Quick before and after, wife's heavily scratched hood at Walmart

[green_fusion]

So right before Christmas we went to Walmart to get a few last minute things.


While inside, the alarm on my wife's van went off and alerted us via the two way remote. I went running outside and the van hadn't been broken into but I notice that the space next to us is empty.


There was a car parked there when we pulled up. The remote said the shock sensor went off. Thats when I notice..........the hood. Someone either tried to draw something or set something down then dragged it side ways across the hood.


I was pissed!


But...it's a 2000 sienna, it's 13 years old, has a lot of swirls marks and small scracthes. It needs detailed but I just haven't gotten to it yet. It's a second vehicle but really?


People just don't care.


Oh well, at least I have my arsenal of tools to get it out. Here is the before.

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I had to do 3 passes with XMT #4 and a yellow cutting pad.

One pass with XMT #3 and an orange cutting pad.

One pass with Klasse AIO and a white pad.

Then I hand applied one coat of Klasse SG.



I'll do the rest of the van later down the road. Here is the after.....

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[bigltc]

Great recovery! 


 


I saw a couple of women let their shopping cart go flying across the parking lot into another car at Christmas...what a couple of jack aces! Where do they come from?

 

[Scottwax]

I saw someone run right into a shopping cart that was in front of his truck at Walmart. No idea how he didn't even notice it was there. 


 


Nice job getting the scratches out! 

 

[David Fermani]

Nice save! They looked pretty deep. 

 

[Junebug]

Nice job! I haven't heard of XMT in like well forever......I remember really liking #3, and thinking it had an orange scent to it. I used it when I first started out and it worked, kinda tempted to get some for the heck of it now.

 

[House of Wax]

Great recovery!



I saw a couple of women let their shopping cart go flying across the parking lot into another car at Christmas...what a couple of jack aces! Where do they come from?

I worked at a grocery store in high school and I can't tell you how many times I witnessed people finish loading their groceries and turn around and launch their carts just out in the parking lot wherever. One time I watched a lady do it and she sat there and watched the cart fly across the lot and bounce off someone's car....just gets in her car and went about her business