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    Well, my wife and I spent all of last weekend working on detailing our cars. We decided to take the detailing plunge after her car (blue late model Accord) got covered covered with fine scratches. A repair shop was fixing a large door ding and washed with a seriously dirty wash mitt. Even the taillights have the fine hairlines. After we brought it back, they "fixed" it but their fix is now gone after 6 months and a few car washes.

    After reading here for a few weeks, we decided to invest a little instead of paying someone to fix it. So we started out with a PC, Quick Clay, #80, #5, NXT Tech wax, foam pads, and a handful of MFs.

    We did a few passes with the #80 and the scratches are better but not gone. So we stopped working on the Accord and did my WRX with clay, #80, and the NXT wax and it now looks great. Very happy, even got rid of a few door ding type smudges. Really impressed by the clay.

    Now, after all that rambling, on to the question....
    The plan is to rid the Accord of scratches this weekend with newly acquired #83. However, we found some strange defects in the paint on the RH rear fender. (See pic links below) These zigzag down and rearward from the corner of the rear seat window to the bumper. It doesn't stop until it meets the bumper just behind the wheel well. She thinks that the polishing may have brought this out because she has never seen this before. Believe when I say that she is a detail oriented person... Does anyone recognize this type of defect?

    Honda Surface Defect#1
    Honda Surface Defect#2
    Honda Surface Defect#3

    Three other questions while I have your attention:
    1) I've read Mike Phillips good thread on water spots. She has some that are type 2. Do these usually come out with #83? They diminshed a little with the #80. Or do they usually go past the clear?
    2) Similar to #1 above but bird drop etchings. She has about 4 that look like crackle paint. Pretty much stuck with these right?
    3) Some searches seemed to recommend using PlastX but can I use the #83, #80, or #5 on the taillights?

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    bump...working on the car now. Would like to know if anyone has any thoughts/ideas on my questions. Thanks.

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    • #3
      I hate to say it, but from the pix it looks like clearcoat failure. What year is the car? #80 and the PC wouldn’t cause that. It was about to happen on its own anyway.

      Hopefully I’m wrong and it’s just some kind of contamination. But it sure looks classic.

      re 1): It really depends on how deeply the clearcoat is etched but in general #80 and #83 work very well on water spots.

      re 2): Again, it depends on how deeply it’s damaged. Bird bomb effect can vary greatly. If you see visible crackling and especially if you can feel it you probably won’t be able to remove it completely.

      re 3): Don’t know, haven’t tried them on taillights.


      If you really do have cc failure 1) and 2) are moot since you’re looking at a new paint job anyway.


      PC.

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      • #4
        I looked at this post a few days ago and kind of thought the samething PC said. CC failure.
        Brandon

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        • #5
          Well, we taped off the whole car yesterday including the possible clearcoat failure area. Hit everything with #83 and pulled it into the sun. Looks much better...water and bird etchings much fainter. Fine scraches almost gone. Decided that was enough since we already have clearcoat issues and rolled it back in the garage.

          We then used some #5, pulled the tape off the cc failure area and applied some Tech Wax all over. Finally got to see fruits of our labor this morning in the sun. Looks pretty good. Not perfect but much improved. She's happy with it. We're probably going to sell it late next year so we'll keep it waxed up good till then.

          Thanks for your help everyone.

          The Other PC, to answer your question it's a 2001 Accord coupe.

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          • #6
            That's awfully fast for CC failure but unfortunately, that's what it is. Do know this though, it travels FAST!
            Quadruple Honda Owner
            Black cars are easy!

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