Ruined RSX

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ElPresidente

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I was talking to my friend the other day and he was saying how he wanted to wash his RSX today. I asked him what soap he uses and he told me Cascade, as in the dishwashing liquid along with one of those hard foam car sponges.



So I washed his car today for him and waxed it but the entire car feels like sandpaper. There's a ton of swirl marks and some parts look like he was trying to scrape dirt off lol. You can't even tell the difference between the waxed and unwaxed areas.



Anyways, what would you guys reccomend to fix up his car?
 
with out pics i think you'll get some pretty basic answers.

wash,

clay,

polish with 4' pads

final polish

maybe a glaze

maybe a sealant

couple of layers of wax

and for the purpose of garnering all favor you can. sacrifice 3 goats and one chicken.
 
Heh, a rotary might not be a bad starting point :). Consider having him send it to a competent pro, you can fix it via PC and 4" pads but its going to take forever. Just taking a guess, I'd go



Overspray clay

HT Extreme/wool pad/1250RPM

Optimum Hyper/light cut foam/1500RPM

Menzerna P0106FF/polishing foam/PC on 6

Glaze

Carnuba



You'd be amazed how aggressive you need to get to remove marring on a car like that. I'd highly suggest having someone with a paint thickness meter buff it, as you're probably going to need to remove .2mils or so to get it looking good, and that'll come pretty close to taking the clear out. Make sure he improves his technique after, as you'll only be able to polish it that heavily once or twice before CC failure.
 
I have a feeling you're right and he'll have to get it professionally done. I don't think I want to invest that much time in it if I don't get paid lol
 
Yikes! It's a shame an RSX would be destroyed that easily. But I'm sure that with a good detail, everything will be restored as good as new! Good luck!
 
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