Black 93' Rx-7

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ReLoaDeD BuLLiT

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Friend of mine's Rx-7 I'm taking care of for him. It needs some love, but is in great overall shape other than the car's swirled/oxidized paint. I will have fun with this tiny car compared to how much trouble the cobra/supra was. Looking forward to it!



Here's an overall shot of what I'm working with:





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Did a test panel on the driver's side rear quarter:





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Plenty more before/afters will be uploaded tomorrow! Thanks for looking!







Update:



Got the entire driver's side of the car done earlier today and half the hood.



Here's a few 50/50 shots and an overall of the driver's side:







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So far, I've been able to get about 80 percent correction on this paint (some RIDS are too deep to get without wet sanding, and clear coat is too thin to do so).



All correction done with a Flex rotary, a white CCS pad, and some Megs 205 @ 1500rpm for 3 passes per panel.





I'm really pleased with how quickly it's removing the oxidation even with a minimal cut pad such as the white one with such a light polish. This paint is EXTREMELY soft. Each panel blackens the pad so ****ing bad that I have to keep washing it every panel, which is pretty much tripling my time required to finish this. Planning on pulling an all nighter to finish the hood, roof, and decklid. Tomorrow will be onto the passenger side of the car, which should only take a few hours.



Without further delay, here are the final shots:





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Sorry, I forgot to list the rest of the products I used.





I did 3 coats of Blackfire Wet Diamond and the owner is topping it off with 2 coats of NXT 2.0 (he's paranoid now of oxidation) haha



On the trim, I used black again, and on the glass, I used Stoner's invisible glass.





Thanks for looking!
 
Man, i hope your friend realizes what he has. FD's are such sick cars and they are becoming a little more difficult to find.



Nice job though . . . . surprised to see those results from a white pad and M205
 
LOL! Thanks guys....yeah, I noticed the paint was EXTREMELY soft, so I tried my lightest combo and was able to achieve a one-step correction!
 
Fantastic job.



I have two questions for you.



1 - you said the clear was too thin, but then you also said that the pads turned black.



2 - doesn't nxt has cleaners in it?
 
tdekany said:
Fantastic job.



I have two questions for you.



1 - you said the clear was too thin, but then you also said that the pads turned black.



2 - doesn't nxt has cleaners in it?
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1- pads turned black from oxidation. on the 2nd and 3rd passes, they were clear.

2- that's a great point. i will tell him to use my spare jar of s100. never thought about that. thanks
 
ReLoaDeD BuLLiT said:
1- pads turned black from oxidation. on the 2nd and 3rd passes, they were clear.

2- that's a great point. i will tell him to use my spare jar of s100. never thought about that. thanks
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Only single stage paint oxidizes. If the pad turns black as in this case you worked on a SS paint, which means that you could have sanded. If your pads turn gray that meant the paint was just dirty. If the color was BLACK, you were removing dead paint. Does it make sense?
 
tdekany said:
Only single stage paint oxidizes. If the pad turns black as in this case you worked on a SS paint, which means that you could have sanded. If your pads turn gray that meant the paint was just dirty. If the color was BLACK, you were removing dead paint. Does it make sense?
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only single stage paint oxidizes???then how come the paint on my 04 cobra was oxidized? and the paint on my boy's 02 harley f150? also, how come the back bumper on this rx-7 had clearcoat failure?





"A clear-coat finish does not oxidize in the true sense of the word (meaning that the pigments and resins (the paints binder system) mix together and the pigments are exposed to the sun's ultra-violet rays, which causes them to dry out or oxidize (more correctly the clear coat in a two-stage paint finish fails)."



...sorry, I just call it oxidation, because that's exactly what it appears to be. it's hazy-*** paint, and the haze is removed wiith a pad, much like oxidized single stage would do. not sure what else to call it on a cc





Edit: I just read what I said any I really came off like a **** and I apologize for that. If I'm wrong, please educate me, because I was under the impression if a car had cc failure, it was a cc paintjob. His car had actual cc peeling off on the rear bumper. This is why I was calling it a cc. I'm always willing to learn new things. Thanks again for the reminder about NXT having cleaners...I don't use nxt anymore, and totally forgot about that.
 
ReLoaDeD BuLLiT said:
only single stage paint oxidizes???then how come the paint on my 04 cobra was oxidized? and the paint on my boy's 02 harley f150? also, how come the back bumper on this rx-7 had clearcoat failure?





"A clear-coat finish does not oxidize in the true sense of the word (meaning that the pigments and resins (the paints binder system) mix together and the pigments are exposed to the sun's ultra-violet rays, which causes them to dry out or oxidize (more correctly the clear coat in a two-stage paint finish fails)."



...sorry, I just call it oxidation, because that's exactly what it appears to be. it's hazy-*** paint, and the haze is removed wiith a pad, much like oxidized single stage would do. not sure what else to call it on a cc





Edit: I just read what I said any I really came off like a **** and I apologize for that. If I'm wrong, please educate me, because I was under the impression if a car had cc failure, it was a cc paintjob. His car had actual cc peeling off on the rear bumper. This is why I was calling it a cc. I'm always willing to learn new things. Thanks again for the reminder about NXT having cleaners...I don't use nxt anymore, and totally forgot about that.
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It is cool man.



What I was saying is that a CC paint would not transfer color. If it did, obviously the CC was gone and you were poilishg the base coat.



Oxidized paint looks faded. We all know what that is. CC paint that looks dull is due to micro scratches.



We are on the same page. I used to call it oxidation as well until someone explained to me the difference.



Again, great job.
 
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