It was explained to me that the owner had previously employed some Polish/Czech guys to come and clean the cars but even he had realised they werent up to the job when he saw that they were using dirty sponges etc!
As for the holograms (which were only down the drivers side) i dont know why they were there - maybe down to the previous that had worked on it, i dont know, but they definitely used a cutting pad and left some bad hazing and micro-marring in areas as can be seen in the pic below on the drivers door(had to use the camera flash to capture them):
I should point out at this stage that upon taking paint readings i found the car to be fairly consistant in most areas, ranging from 90 microns up to around 120. That is apart from the rear bumper which in places i got reading of
40 odd microns!
. The highest reading i got was 71,so needless to say it didnt get any abrasive polish what so ever, instead it got HD Cleanse x 2. Luckily the owner's Company actually specialise in paint etc so he understood just what the readings were all about and praised me for being sensible and not going at the bumper with the machine just for the sake of removing a few swirls and scratches
I started off as usual with the least abrasive of finishing polishes on a polishing pad @ 1500rpm. Where this removed around 85% of the defects it still left some of the deeper ones so i stepped up a level and went to the next finishing polish @1700rpm, this worked perfectly :thumb:
scuffs/hazing on top of the drivers door/rear quarter before:
After:
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