Black Lexus; resurrected.

The paint was pretty soft. Not super soft; but on the soft side of average. I can see how improper washing would cause this. It is a shame though.
 
Did you find the Lexus Black to have very soft clear? Mine is a b_tch. If I take it down with a rotary, I see holograms in the sun the next day (but they don't show up with Dual Xenon light). If I use the DA, I get micromarring, and can only MAYBE get it out with FPII on a Lake Country grey pad, but not consistent results. Any pointers?
 
Beautiful Work. A perfect example why you never let the dealer wash your vehicle.

Pictures actually should be sent to Lexus Canada. I assume it was a Toronto Dealer?
 
touchofdetail said:
amazing this guy knows how to protect his front end with the clear bra, but neglect the rest of the car.
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There's no need for that attitude. Did you even bother to read the thread? The owner posted (his first post, he's a new member), and shared that the damage was done by a local detail shop and a few dealer washes. He's now picked up his own supplies, and is going to try to maintain the finish himself now that Picus has restored it (awesome job, BTW).



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Blake said:
Beautiful Work. A perfect example why you never let the dealer wash your vehicle.

Pictures actually should be sent to Lexus Canada. I assume it was a Toronto Dealer?
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It was a Toronto area dealer. Since the dealer only washed it 4-5 times I think a lot has to do with the detailing place. They used the water blade but I also notice they used a towel afterwards and it didn't look like a microfiber towel. More like a terry towel.



When my car goes in for service I will let them know that they shall not wash my car and that if they do they will be paying for Kevin to revisit it.
 
touchofdetail said:
amazing this guy knows how to protect his front end with the clear bra, but neglect the rest of the car.
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It wasn't neglect. It was winter and I didn't know what to do. I thought I was doing right by getting it hand washed at the detailing chain. I knew that dealer washes may be a mistake but didn't realize the extent. I saw the issues a couple months into ownership, well not some of those bruttle CWB scratches, and knew that Kevin was going to be doing his thing come spring. After that I would need to take control of the situation myself. Then I found Autopia, read about ONR, etc, and found a post by Scottwax on how to wash/was a car in an hour or less.
 
The clear bra is a great addition. I have one on my unit and I love it. Next Lexus will definitely have one. I haven't had any issues with it and it is over 3 years old at this point.

Enjoy your Lexus.
 
Simply amazing job :)



Yeah Stu before I found this place I was the same way. Thought the more wax I used the better and it was cool to use an old washrag for my carwash and if I had a dirty sponge applicator for the wax it was ok because that was just the way it gets heh.



Can someone explain "tinted clear"? I've never heard of that.
 
TortoiseAWD said:
There's no need for that attitude. Did you even bother to read the thread? The owner posted (his first post, he's a new member), and shared that the damage was done by a local detail shop and a few dealer washes. He's now picked up his own supplies, and is going to try to maintain the finish himself now that Picus has restored it (awesome job, BTW).



Tort

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If I indicated any attitude, I apologize.
 
Mo1nk said:
Did you find the Lexus Black to have very soft clear? Mine is a b_tch. If I take it down with a rotary, I see holograms in the sun the next day (but they don't show up with Dual Xenon light). If I use the DA, I get micromarring, and can only MAYBE get it out with FPII on a Lake Country grey pad, but not consistent results. Any pointers?
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It was soft yes, but not so soft that finishing down was hard. I was able to finish clean with 106ff/white @~1200 rpm, so fairly quick. I would not try to finish down with a DA on this paint, I can foresee heavy micromarring. Do you have 106ff? If not, I highly recommend trying it.



Blake said:
Beautiful Work. A perfect example why you never let the dealer wash your vehicle.

Pictures actually should be sent to Lexus Canada. I assume it was a Toronto Dealer?
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It was, however it is hard to pinpoint if it was the dealer, the detailing place, or both. I have a *feeling* it was a combo of both with most of the blame resting on the detailing place. Stu mentioned that he'd only been to the dealer a few times, whereas he'd been to the detailing place a number of times, and watched them use a CWB rather aggressively, as well as questionable drying towels. The CWB damage was some of the worst I'd seen.



Imatk said:
Simply amazing job :)



Yeah Stu before I found this place I was the same way. Thought the more wax I used the better and it was cool to use an old washrag for my carwash and if I had a dirty sponge applicator for the wax it was ok because that was just the way it gets heh.



Can someone explain "tinted clear"? I've never heard of that.
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Tinted clear is just what it sounds like, instead of being straight up clear paint it has some color in it, but it's still a two stage paint job (as opposed to single stage), so when you buff it you notice a light discoloration on your pads (in this case black), but not nearly as much as with single stage.



FWIW, Stu has a number of good products and info at his disposal now, I am confident he will keep the car looking good from here on out. :woot2:
 
Picus said:
FWIW, Stu has a number of good products and info at his disposal now, I am confident he will keep the car looking good from here on out. :woot2:
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Yikes! And then there was this. Be gentle with me when I get you back :scared:
 
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