Well, here is my test bed. Its a 1999 Neon, and in every sense of the word, a beater. Its dented, its scratched, its been sitting in the yard for about a year now. Cats have clawed their way up the side, garden tools have been rested on it. It is in rough, rough shape.
So I figure if I'm going to test out the abilities of these products, why not start there. Sure beats going to the junkyard to buy just a panel or something. I've got a whole car to experiment on
So here is the before picture of the trunklid. Forgive the quality of the shots, its a 5MP point-and-shoot, and it really sucks at capturing the swirls. Needless to say, this hood was so scratched, so chalky, that I figured it never be glossy again. Here is what the camera captured of the swirls, and again, the swirls looked about three times as bad in person.
And here are the afters. Again, most of the defects were removed, save the scratches that damn near go to the primer.
Process was as follows:
Quick wash of trunklid using Meguair's Gold Class with Grout Sponge.
Claying of surface using Meguiars Clay Bar
2 passes of Cut w/ Yellow CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ Orange CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ White CCS
1 pass of Amigo w/ White CCS
Mind you the rest of the car is still filthy, but I'm working on getting it cleaned up, plus I'm trying different pad/polish combos on the rest of the car to see what works best. There isn't much info on the Prima line of polishes out there so I'm just making it up as I go
Hopefully I'll get more pictures up later as I progress with the car.
So I figure if I'm going to test out the abilities of these products, why not start there. Sure beats going to the junkyard to buy just a panel or something. I've got a whole car to experiment on
So here is the before picture of the trunklid. Forgive the quality of the shots, its a 5MP point-and-shoot, and it really sucks at capturing the swirls. Needless to say, this hood was so scratched, so chalky, that I figured it never be glossy again. Here is what the camera captured of the swirls, and again, the swirls looked about three times as bad in person.
And here are the afters. Again, most of the defects were removed, save the scratches that damn near go to the primer.
Process was as follows:
Quick wash of trunklid using Meguair's Gold Class with Grout Sponge.
Claying of surface using Meguiars Clay Bar
2 passes of Cut w/ Yellow CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ Orange CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ White CCS
1 pass of Amigo w/ White CCS
Mind you the rest of the car is still filthy, but I'm working on getting it cleaned up, plus I'm trying different pad/polish combos on the rest of the car to see what works best. There isn't much info on the Prima line of polishes out there so I'm just making it up as I go
Hopefully I'll get more pictures up later as I progress with the car.