1996 Honda Civic With Horrible Scratches, Swirls, Water Spots Against 3D Products and Wolfgang Füzion

[Jesse@Autopia]

I just got this 1996 Honda Civic around a month ago and the paint was not in the best condition. You could tell that someone tried to keep care of the car with, I`m guessing, a cleaner wax and left residue all over the trim and they may have used a dirty terry cloth towel to apply it. There were deep scratches and swirls everywhere!

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02607.JPG

Here is a 50/50 shot I took at home after using some 3D HD Adapt. Since I ran out of time at home for a deadline I couldn`t finish the rest of the car, and didn`t get the exact look I was going for, so I had an opportunity to take it into work and make it look nice!

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02610.JPG

Before roof:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02643.JPG

Inside under lights:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02647.JPG

Before hood: you can still see some swirls and scratches in the middle of the hood.

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02644.JPG

50/50:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02649.JPG

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02654.JPG

50/50 Roof:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02655.JPG

Using the FLEX 3401 with Lake Country CCS Orange Light Cutting Pad and 3D HD Adapt on hood roof and trunk, I used 3D HD Polish with the FLEX 3401 with Lake Country CCS White Polishing Pad on the side vertical panels since I had very light swirls there.

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02662.JPG

Both 3D Products spread very easily, no dusting at all, and are very easy to wipe off.

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02666.JPG

I used Wolfgang Fuzion as my LSP/wax:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC026701.JPG

It spreads out very thin and was very easy to wipe off, after waiting around 15 minutes for it to haze.

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02672.JPG

After shots:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02676.JPG

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC02677.JPG

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http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC_0953.JPG

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC_0960.JPG

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC_0959.JPG

Honda Civic Old School VS New School:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC_0965.JPG

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC_0967.JPG

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/786/medium/DSC_0969.JPG


The car turned out great, actually a lot better than I expected. All the products worked great and were very easy to use. Just the other day my friend asked if it was the same car or if I got it repainted, he couldn`t believe how good it looked. :bigups

Products used:
3D HD Adapt (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/3d-hd-adapt.html#.VWyfr_lVhHw)
3D HD Polish (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/3d-hd-polish.html#.VWyf7PlVhHw)
Flex XC 3401 (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/flex-3401-dual-action-polisher.html#.VWygTvlVhHw)
Lake Country Pads (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/ccs-pads-lake-country.html)
Gold Plush Microfiber Towels (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/cobra-gold-jr-towel.html#.VWygrflVhHw)
Wolfgang Füzion (http://www.autopia-carcare.com/wolfgang-fuzion-wax.html#.VWyg2PlVhHw)

[Smack]

Very nice work Jesse. You really turned that Civic around.

Maybe I didn`t follow along correctly but why not pull out HD Cut for the really bad areas? (Never used 3D)

[Ronkh]

Nice save

Besides swirls/scratches paint looked lifeless too

Really nice work

[tropicsteve]

way to bring that one back jesse. :bigups

[The Guz]

Nicely done. Hard to tell it was red. Looked pink.

[65chevy]

nice job jesse

[RaysWay]

Jesse "the jeweler" strikes again :) Great job!

[Jesse@Autopia]

Thanks everybody!!! :bigups

[Old Pirate]

Great turnaround there Jesse, Honda`s are some of the easy ones to correct and now you got a new paint job look everyone wants.

[Jesse@Autopia]

Update! Water beading:

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/768/medium/2_beading.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/768/medium/3_beading.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/768/medium/4_beading.jpg

[wendell jarvis]

Great job and big turn around on the paint