white gecko
New member
A local forum member contacted me after seeing some threads of mine and requested to have his wife's brand new Accord corrected. First off I have to say Honda has come a LONG way....quality and luxury on this fully loaded V6 were impressive and rivaled much more expensive vehicles. Originally the car looked jet black, but after some polishing gloss showed it was a faint metallic black, just a hint of it but it was there.
The paint had been "messed with" at the dealership and there were numerous issues to resolve. Client wanted to give the best result possible to his wife, so it was booked for a full correction. Because of a very packed schedule, I had Drew and Ryan both out to help me on this one. Outside of their own work schedules they made time to come out and help me knock this out in the limited time we had, so much thanks to them for that and their hard work.
Condition upon arrival
Swirls, waterspots, and more swirls
Process on the wheels
After spraying the Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner
The result of a little dwell time with the Sonax
All clean
Someone had "buffed" the car at the dealership and did not know how to do the job correctly (big surprise). The paint was dull and lifeless with numerous areas where pad marks could be seen. This one was VERY evident.....
Deep scratches on the trunk....took several passes with M101 to remove.
This paint did not like the rotary, so it had to be surbuf pad and M101. With the defects removed, clarity would be restored with several polishing steps
Numerous deep scratches on the hood....
After compounding on the hood, a few deep scratches remained and this one was very deep. Several careful compounding passes would remove it. Thankfully the paint was thick enough.
All gone
Rear quarter with partial compounding
A closer look at the swirls on the "new" car.
Quarter ready for polishing to restore gloss
Issues to be sorted out on the door
Sorted
The paint had been "messed with" at the dealership and there were numerous issues to resolve. Client wanted to give the best result possible to his wife, so it was booked for a full correction. Because of a very packed schedule, I had Drew and Ryan both out to help me on this one. Outside of their own work schedules they made time to come out and help me knock this out in the limited time we had, so much thanks to them for that and their hard work.
Condition upon arrival
Swirls, waterspots, and more swirls
Process on the wheels
After spraying the Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner
The result of a little dwell time with the Sonax
All clean
Someone had "buffed" the car at the dealership and did not know how to do the job correctly (big surprise). The paint was dull and lifeless with numerous areas where pad marks could be seen. This one was VERY evident.....
Deep scratches on the trunk....took several passes with M101 to remove.
This paint did not like the rotary, so it had to be surbuf pad and M101. With the defects removed, clarity would be restored with several polishing steps
Numerous deep scratches on the hood....
After compounding on the hood, a few deep scratches remained and this one was very deep. Several careful compounding passes would remove it. Thankfully the paint was thick enough.
All gone
Rear quarter with partial compounding
A closer look at the swirls on the "new" car.
Quarter ready for polishing to restore gloss
Issues to be sorted out on the door
Sorted
