JustJesus
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I`ve never seen this before. It`s so weird.
About 5 years ago, I had the hood of my 1991 Honda CRX painted. This was well before I discovered Autopia and detailing in general. The car mostly sat, being driven on occasion just to keep it going.
Fast forward to recent times.
I`m prepping this car to be sold off some time in the next....hopefully this year. I wanted to spruce her up a bit to make it more desirable. Part of that, actually involved taking that painted hood and doing some damp sanding and multiple step polishing. Figured it`s the best gloss point of the car, so might as well.
I started damp sanding, and even started to compound a section of the hood. Unfortunately, I ran out of time, and had to finish another day. In an effort to keep contaminants off the hood, as well as potential clumsy landscaping guys from damaging my work, I thought I`d cover it up.
I started with two clean cotton towels (yeah, i know. sorry. Should have used MF, right?)
Then, for added protection, I covered it up with a mover`s blanket, folded over to ensure as much coverage as possible.
Lastly, with some of the odd ball rain we`ve been having, I covered that up with a tarp. I also secured the tarp so the wind wouldn`t blow it away.
I came back roughly a week later (?) to do some more work on it. When I removed the mover`s blanket, I noticed some water / moisture on the strip of paint that wasn`t covered by the two towels. Head scratching moment. I proceeded to SLOWLY and carefully remove the two towels, only to find moisture throughout the hood. For real? I`m still baffled by the trapped moisture in there. I must have did something wrong. The towels were slightly damp. The mover`s blanket didn`t feel like it.
Anyway, I went to inspect the paint. And THAT is when I saw it. Some weird "dots" that look like someone decided to use my hood as a canvas for Braille!!!
In the years before this, there was no such thing. During the washing, the claying, the super close inspection....no signs of any of these little bumps. NOTHING.
So what caused it? Im thinking I will proceed with sanding the whole thing down again, and do it all in one shot, and then LSP the heck out of it, and NOT store it like that again. Sheesh.
Any ideas as to what that is, how it`s caused ?????????????????????????
Most of the "damage" was on the part of the hood I hadn`t touched yet. It`s the glossy portion immediately left of center. The far left portion also had some of that damage, but slightly less pronounced.
The sanded section to the right of center had a few minimal spots. That section has been sanded with 1000 grit.
The far right has been sanded with 1000, 2000, and compounded. That section didn`t have much at all. One small spot, or two.
Here are some pics so you can see what I`m talking about.
About 5 years ago, I had the hood of my 1991 Honda CRX painted. This was well before I discovered Autopia and detailing in general. The car mostly sat, being driven on occasion just to keep it going.
Fast forward to recent times.
I`m prepping this car to be sold off some time in the next....hopefully this year. I wanted to spruce her up a bit to make it more desirable. Part of that, actually involved taking that painted hood and doing some damp sanding and multiple step polishing. Figured it`s the best gloss point of the car, so might as well.
I started damp sanding, and even started to compound a section of the hood. Unfortunately, I ran out of time, and had to finish another day. In an effort to keep contaminants off the hood, as well as potential clumsy landscaping guys from damaging my work, I thought I`d cover it up.
I started with two clean cotton towels (yeah, i know. sorry. Should have used MF, right?)
Then, for added protection, I covered it up with a mover`s blanket, folded over to ensure as much coverage as possible.
Lastly, with some of the odd ball rain we`ve been having, I covered that up with a tarp. I also secured the tarp so the wind wouldn`t blow it away.
I came back roughly a week later (?) to do some more work on it. When I removed the mover`s blanket, I noticed some water / moisture on the strip of paint that wasn`t covered by the two towels. Head scratching moment. I proceeded to SLOWLY and carefully remove the two towels, only to find moisture throughout the hood. For real? I`m still baffled by the trapped moisture in there. I must have did something wrong. The towels were slightly damp. The mover`s blanket didn`t feel like it.
Anyway, I went to inspect the paint. And THAT is when I saw it. Some weird "dots" that look like someone decided to use my hood as a canvas for Braille!!!
In the years before this, there was no such thing. During the washing, the claying, the super close inspection....no signs of any of these little bumps. NOTHING.
So what caused it? Im thinking I will proceed with sanding the whole thing down again, and do it all in one shot, and then LSP the heck out of it, and NOT store it like that again. Sheesh.
Any ideas as to what that is, how it`s caused ?????????????????????????
Most of the "damage" was on the part of the hood I hadn`t touched yet. It`s the glossy portion immediately left of center. The far left portion also had some of that damage, but slightly less pronounced.
The sanded section to the right of center had a few minimal spots. That section has been sanded with 1000 grit.
The far right has been sanded with 1000, 2000, and compounded. That section didn`t have much at all. One small spot, or two.
Here are some pics so you can see what I`m talking about.
Keep the ideas coming. And I`ll be researching that some more. Maybe talk to some paint guys down the street where I work.
