richy
New member
This is a neighbour for whom I did Finest on his BMW convertible (he still raves about it). This is his new daily driver and noticed that it had something drip onto the driver`s door when he had it parked in a parking garage. It didn`t look too bad, but it took some work to eliminate...more on that later. This vehicle was to get the regular CQuartz.
Here it is as it arrived:
Closeup of drip stain:
Inside view of paint stain:
First up was to clean the wheels. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505, the wells with LATA, the barrels with Zep Citrus and Megs HW with a Daytona brush and the faces with Zep Citrus and HQ using a demoted mitt.
The vehicle was foamed and then washed with Megs HW. It was brought inside and clayed with a clay towel.
The vehicle, other than the stain, was only going to get a one step polish however the stain was going to get what it needed. I started with Megs M100 and a 3D black wool pad + 3401 and that was not doing much. It was becoming readily apparent that this stain was not going to be easy to remove. I then bumped it up to Chop Top which is an amazing compound, but even it was very slow to remove it. I also tried some chemical cleaner compound that Jerry made for me years ago that got rid of a similar stain before. Even it was not effective on this stain. It had eaten into the paint. I kept at it with CT until I got it knocked down. I checked my paint gauge several time to make sure I wasn`t going too far. Like a dumbass, I forgot to shoot it specifically afterward, but I did get it removed. The rest of the vehicle got a one step of M205 + yellow B/S + 3401. It was wiped down with Eraser prior to coating. The wheels, paint, side and rear glass and exhaust tips were all coated with regular CQuartz. The windshield was coated with Fly By 30 and the tires were shot with Opti Bond from an air gun. The trim (there was acres of it-was done with DLux). Just over 10 hours later, here she was:
Too bad it was a cloudy day. Thanks for looking.
Here it is as it arrived:
Closeup of drip stain:
Inside view of paint stain:
First up was to clean the wheels. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505, the wells with LATA, the barrels with Zep Citrus and Megs HW with a Daytona brush and the faces with Zep Citrus and HQ using a demoted mitt.
The vehicle was foamed and then washed with Megs HW. It was brought inside and clayed with a clay towel.
The vehicle, other than the stain, was only going to get a one step polish however the stain was going to get what it needed. I started with Megs M100 and a 3D black wool pad + 3401 and that was not doing much. It was becoming readily apparent that this stain was not going to be easy to remove. I then bumped it up to Chop Top which is an amazing compound, but even it was very slow to remove it. I also tried some chemical cleaner compound that Jerry made for me years ago that got rid of a similar stain before. Even it was not effective on this stain. It had eaten into the paint. I kept at it with CT until I got it knocked down. I checked my paint gauge several time to make sure I wasn`t going too far. Like a dumbass, I forgot to shoot it specifically afterward, but I did get it removed. The rest of the vehicle got a one step of M205 + yellow B/S + 3401. It was wiped down with Eraser prior to coating. The wheels, paint, side and rear glass and exhaust tips were all coated with regular CQuartz. The windshield was coated with Fly By 30 and the tires were shot with Opti Bond from an air gun. The trim (there was acres of it-was done with DLux). Just over 10 hours later, here she was:
Too bad it was a cloudy day. Thanks for looking.
