Wow!! A customer dropped off their Altima to me today and will be picking it up tomorrow after supper. I washed it today, claybarred it, and did one pass with the PC using a yellow pad and Menzerna Power Gloss. I will definitely need to do another pass with PG tomorrow.

This is how bad the marring and spider webbing was.


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Hurts my eyes to see paint neglected like that.

 

Ouch!!!!

and I thought my black car had swirls! lol

 

A new paint job?!

 

wow. subscribed. looking forward to final result.

 

WTF.... did he wash it with sand paper??????
OMG that's bad..... I hope that its a T&M job Shane

 

dang, that looks beyond buffing out. i hope you're charging by the hour.

 

The owner of the Alty is a female in her 40s and she hasn't had any paint protection on it since she bought it new in 2003. The only wash it has had since 2003 has been via automatic car washes. Needless to say, the car was in BRUTAL shape when she brought it to me today. I'll post some final pics tomorrow once it's all done, and hopefully it turns out ok. Something tells me that I will definitely be earning my money with this job.

 

That's definitely nasty Shane. You'll need that yellow pad and strong cutting polish. I've done some nasty ones lately myself.

 

Deane, I put the halogen light on it after the first pass and it was still brutal from my standards. The yellow pad earned it's job today, that's for sure. Off topic, but I really hate using PG, it dusts and hazes like a ****. I would of used 0106FF but I really needed the cutting power that PG has. There is no question I will need to tidy up with a lighter abrassive polish like SSR1 to remove the haze that PG leaves.

 

I'm sure you'll do a great job. On something like you'll probably not get it perfect and the owner probably won't notice or care.

I'm still using poor boys and I also have some 0106FF. We really need the cutting power and speed of a rotary. You could do that job in 1/4 the time but risk ruining the paint.

 

Hopefully I will do a decent job Deane, and I am sure it will be great as far as the customer's opinions are concerned. My problem is that I am a perfectionist and I think that this paint will take much longer to get right that I am given.

 

wow, worst ive seen.

 

damn thats bad

 

DAYUM!!! Did that person use a brillo pad to wash their car???lol