Mazda w/ really bad hard water etching

[WXman]

One of my friends showed me his Mazda which had spent almost 3 years in Hawaii with pretty bad hard water spots which has now etched into his paint. He said that other detailers have attempted to fix it but to no avail. I told him that I'll take a shot at it since I've buffed out my own swirled-out car thanks to Meguiar's products and classes.

Started on this last weekend. First started with SwirlX and M83 (after washing and claying) and my G110 but that wasn't cutting it enough. Went to walmart and picked up some Ultimate Compound which helped, but was still pretty intensive. Took numerous passes with the G110. Even tried a 7207 pad on 5 and even a few times on 6. Ordered a 12 oz sampler size of M105 from ADS along with a few more pads and M205. Order came in Friday which allowed us to get back to work first thing on Saturday. Still took much of the day and several more hours on Sunday.

Some before shots:











And after:











Some final thoughts: M105 was wonderful. Gummed up quite a bit though after several uses. A fresh pad helped out a lot. M205 was really a great following act after the 105. Finished with NXT 2.0.

Didn't get it all on some panels. The hood has some curves that the G110 just couldn't get a good angle on but it's a vast improvement over what it was.

[Tuck91]

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Nice work

Looks a lot better now.

[G_S_DB]

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Amazing results, and all that without a rotary with wool pads. Great job!

[KC's]

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Great Turn around

keep it up

[J. A. Michaels]

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Huge Improvement. The Mazda looks very good. Way to go.

[cnfowler]

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Wow, the worst waterspots I've ever seen! Nice save.

Colin

[Michael Stoops]

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Wow, even the water spots had water spots!!!


As for the M105 getting gummy after a few passes; you noticed that going away when swapping to a fresh pad, right? That says a lot about proper use of M105 - pad cleanliness is critical. We were buffing on a Superformance Shelby Cobra over the weekend, using M105 on a W8207 foam pad with a rotary buffer. We stopped after every other panel to clean the pad with a stiff nylon brush and it was amazing the amount of dried product we cleared off of it. If we ever skipped this step we would find product gumming on the surface and a noticeable increase in dust. Sometimes you get into a zone when buffing and temporarily forget to clean the pad, but you'll get a reminder soon enough!!

A quick brushing of the pad to remove the build up and the gumming was gone, dust was minimized to almost nothing, and product wipe off was a breeze.

[Andy M.]

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Great job!

Looks great.

Andy M.

[KC's]

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this is a great man with a great heart for others

Wow, even the water spots had water spots!!!


As for the M105 getting gummy after a few passes; you noticed that going away when swapping to a fresh pad, right? That says a lot about proper use of M105 - pad cleanliness is critical. We were buffing on a Superformance Shelby Cobra over the weekend, using M105 on a W8207 foam pad with a rotary buffer. We stopped after every other panel to clean the pad with a stiff nylon brush and it was amazing the amount of dried product we cleared off of it. If we ever skipped this step we would find product gumming on the surface and a noticeable increase in dust. Sometimes you get into a zone when buffing and temporarily forget to clean the pad, but you'll get a reminder soon enough!!

A quick brushing of the pad to remove the build up and the gumming was gone, dust was minimized to almost nothing, and product wipe off was a breeze.

[WXman]

Re: Mazda w/ really bad hard water etching

Wow, even the water spots had water spots!!!


As for the M105 getting gummy after a few passes; you noticed that going away when swapping to a fresh pad, right? That says a lot about proper use of M105 - pad cleanliness is critical. We were buffing on a Superformance Shelby Cobra over the weekend, using M105 on a W8207 foam pad with a rotary buffer. We stopped after every other panel to clean the pad with a stiff nylon brush and it was amazing the amount of dried product we cleared off of it. If we ever skipped this step we would find product gumming on the surface and a noticeable increase in dust. Sometimes you get into a zone when buffing and temporarily forget to clean the pad, but you'll get a reminder soon enough!!

A quick brushing of the pad to remove the build up and the gumming was gone, dust was minimized to almost nothing, and product wipe off was a breeze.

Couldn't agree more! I did clean the pad occasionally while holding a MF up to it while running and that helped to some degree. I also think running it on speed 6 for a spurt created more heat and contributed to the gumming. I need to get a brush though...