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First time caller, long time listener, er lurker. I wish this forum had been around in 1984....sigh...
Anyway, picked up a used 2005 Corolla (desert mica aka 'gold') and as Tim mentions on another thread, that's a hard paint. The car was delivered here in Houston 7/2004 and from what I can tell by touch (ugh) it was only washed, never waxed/polished. Judging by the minimal amount of (ok, mostly none) of fade on the interior and the oxidation in the headlamps it had a lot of covered parking (yahh!)
So here I am....with my 1991 9" Craftsman .8A orbital buffer (hey, it works fine for buffing) and it appears that the Corolla has something (paint?) as tiny tiny bits (raised, not pits) on the horizontal surfaces. That's when I started paying close attention and searching these forums for a solution.
I ordered (lord help me I feel like an addict, cuz I used to do this to my dark blue 626 from 84-94):
105
205
High Tech Yellow #26
Last step
Mild Clay
Foam applicators
Plastx
The plastix worked great but I was amazed how much work it took to remove the haze from the headlamps. I used the orbital buffer and didn't make much headway until I put my body weight behind it)
Last night I attempted to remove the overspray using the passenger side front door as a test case (not the worst spot and small).
I used a foam applicator and the 105 and gave myself a major cramp in both arms. I tried light pressure, heavy pressure...nothing seemed to take off all the overspray. I noticed an improvement but would estimate no more than 50% reduction in particles. 105 - 205 -#26. The door did end up like a sheet of lightly oiled glass where there were no particles. Man that's some good stuff!
I then tried the orbital polisher on the hood using a foam applicator and for the first time I smelled a hot motor smell from the polisher but even so, the particles remain. I ran through the 105 - 205 - #26 and again, improvement but not perfection.
So my long winded story ends in questions...
1) Should I order a G110? Will the DA + 105 end the scourge of paint on my baby? (Good news, my wife asked 'what's that smell?' and I told her it was my polisher and I thought I needed something a little more professional grade for $170 or so and she said 'ok').
Will the G110 do the job?
2) In the meantime...should I give the clay a try? I'm thinking about having a go on the trunk lid just to see what it will do, it can't hurt...?
I'm based in Houston or would be attending a workshop.
Thanks guys!
First time caller, long time listener, er lurker. I wish this forum had been around in 1984....sigh...
Anyway, picked up a used 2005 Corolla (desert mica aka 'gold') and as Tim mentions on another thread, that's a hard paint. The car was delivered here in Houston 7/2004 and from what I can tell by touch (ugh) it was only washed, never waxed/polished. Judging by the minimal amount of (ok, mostly none) of fade on the interior and the oxidation in the headlamps it had a lot of covered parking (yahh!)
So here I am....with my 1991 9" Craftsman .8A orbital buffer (hey, it works fine for buffing) and it appears that the Corolla has something (paint?) as tiny tiny bits (raised, not pits) on the horizontal surfaces. That's when I started paying close attention and searching these forums for a solution.
I ordered (lord help me I feel like an addict, cuz I used to do this to my dark blue 626 from 84-94):
105
205
High Tech Yellow #26
Last step
Mild Clay
Foam applicators
Plastx
The plastix worked great but I was amazed how much work it took to remove the haze from the headlamps. I used the orbital buffer and didn't make much headway until I put my body weight behind it)
Last night I attempted to remove the overspray using the passenger side front door as a test case (not the worst spot and small).
I used a foam applicator and the 105 and gave myself a major cramp in both arms. I tried light pressure, heavy pressure...nothing seemed to take off all the overspray. I noticed an improvement but would estimate no more than 50% reduction in particles. 105 - 205 -#26. The door did end up like a sheet of lightly oiled glass where there were no particles. Man that's some good stuff!
I then tried the orbital polisher on the hood using a foam applicator and for the first time I smelled a hot motor smell from the polisher but even so, the particles remain. I ran through the 105 - 205 - #26 and again, improvement but not perfection.
So my long winded story ends in questions...
1) Should I order a G110? Will the DA + 105 end the scourge of paint on my baby? (Good news, my wife asked 'what's that smell?' and I told her it was my polisher and I thought I needed something a little more professional grade for $170 or so and she said 'ok').
Will the G110 do the job?
2) In the meantime...should I give the clay a try? I'm thinking about having a go on the trunk lid just to see what it will do, it can't hurt...?
I'm based in Houston or would be attending a workshop.
Thanks guys!
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