Want to see how soft Honda clearcoat really is?

G35stilez · 01-13-06, 06:06

Polished 2-3 weeks ago to a 95%+ swirl/marr free appearance, I brought my car to the mechanic to get a couple little things done. My car was moderately dirty, but not terrible. The upper panel had some dirty water spots in it from driving in the rain. A couple swipes with a towel from the mechanic and this is how she looked when I picked her up

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It looked much worse under street lights and I couldn't grab a picture at the time. It looked the dead same on the opposing fender, too. You can see the sun tucking behind the landscape, hence the small representation of swirling, but I think you get the idea.

n2_space · 01-13-06, 06:08

zippymbr · 01-13-06, 06:22

WOW! that sucks. No fender guards! Most mechanics could care less about car apperance.

Setec Astronomy · 01-13-06, 06:50

Your car has a custom paint job, doesn't it? If so, I'm not really sure how you can call it "Honda paint", which to me, connotes a Honda factory paint job.

Neothin · 01-13-06, 07:07

that sucks Sean

At least it's easily corrected!

Oh, and your tires are begging for some dressing

Super · 01-13-06, 07:32

need some protection on that baby like double layer sealer /w LSP to help it from geting scratched like that

Corey Bit Spank · 01-13-06, 07:42

I thought you had your car repainted?

Mine is pretty hard. I wonder if mine was built in Japan or America.

G35stilez · 01-13-06, 07:48

Setec: Repainted as per Honda specs. I had the same clearcoat as Honda uses applied.

Neothin: This was right after washing. I had some other things to get done before I dressed the tires...They wear Z16 as we speak

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Super: 3 layers of Z5 on it now. The paint is very slick.

Corey: See repsonse for Setec.

JohnnyDaJackal · 01-13-06, 08:02

Don't feel bad Sean mine is just as soft. Gotta love the swirls coming back after a long day on the PC to remove them all. To make matters worse mine is BLACK

gmblack3a · 01-13-06, 08:15

What would you guys suggest to get out some 1 yr old rain spots on a silver 04 accord? Just some FPII with a propel green pad or is it still gonna take some IP with an orange propel pad?

Neothin · 01-13-06, 08:21

I cant remember if the honda white or the honda silver is the REALLY hard paint... I think it's white, something about titanium being the pigment. Anyways, if you paint is the common soft honda paint, FPII should be able to get it out. If not, try moving up on the aggressiveness of the pad. I worked on a 92 civic a week ago over winter break and it was typical of a poorly maintained 10 year old car. Swirling galore with a good deal of oxidation. OCP on an orange 4" pad got out 90% of the defects.

If it's the hard honda paint, good luck! IP on a cutting pad might work.

Bill D · 01-13-06, 08:29

I'm wondering if possibly spraying the finish with something like Pro Bug Guard beforehand may help to reduce, and, with luck, possibly even prevent such marring.

I'm sure you will become legendary at that shop regarding your car's appearance.

Hopefully in time they will learn returning the car in that condition is unacceptable.