really bad swirls/scratches removed from trunklid

[tmonsen5]

hey there,

my friends car has some nasty scratches on its trunk, looks to me like whoever owned it before him always set their briefcase or backpack on the trunk. You can imagine what these scratches looked like. Today i tried my best at removing them with my PC.

Process:

DP clay

XMT3 orange LC pad

Klasse AIO white CCS pad

Klasse SG grey CCS pad

tomarrow i plan on putting some Liquid Souveran on it to finish it off.

you can notice that the trunk is pretty dull, and the rear bumper is even worse. it looks like the clearcoat is completely gone!

swirls:

and then after:

I think I did a pretty good job, but you can still see alot of remains of the scratches, they just arent as noticable anymore. Im not sure if my pads are aggressive enough. Do any of you find XMT2 to barely remove anything? XMT3 seems like it is perfect for swirls and slight scratches.

 

[euro]

Now, that's a closeup!

Nice turnaround on the schizophrenic swirls before. :bigups

 

[Kriminal]

You're cheating - that surely must be another car, just the same colour :nana:



Amazing work bud

 

[Scottwax]

Nice work, honestly, I don't think you can improve on it much more without wetsanding.



Just continually refine the area every time you polish, ought to make them less noticable over time.

 

[mr.ikon]

afters look awesome. cant wait to see it after the pin liquid souveran