JBSpeed
10-21-2007, 11:14 PM
Well, here is my test bed. Its a 1999 Neon, and in every sense of the word, a beater. Its dented, its scratched, its been sitting in the yard for about a year now. Cats have clawed their way up the side, garden tools have been rested on it. It is in rough, rough shape.
So I figure if I`m going to test out the abilities of these products, why not start there. Sure beats going to the junkyard to buy just a panel or something. I`ve got a whole car to experiment on :)
So here is the before picture of the trunklid. Forgive the quality of the shots, its a 5MP point-and-shoot, and it really sucks at capturing the swirls. Needless to say, this hood was so scratched, so chalky, that I figured it never be glossy again. Here is what the camera captured of the swirls, and again, the swirls looked about three times as bad in person.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8909/trunkbeforeab9.jpg
And here are the afters. Again, most of the defects were removed, save the scratches that damn near go to the primer.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5289/trunkafter1kn9.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9628/trunkafter2yi1.jpg
Process was as follows:
Quick wash of trunklid using Meguair`s Gold Class with Grout Sponge.
Claying of surface using Meguiars Clay Bar
2 passes of Cut w/ Yellow CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ Orange CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ White CCS
1 pass of Amigo w/ White CCS
Mind you the rest of the car is still filthy, but I`m working on getting it cleaned up, plus I`m trying different pad/polish combos on the rest of the car to see what works best. There isn`t much info on the Prima line of polishes out there so I`m just making it up as I go :)
Hopefully I`ll get more pictures up later as I progress with the car.
So I figure if I`m going to test out the abilities of these products, why not start there. Sure beats going to the junkyard to buy just a panel or something. I`ve got a whole car to experiment on :)
So here is the before picture of the trunklid. Forgive the quality of the shots, its a 5MP point-and-shoot, and it really sucks at capturing the swirls. Needless to say, this hood was so scratched, so chalky, that I figured it never be glossy again. Here is what the camera captured of the swirls, and again, the swirls looked about three times as bad in person.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8909/trunkbeforeab9.jpg
And here are the afters. Again, most of the defects were removed, save the scratches that damn near go to the primer.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5289/trunkafter1kn9.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9628/trunkafter2yi1.jpg
Process was as follows:
Quick wash of trunklid using Meguair`s Gold Class with Grout Sponge.
Claying of surface using Meguiars Clay Bar
2 passes of Cut w/ Yellow CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ Orange CCS
1 pass of Swirl w/ White CCS
1 pass of Amigo w/ White CCS
Mind you the rest of the car is still filthy, but I`m working on getting it cleaned up, plus I`m trying different pad/polish combos on the rest of the car to see what works best. There isn`t much info on the Prima line of polishes out there so I`m just making it up as I go :)
Hopefully I`ll get more pictures up later as I progress with the car.