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Old 10-15-03, 07:55   #1 (permalink)
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Oxidation removal

Well, I spent all day yesterday in an attempt to remove swirls and oxidation. I decided to Dawn wash, Clay, 3M FI2, AIO, and finally SG (3M FI2 and AIO were via PC). I do plan to add another coat or 2 of SG then top with S100, but first I have a question. The car looked absolutely stunning in the garage yesterday, but today I got it out into the sun and if you look at the right angle you can still see good bits of oxidation on the front hood. Now, the FI2 did a fairly good job in that 90% of the swirls are gone, but I am pretty disappointed that the oxidation is still present. I would probably grade it medium oxidation at most. Also, there are little white dots all over the hood which can't be overspray because I clayed pretty well. However, oxidation takes the front seat for now. What do you guys recommend for getting rid of oxidation? I was thinking about stripping the SG with dawn wash and then using about 2-3 coats of AIO on the hood. Would this be effective at all? I know its very hard to tell the level of oxidation without actually seeing the car in person, but what are your personal experiences with oxidation?
 
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Old 10-15-03, 08:06   #2 (permalink)
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I've actually had really good sucess dealing with oxidation with just a PC and Klasse AIO.

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Old 10-18-03, 11:33   #3 (permalink)
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As jngr said, use AIO. But use it with a foam cutting pad. Do the area as MANY times as you have to get rid of the oxidation.
 
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Old 10-18-03, 04:02   #4 (permalink)
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The more traditional method (without AIO) is to just use a stronger product, like on of 3M's compounds (fine, med, etc.) depending on how bad it really is.
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