wheel
the detail of a clean wheel
wheel arch ...before
APC-ing & brushing
door jam before
after & the residue is buff away with AIO Meguairs PRC D 151
pics before inside door area
during agitating
after pics
before pics
after
interior before vaccum
interior carpet is removed & clean by APC
The body shop actually advise him to get his car repainted.....and the wife came home scrubing the paint as though getting rid of BBQs grill racks
severly swirled up
the amount of swirls is unbelieveble even a silver under noon day sun is
more
TBW & wash mitt
APC aggitating
the spots resurface
Clay before
clay after
more after clay
did some extras work for him
hardest of all to restored ......severely stained glass
tat tatatata
after
next the actual prob area
front right side panel
closer look at these crater
Thinking of planting the national flag - the 1st arrival on Mars
initial after 1 passes of Megs # 80
after another passes of Megs # 105 - look better
another close up of another actual crater
now we are at ground zero....
as the paint was corroded by these chemical & I stop & called the ownder to discuss further corrections...I suggested wetsanding, although is not the best solution on OEM paint & he gave me the blessing to go ahead
initial testing on wet sanded area
after Meguiars M #105 passes with double sided wool
wet sanding begins
carefully sanded
after sanding
50/50 area set
and the gloss regain & stepping down to Cutting foam pad with Megs 105
stepping down to Megs M 80
the correction leveled up
remember before
now
Thanks to Barry Meguairs for this wonderful invention other wise my life evry very dull
gloss restored
before
look at the clarity & defination restored
ma ma mia Now
but some sever area is too risky to go further as may chase further in to the damage
the over looking now
remember before
now
some day light pics
mamamia
before door handle area scrathces
now
remember before
i dun why the way up always down, u need to scratchs more to get it smooth
inorder to be built u need to be broken
before
now
close up shot
close up inspection by the owner
i actually ran after the car to shoot more after pics as he is in a hurry to drive off for his dinner
some how like seeing your own children grown up & leaving home for the very 1st time
close up pics
lets keep on reminding our self that there is a universe out there..... keep voyaging
thanks for viewing another of my art
your comment & feed back is most treasured
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some comment i gather from all over the world
| Washmitt Meister | Looks absolutely amazing now! Well done, Fantastic correction! Bet the owner was happy! |
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Lucky
Seat Ibiza Sport TDi
rabbit :)  08-01-2010, 09:32 AM | #5 |
| 08-01-2010, 10:47 AM | #7 |
| Washmitt Meister | Suspect the A/C service guy is using an acidic coil cleaner on the A/C condenser. Pretty common. We switched to a bio foam cleaner as the acidic cleaner ate through the coils!!  |
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2009 Volkswagen Golf GT 2.0TDi
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| Orbital Oracle | amazing work  |
Brum| Orbital Oracle | nice job, how did you manage to get rid of the scratches behind the door handle? |
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Coco the Corsa| 22-01-2010, 08:41 AM | #16 |
| Washmitt Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Posts: 286 Thanks: 49 Thanked 37 Times in 37 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews | an excellent turnaround there - good clarity to those reflections! just out of interest - you mentioned the acid spots were craters. does this mean you wet sanded the whole bonnet ie everything around the craters to level the whole bonnet up? |
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| Washmitt Meister | Nice Job  |
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| 15-02-2010, 02:15 PM | #22 |
| Sponge Jockey Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 57 Thanks: 20 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews | Great results! What did you use to correct the scratches underneath the door handles? I find it difficult as i cannot get my machine to access such areas. If doing it by hand...does the product mask the scratches or fully correct? Thanks, Will. |
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| Sponge Jockey Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 86 Thanks: 11 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts iTrader Score: 4 reviews, 100% | Quote:
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| Sponge Jockey | Cracking job mate, well impressed  |
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| 21-03-2010, 06:31 PM | #32 |
| Sponge Jockey | stunning! Amazing! Personally I would have got a respray as I am too perfectionist but that is amazing! |
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| 22-03-2010, 02:44 PM | #34 |
| Sponge Jockey | lol my bonnet needs a respray covered in stone chips I filled and sanded some last Summer but it's getting ridiculous now! Black car hundreds of stone ships not a good look! |
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Civic| 01-05-2010, 06:55 PM | #41 |
| Unwashed Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: n,ireland Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Score: 0 reviews | that was a great read,be a while before i would have the confidence to tackle that sort of damage! nice one |
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| The Following User Says Thank You to eternal blue For This Useful Post: | kc's (04-05-2010) |
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| Sponge Jockey | Quote:
no body says to david he can conquer Goliath just pick up the pebbles & sling towards yr giant ...u never know what will turn out to be | |
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Hi.
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing your work at the Meguiar's forum. Great save on the Civic. :)
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Jon
My auto detailing experiences:
http://autodetailingexperience.blogspot.com
thanks Jon
ReplyDeleteHow do you remove the water stain off the glass? I've tried many types of glass polish, but they are not so effective. Requires A LOT of buffing, and I'm worried about compromising the glass outer layer.
ReplyDeleteThe glass polisher is newly develop by us, i use it on a single sided wool @ speed 5 makita rotary
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