Keyed-less Entry (56k..it's your Quater?)

[ret]

Someone at a rock concert decided to key my neighbor’s Honda Accord.



I used a couple of steps that helped to return some nice results.



Step One

I made a pass over the whole key mark using a white 6.5 inch pad and Menzerna IP working the polish until it flashed.

This step was intended to give me a better view of where the worst damage was, and exactly what parts of the scratches were going to be the hardest to remove.



Step 2

I applied a drop of IP to a pinched section of a micro-fiber towel and worked about a 4� section of the scratch at a time, using a back and forth motion going with the grain of the scratch.



Step 3

A green 6.5 inch pad, IP and combination of vertical, horizontal and diagonal motions in several #6 speed passes, concentrating on just the scratch line area.

The green pad gave me less pad cut allowing the polish to do most of the work and longer work times.



Step 4

White pad, and 2 passes with FPII.





ouch

ouch 2

half way done

Allmost gone

All gone :2thumbs:

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[BoxsterCharlie]

Great work! So nice to see it could come out. Also, since it is on the side, whatever reduced CC you had remove probably won't be a problem as the car ages.

 

[imported_themightytimmah]

Great work, it's good to see a guy do something good for a neighbor like that. Too bad you didn't catch whoever did it in the act.

 

[imported_Dave KG]

Nice work mate, cant see the damage at all now. :2thumbs:

 

[mr.ikon]

Ooh now thats a hater mark. Great job getting it out.

 

[604_Coast]

Unreal, awesome work. Hate those jealous people!!

 

[paul79uf]

you're a good friend....people who key cars should be tazered

 

[ret]

Thanks guys....he was so sure that he was going to have to have it repainted, and absolutely stoked when I was finished.



He just kept laughing and grinning and saying “no way�, "no way :hifive: .



LOL

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[martinager]

very nice work. interesting technique with those polishes! There is that ONE scratch on my car thats been making me crazy. :argue



I might have to try this. Was this with the rotary?







Also, where abouts are you in Tampa ?

 

[SayNoToPistons]

Hmm... last pic doesnt really show the location of the scratch.

 

[BigAl3]

excellent job! :2thumbs:

 

[ret]

Was this with the rotary?

Also, where abouts are you in Tampa ?

No rotary, just hand and PC polishing.



I'm in New Tampa....or North Tampa, just north of Tampa Palms...allmost Pasco County.



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[94BlkStang]

Hmm... last pic doesnt really show the location of the scratch.

Sure it does. If you look at the first set of pictures there were some significant scratches up ahead of the wheel well and the last picture shows that they are now gone.



:2thumbs:

 

[ret]

Hmm... last pic doesnt really show the location of the scratch.

You caught us, it's trick photography, haha there never was a key scratch and I don't even own a PC. :hide:



Look at pic 3....I have a blue shirt on and I'm working with the PC, look at the final pic, the owner has a red shirt on and is working the camera. :nixweiss



Thanks for sharing your thoughts on my work. :ignore

Hmm...

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[imported_topnotch]

Thats great and I cant believe you did that with just a PC