Heavy Oxidation

**MoparAddict** · 02-11-2007, 12:07 PM

Im doing this guys car for him in a few weeks, soon as our weather clears up here. He said his hood lookes "funny" so i went to his house (lives in napa) and checked it out. The thing has oxidation up the ying yang, almost looks like clearcoat failure but its not.
Anyone have recommendations on products to use on this? Or how you would go about removing it? Iv removed oxidation before but never this bad. I was going to start with a heavy compound (clearcut 2 by P&S) with a cutting pad then just work my way down. I know its hard to say without any pictures but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Trevor

**jaybs02** · 02-11-2007, 12:13 PM

You can give AIO a try, it does a nice job of removing oxidation.

Good luck
"J"

**Kelso** · 02-11-2007, 12:17 PM

your going to need the compound to start with, and your probably going to remove a lot of clearcoat and get into the base coat before the days over(guessing) but it will look much better this way than having that white haze all over.

**budman3** · 02-11-2007, 12:22 PM

Actually starting with a compound, IMO would be a waste of time. Using a dedicated paint cleaner on oxidation would be best to start off with. This way you`ll have a nice clean surface to start off with to polish/compund and your pads won`t get clogged with the oxidation.

**Beemerboy** · 02-11-2007, 01:05 PM

If you need another look at this car let me know I am close to you guys....I`d like to see pics of this before I make a suggestion...Oxidation is not hard to take off of single stage paint, but if this car has a clear coat then the attack is a bit different

**blkyukon** · 02-11-2007, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Beemerboy

Oxidation is not hard to take off of single stage paint, but if this car has a clear coat then the attack is a bit different

I totally agree... with SS paint a paint cleanser works great, but on CC paint it`s a bit harder and needs a bit more bite.

Here is a video of some heavy oxidation removal with a PC - at speed 6, SSR3 and a cutting pad. Even with this aggressive combo it took forever with the PC...so be prepared to spend some time if your using a PC.

Oxidation removal

**TrueDetailer** · 02-11-2007, 02:14 PM

Never start off with a heavy cut compound or cutting pad.

Start with a light polish/ paint cleaner and light cut/polish pad at a low speed to get rid of the oxidation and see what major defects you got to deal with. You don`t want to go cutting on it right away, there might not be much paint left and you can risk burning right thru it.

**audiboy** · 02-11-2007, 02:24 PM

I also agree that you should first use a cleaner to see what you`re really working with. By starting out with a heavy cutting polish and/or pad, you could possibly be taking a few steps backwards.

**blkyukon** · 02-11-2007, 02:43 PM

TrueDetailer and Audiboy are right, I should have clarified that, sorry....and I did do several test spot on this truck working up from paint cleanser by hand to a medium grade polish with a light cutting pad, but nothing would touch it except for a cutting pad and SSR3.

**MoparAddict** · 02-11-2007, 08:58 PM

Awesome, thanks everyone for you help. Anyone have any suggestions on a good paint cleaner to start with? I have Meg. Mirror Glaze but does anyone suggest something else?

Thanks again, much appreciated.
Trevor