25 hours correcting an Acura MDX (frightening photos inside)

[white gecko]

Hey guys, got a real big job here. This MDX had been hit with super hard water for quite a while and needed some serious correction. Someone attempted buffing out the spots on the right fender, but unfortunately was unsuccessful and required heavy correction to fix. This was a 4 stage correction on this SUV, thus the 25 hours of work.



Correction process was a lot of rotary work with M105 and GI Extreme Cut on GI grey wool pad and GI white wool pad. Finished down with Menzerna SIP on LC orange and then Menzerna 106FA on LC black with the PCXP. Sealant choice was Blackfire Wet Diamond.





Onto the pics







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The "attempted" fix that was performed prior appears to have been with a rotary at HIGH speed, heavy wool pad, worked too long until it was dry buffing, and with splatter everywhere. These pics are on the scary side....















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Product sling was everywhere



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After washing



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...gonna be a long couple of days!



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The waterspots continue!



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Now it REALLY gets bad when the 1000 watt halogens light it up!



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[white gecko]

After compounding



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Waterspots on glass



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After correcting with GI Extreme cut on GI white wool pad



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More heavy correction needed here



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After compounding



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....And after final polishing



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Finished after the sun had passed the horizon, so no sun pics







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Thanks for looking!

[SpoolinNoMore]

Dang, sure hope you were compensated well for that. Lookin brand new again!

[gt08vapor]

Very nice turn around. This had to be a nightmare to work on. Great job

[BluBrett]

Lol, those befores looked like my first time compounding my Acura; splatter and all! Great job! Water spots are no fun!

[froboy272]

nice work that looked brutal

[kakeuter]

I think I still have the taste of puke in my mouth from looking at the front fender shot. Excellent turnaround!



-Kody-

[PhatHoodDetail]

beautiful job man

[DatacomGuy]

Amazing, great work.

[white gecko]

Thanks everyone!

[usdm]

I dont know what the client paid you for that, but it probably wasnt enough.

[Greenspanator]

I couldn`t even tell what color it was in the before shots!!! :eek: Awesome job!

[Scottwax]

Awesome job polishing it out like that. :bow

[loodi]

talk about a difference!!!

god, that was horible!



but the finish.... now i really understand what "mirror finish" means!



thank you sir for sharing those pics. amazing!

[imported_dfazekas]

Very nice save.