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A friend of mine allowed me to use his car for a test bed. First time I ever used #83,or #82, and I don't have a polisher.(YET)
My thought is "If you can Master Black, You can do anything"
Please let me know what you think, good or bad.
What could I have done differently
By the car owner's own words "This has not been washed for 2 years". The car is a daily driver and never sees a garage over it.
work conditions: Brutal
90-95 degrees in the shade.humidity 90%+ You sweat just standing still
work environment: Tight, close quarters. No breeze but in the shade.
Product list
NXT car wash
#83 x 2 (DACP)
#82 (SFP)
#20 (polymer sealant)
NXT tech wax
The front of this car is "HAMMERED" stone chips all over the place
The before pictures do not show how much oxidation the clear coat has developed.
I tried to capture the steps I did on the hood by taping each step I did, but did not expect to have to do the whole care twice with #83 and went through two polishing pads to do so.
The first line furthest away from the camera was un touched the second was DACP first time.here you can see all the stone bruises. (that's not lint)
What I did notice was a lot of "buffer bounce" The DACP was getting sticky clogging the pad almost immediately. I tried to put a spritz of water on the hood but this only made it worse in the long run. So I worked #83 slower and over lapped by over half a pad once the pad dried out the only time I would get "buffer bounce" was when I reapply #83 to a new section. I needed to tip the polisher up on end until I could work the #83 into the CC. Once the #83 was worked in enough I could lay the buffer flat and work the whole section.
Both door pillars looked like this I think this is a good example of "clear coat failure".
This I took a scotch brite pad and scuffed the rest of the clear coat off
and repainted with a semigloss black paint
I started the project at 8:45am and finished at 5:00pm.
When the owner woke up at 5:00pm to get ready for work he came out and said "I did not expect you to repaint my car"...that made me feel real good.
This is the kicker I told the owner before hand I would do his car for the cost of materials.
He had all this done for $65.00
Before
After
Thanks.
My thought is "If you can Master Black, You can do anything"
Please let me know what you think, good or bad.
What could I have done differently
By the car owner's own words "This has not been washed for 2 years". The car is a daily driver and never sees a garage over it.
work conditions: Brutal
90-95 degrees in the shade.humidity 90%+ You sweat just standing still
work environment: Tight, close quarters. No breeze but in the shade.
Product list
NXT car wash
#83 x 2 (DACP)
#82 (SFP)
#20 (polymer sealant)
NXT tech wax
The front of this car is "HAMMERED" stone chips all over the place
The before pictures do not show how much oxidation the clear coat has developed.
I tried to capture the steps I did on the hood by taping each step I did, but did not expect to have to do the whole care twice with #83 and went through two polishing pads to do so.
The first line furthest away from the camera was un touched the second was DACP first time.here you can see all the stone bruises. (that's not lint)
What I did notice was a lot of "buffer bounce" The DACP was getting sticky clogging the pad almost immediately. I tried to put a spritz of water on the hood but this only made it worse in the long run. So I worked #83 slower and over lapped by over half a pad once the pad dried out the only time I would get "buffer bounce" was when I reapply #83 to a new section. I needed to tip the polisher up on end until I could work the #83 into the CC. Once the #83 was worked in enough I could lay the buffer flat and work the whole section.
Both door pillars looked like this I think this is a good example of "clear coat failure".
This I took a scotch brite pad and scuffed the rest of the clear coat off
and repainted with a semigloss black paint
I started the project at 8:45am and finished at 5:00pm.
When the owner woke up at 5:00pm to get ready for work he came out and said "I did not expect you to repaint my car"...that made me feel real good.
This is the kicker I told the owner before hand I would do his car for the cost of materials.
He had all this done for $65.00
Before
After
Thanks.
Nice work man!!
Nice Job, looks like you got the short end of the stick though but hey, it not about the money right!
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