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beat up 01 acura CL , ProReflection
what we have here is the story of the ugly frog.
The initial message was has few scratches , chips and needs clay and a polish. My first impression when I saw the car: oxidation and swirl city , not big deal till I run the paint gauge around the car and see the real deal : 4 panels repainted/body work (clay bar was red after clay the rear window), 2 panels with thin spots (hood, roof), trunk very-very thin (under 100 microns). With all know I decide to go light on trunk and everything else to bring to an 80%+ paint correction , full correction was out of question with all the repaint/thin spots panels. Process: wash with nxt , clay bar , wash nxt again , tires and wheels was clean and dress with klasse and tire gel. Mask everything , and went with rotary meg 83 on polish pad all around except trunk , was fallow by PC meg 205 on finish pad inclusive trunk . Car was sealed with m21 on finish pad PC, and waxed with nxt 2, by hand. Got some minor interior done , headlights restore , windows in and out. I would say my paint gauge just paid itself on this project. Enjoy the pictures of a 8 years old car, daily driver before and after detail. Readings and thin spot on oxidize surface: https://meguiarsonline.com/forums/ph...readingsCL.jpg https://archive.meguiarsonline.com/f...a/1302/a84.jpg headlight before: https://archive.meguiarsonline.com/f...a/1302/a94.jpg after: https://archive.meguiarsonline.com/f.../1302/a103.jpg swirl city: https://archive.meguiarsonline.com/f.../1302/a112.jpg after: https://archive.meguiarsonline.com/f.../1302/a123.jpg swirls, stain before: https://archive.meguiarsonline.com/f...a/1302/a64.jpg after: https://archive.meguiarsonline.com/f...a/1302/a74.jpg |
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oaky someone has got to show me how to do this, cause i have the same car but its a TL Type-S and its has swirls, sctaches and rock chips, but not too much worse than this one, and i want to make it look like the CL, can someone please show me to a link where it tells you about what materials you need and a good tutorial and how to do it
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well u invest in tools and learn yourself or you pay some pro to do it for you.
for removing heavy paint defects the best tool is rotary and is a powerfull tool. for polish or light defects an dual action orbital buffer / portal cable is good. u need a min of 2-3 compoiunds/polish and 2-3 foam pads. usually takes a good day to detail a whole car. u wash the car , u clay bar , u rinse teh car again and before u start the whole car u do a test spot on hood or trunk and test what combination pad compound will remove the swirl and defects. afte rthat u do the whole car. this is to have an idea of the process. |
yeah im totally willing to do all of that, money is not a problem, i just need the proper info on whats needed, where to get it and how to use it, if anyone knows of such a place that can show me all of that, it would be much appreciatted
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Originally Posted by ferrariowner123
(Post 1119203)
yeah im totally willing to do all of that, money is not a problem, i just need the proper info on whats needed, where to get it and how to use it, if anyone knows of such a place that can show me all of that, it would be much appreciatted
i know meguiar`s keep open seminar classes in CA. pm me your email and i can give u some stuff to read. also if u send me some pic of your car with what u want to correct i may give u more details of what products to use and steps. |
Originally Posted by axel_ny
(Post 1119565)
what area are you located?
i know meguiar`s keep open seminar classes in CA. pm me your email and i can give u some stuff to read. also if u send me some pic of your car with what u want to correct i may give u more details of what products to use and steps. im located in seattle area so cali is little out of the question but ill pm you my email in a sec |
Thanks. I am new to this forum, U guys help me a lot. Cool place to learn.
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