Anthony O.
New member
Dr. client of mine pulls up and tells me one of his colleagues with a red truck left a bit of his trucks paint on his silver CL600:shocked
Asked me if I could do anything with it? After inspecting it closely I noticed that most of it was paint transfer, a few deep scraps and also a crease in the paint or an elongated ding. The ding and the 3 or 4 deeper scraps I could do nothing about (not deep enough to hit metal) but the lighter scraps/scratches and paint transfer I felt I could repair.
After QD'ing the door panel, I removed a good portion of the paint transfer with Optimum polish by hand (just to try it out by hand) and some light scraping with my fingernail.
The rest of the scuffs and paint were removed with an orange pad and Menzerna PG at about 1200 rpm's.
Here are two pictures of the mishap from different angles. The front molding was also ripped off but none of the clips were broken so my partner Ron snapped it back on. Ron then set about removing a small door ding.
Here is the area AFTER being polished out and sealed.
EXTERIOR
I then proceeded to hit various areas with the rotary, IP and a white LC polishing pad, mainly on the hood, roof and trunk. The trunk had some rather nasty random scratches.
The rest of the car was done with my Cyclo and the new orange pads and IP. These pads are AWESOME:up The one drawback is that the new velcro is too large and cuts into the other pad. Other than that they work fantastic with very little marring left behind. To clear up that I used the Cyclo and some white finishing pads with IP again.
FP followed that and I then applied FMJ, except on the hood. On the hood I wanted to test the durability of Optimum Car Wax (OCW) against an already well known and used sealant so I applied FMJ to one half of the CL hood and OCW to the other half. I wash this car weekly so I can test the two side by side.
My initial observations were that there was no real difference in slickness or appearance between the two. The only difference was that OCW took seconds to apply while the FMJ had to be applied and then buffed off.
Optimum tire dressing for the tires and some VM on the wheels
INTERIOR
Interior was fairly simple. I used a new Sprayway foam aersol cleaner on the mats. This works pretty good on lightly soiled fabrics. Pleasant smell.
Deep Down was used to clean the vinyl, leather, dash and door panels. I used Leathermaster Vital Care on the leather.
OCW on the wood trim and screens.
Here are a few pictures.
Asked me if I could do anything with it? After inspecting it closely I noticed that most of it was paint transfer, a few deep scraps and also a crease in the paint or an elongated ding. The ding and the 3 or 4 deeper scraps I could do nothing about (not deep enough to hit metal) but the lighter scraps/scratches and paint transfer I felt I could repair.
After QD'ing the door panel, I removed a good portion of the paint transfer with Optimum polish by hand (just to try it out by hand) and some light scraping with my fingernail.
The rest of the scuffs and paint were removed with an orange pad and Menzerna PG at about 1200 rpm's.
Here are two pictures of the mishap from different angles. The front molding was also ripped off but none of the clips were broken so my partner Ron snapped it back on. Ron then set about removing a small door ding.
Here is the area AFTER being polished out and sealed.
EXTERIOR
I then proceeded to hit various areas with the rotary, IP and a white LC polishing pad, mainly on the hood, roof and trunk. The trunk had some rather nasty random scratches.
The rest of the car was done with my Cyclo and the new orange pads and IP. These pads are AWESOME:up The one drawback is that the new velcro is too large and cuts into the other pad. Other than that they work fantastic with very little marring left behind. To clear up that I used the Cyclo and some white finishing pads with IP again.
FP followed that and I then applied FMJ, except on the hood. On the hood I wanted to test the durability of Optimum Car Wax (OCW) against an already well known and used sealant so I applied FMJ to one half of the CL hood and OCW to the other half. I wash this car weekly so I can test the two side by side.
My initial observations were that there was no real difference in slickness or appearance between the two. The only difference was that OCW took seconds to apply while the FMJ had to be applied and then buffed off.
Optimum tire dressing for the tires and some VM on the wheels
INTERIOR
Interior was fairly simple. I used a new Sprayway foam aersol cleaner on the mats. This works pretty good on lightly soiled fabrics. Pleasant smell.
Deep Down was used to clean the vinyl, leather, dash and door panels. I used Leathermaster Vital Care on the leather.
OCW on the wood trim and screens.
Here are a few pictures.
