First Black Car, Hyundai Tucson

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When I first viewed the car I know it is going to be a big challenge for me. The car is coming to 1 yr old and it has similar swirls and scratches found all over the car as shown in the pics below, and some of those are pretty bad. Water etched marks are also spotted. The initial impression is a 6-7 hours of hard work.



Bonnet

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Driver's Door

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The work start at 1000hrs, a thorough wash was done on the car with Meguiar’s Gold Class Shampoo and after drying the car the real challenge started. First I started with #80 with a polishing pad, after working for 4 passes, upon inspection most of the swirls and scratches are still there. Now I know I’m facing some nasty swirls and scratches here. So without hesitation I switched to IP with a light cutting orange pad, after 4 passes about 60% of the defects were removed. With this rate of removal, I worry it is going to take me more than 7 hrs of work, so in the end I move to 3M Perfect III Rubbing Compound with the orange pad. This time round, around 80% of the defects are removed with 4 passes but it does cause slight hazing to the paint which can be easily remove with IP.



Finally I decide on my ‘attack’ plan,

Step 1 3M PIII RC with orange pad

Step 2 IP with polishing pad

Step 3 #80 with polishing pad

Step 4 #81 (Hand Polish) by hand

Step 5 #21 sealant by hand



Below are 2 photos showing the before and after. The treated portion on the left is the effect until Step 4 without the application of #21. All the swirls are removed except a few deeper scratches still remains.



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After 6 hours of ‘battle’, below are some pictures of the finished 'product'.



Frontal shot

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Hood reflection

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More reflection shots

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Great job, especially considering all the time you spent. Hyundai Black is a pain even on a good day....Treat yourself to a pint for this one!
 
Hey guys thanks for the kind words and encouragement :) , for a while I thought nobody is going to reply my posting thought that maybe my work still not up to Autopian standard yet :grinno: .
 
Looks great on the truck.

Thats way too many steps you doing for a 1 year old car :grinno: I'm no try to applying anything here. If you claly it and hit it with OP or ssr2.5 and do an LSP. You be a.o.k.
 
Hi MattZ28, that is Hyper dressing on the side molding / trim.



Hi klnyc, I forgot to mention I work with a DA machine on this car. For the past 1 year the owner send the car to those manual car wash at the petrol station, after 1 full year of abuse, certain scratches and swirls are pretty bad. I did try out using the ssr2.5 and IP with a LC yellow pad but after a few passes, those 'tougher' scratches and swirls still do not seem to give way. So the next best alternative I have is 3M PIII RC. As for the extra step #81, since this is my first black car, I want to make sure nothing goes wrong, so did a coat of #81 after #80 to give a wetter and deeper look.
 
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