This was my project for this past weekend... Enjoy!


[ nuke proof tire dressing. Meguiar's APC @ 4:1, wouldn't touch it. ARO @ full strength was making some headway. Didn't look too bad, but it was blotchy in some areas]



[ Driver-side quarter-panel. There was a prior repair to which the finish had excessive orange peel, and didn't blend well with the rest of the paint. This will be addressed further on.]




[ Meguiar's APC @ 4:1, let dwell for a minute or two, then rinsed via pressure washer. Putting up a fight!]



[ Putting the EZ-Detail brush to work.]




[ Clay Magic aggressive clay. There was a rough feeling like sand on the paint in many areas, overspray? This was after working a small area]




[ Some RIDS I was able to capture]




[ I was able to capture some nice pictures after correcting the hood when the sun came out.]




[ Another shot of the hood. Look at the flake coming out...]




[ A photo of the trunk lid after correction.]




[ Some RIDS I was able to capture in the driver-side quarter panel, as I mentioned I would address earlier.]




[ Some swirls I was able to capture on the rear door in front of the quarter panel in reference.]




[ Another photo of more defects in the aforementioned quarter panel.]




[ Some sanding marks left in the quarter panel.]




[ Best picture I was able to secure of the orange-peel I mentioned earlier.]




[ Time to get to work. Wetsanded the quarter panel with 2500 UNIGrit paper. Most of the car had paint reading from 3.2 mils to 5. This repainted panel had from 5-7mils. ]




[ Another photo of the sanded area, a little further toward the rear. I paid attention not to sand that body line and break through the clear.]




[ Here is a photo after some compounding of the panel to remove the sanding marks. This photo depicts some sanding marks left which are visible to the left of the light source. These were removed with continued compounding prior to final polishing.]




[ Another angle. It's gettin' there ]




[ Some photos after pressure rinsing the car from the compounding dust, etc... ]







[ Some finished photos. Topped the G with BFWD. Looks nice, even though there is no sun]








[ Off to her stable she goes... ]

 

Nice work....

 

Thanks

 

so thats how my car would look if u did mine..;-P

 

Headed South anytime?

 

unfortunately no..;-(

 

wow great job

 

Thanks!

 

looks good i have those light scratches on my car. unforunately I dont know enough about paint work to get rid of them~!

 

Awesome work! What kind of rotary did you use?

 

Only used a rotary to remove the wetsanding marks. Used the Flex 3401, PCXP and Meguiar's twins. M105/205.

 

Yea I do not have the stomach to attempt something like that.

 

very nice, is that an all day project?

 

Solid 16 hours.

 

Wow... Very cool and a very great job!