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Suburban hood scratch removal
- Thread starter wicho661
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wicho661- Do *YOU* think it turned out well? If so, then yeah, it's good. I bet it's a *lot* better than the "before" and that for a normal person seeing it in real life (normal circumstances) it probably looks great. Here at Autopia things can get so extreme that they're uhm....well, you know.
I never like to say "nah, that looks bad" because I wan't there doing the work. I see marring that's left but I dunno if I could've done better with just the Cyclo.
The beater-Blazer I just finished has a *lot* worse marring left in it than that does, and I hit with the rotary and some aggressive products (more than once) in addition to the Cyclo. You do what you can with the paint/products/time you have.
What was the most aggressive thing you tried (pad/product/number of passes)?
I never like to say "nah, that looks bad" because I wan't there doing the work. I see marring that's left but I dunno if I could've done better with just the Cyclo.
The beater-Blazer I just finished has a *lot* worse marring left in it than that does, and I hit with the rotary and some aggressive products (more than once) in addition to the Cyclo. You do what you can with the paint/products/time you have.
What was the most aggressive thing you tried (pad/product/number of passes)?
I used the the Rightlook pads and chemicals. Started with Clearcoat compound and a light wool pad. Worked down to heavy(yellow), medium(green) and light(blue) foam pads.
I did 4 complete passes with the wool and kept the same process with the less agressive pads.
This car has never been detailed. In fact, its also never been clayed. There was so much fallout that i had to use an entire bar of clay on the vehicle. Wash marks, clay marks and microscratches were heavy. I removed those without much fuss. The problem was from deeper scratches that Im guessing cant be removed without removing almost all of the clearcoat.
The marring on the left side is either clearcoat failure or total paint failure. Id suggest the paint failure. I tried to not speed up the deterioration process by hand polishing and waxing the spot.
But the end result wasnt terrible. It just wasnt perfect.
I did 4 complete passes with the wool and kept the same process with the less agressive pads.
This car has never been detailed. In fact, its also never been clayed. There was so much fallout that i had to use an entire bar of clay on the vehicle. Wash marks, clay marks and microscratches were heavy. I removed those without much fuss. The problem was from deeper scratches that Im guessing cant be removed without removing almost all of the clearcoat.
The marring on the left side is either clearcoat failure or total paint failure. Id suggest the paint failure. I tried to not speed up the deterioration process by hand polishing and waxing the spot.
But the end result wasnt terrible. It just wasnt perfect.