What the hell happened?!?!?! - Page 2

Xens · 05-09-06, 03:30

Got it, and two applicator pads as well. Gonna get to work now and see if this solves the problem.

Xens · 05-09-06, 05:10

Woot! That worked well, completely got rid of them. No time to fully detail today so I just polished and 3x waxed the general areas.

Thanks guys, I'm happy!

Setec Astronomy · 05-09-06, 05:48

Congrats!

Scottwax · 05-09-06, 09:01

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Originally Posted by Xens

Woot! That worked well, completely got rid of them. No time to fully detail today so I just polished and 3x waxed the general areas.

Thanks guys, I'm happy!

I had a feeling it would work. When Mike Phillips of Meguiars was out in Dallas a few months ago, he completely removed a bird bomb stain using ScratchX by hand.

StoicDude · 05-09-06, 09:42

I didnt read through all the posts, but it might have been addresed.

Looking at the Meguiar's forum with the pictures, I say, the most work done was with the polish and NXT. I tried Scratch X on my black 600RR and it didnt do crap. Menzerna IP, FPII was another story.

I will try to do SCratch X on the whole bike again with a PC and see how it comes out, but I am not putting my hopes up.

Xens · 05-09-06, 10:08

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Originally Posted by StoicDude

I didnt read through all the posts, but it might have been addresed.

Looking at the Meguiar's forum with the pictures, I say, the most work done was with the polish and NXT. I tried Scratch X on my black 600RR and it didnt do crap. Menzerna IP, FPII was another story.

I will try to do SCratch X on the whole bike again with a PC and see how it comes out, but I am not putting my hopes up.

Well, I did some "passionate" buffing by hand for about 10 times (finishing the product off to nothing each time) before they completely disappeared. Took me about 1.5 hours total to do 2 spots.

opass · 05-09-06, 11:01

Just in case nothing work for you, you may want to consider color sand with 2000 grit as the last choice.

SVR · 05-10-06, 03:03

If nothing works, wet sand it out, polish marks away and re seal with both acrylic and carnuaba protectants

Best you can do.

Setec Astronomy · 05-10-06, 03:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by StoicDude

I didnt read through all the posts, but it might have been addresed.

Looking at the Meguiar's forum with the pictures, I say, the most work done was with the polish and NXT. I tried Scratch X on my black 600RR and it didnt do crap. Menzerna IP, FPII was another story.

I will try to do SCratch X on the whole bike again with a PC and see how it comes out, but I am not putting my hopes up.

I suggested to the OP that he use ScratchX because it's readily available, he only had a couple small spots, and he was working by hand. It was made for those purposes. If you are working with a PC, I'm not sure there is any reason to use ScratchX on large areas (although Meg's says you can), certainly IP/FPII would be a good choice.

As far as your comment about the polish (presuming referring to #7) and NXT doing the most to remove the etch, if that is the case, they just filled/hid it...which is sometimes the only option you have if it is really bad. Since the OP was able to remove them with the ScratchX, they should be gone for good (as long as he didn't take off too much clear, which I doubt by hand).

StoicDude · 05-10-06, 09:44

Good job OP. That is alot of work for 2 spots man. 1.5 hours. Dang you could have done the whole car with a PC. ahha

Good dedication.

Xens · 05-10-06, 03:24

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Originally Posted by StoicDude

Good job OP. That is alot of work for 2 spots man. 1.5 hours. Dang you could have done the whole car with a PC. ahha

Good dedication.

Well it's a 2 months old black MKV GTI, I couldn't have accepted a lesser result no matter what. Now if the car was 2+ years old then meh ........ I'd have left it to the next time I get my car professionally detailed.

But I do wish that I could have access to a PC, but oh well too bad for now.

VwGti · 05-10-06, 06:59

Not much help from me but i just cant stop laughing after i see alot of "bird poop" "bird bombs" "bird droppings" words. Hahaha. Polish that out and you are good to go.