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I am new to the forum, but not new to detailing. I had a detail buisness through high school that I sold. No I am looking to get something small going on the side again. I'm in the Army and I keep my truck clean. I have everyone coming up to me wanting to know if Ill do their vehicle. I mostly use Chemical Guys and Meguires products. I have been impressed ease of use so far, but I am not against giving another product a shot either. I grew up in a body shop and was a paint rep for PPG for a while and still have my ASE certs in paint and body. If anyone has a question about paint or body shoot em this way.

Dave
 
Oh, I have a question about water softeners. I am looking to set something up in my garage. I am in post housing so I cant change anything with the house or plumbing. I am going to need something I can hook a hose to. Any suggestions?
 
Welcome to the forums Dave. For you first question you might want to take a look at a CR Spotless water system. These are not cheap but the work. They are portable and can be taken with you when you move.
 
Hey Dave, welcome!
Here's a question for you. 2006 Lexis 400EX right front fender with factory paint. I know this because I have a paint gauge and took readings. Left side was thick (in the 200's) and the right fender was in the 90's. Didn't pay much attention to fender because it looked normal at a cursory glance. Then I steamed the whole vehicle and around the antenna on the right fender appeared two semi-circular shapes like where a buffer hit it to hard. Finished detailing and the marks were really visible but you could see that they were under the clear coat. Ever seen or heard of this? I know it wasn't the steam because we have done many cars using steam and if you hold it to close in one spot to long it will start to melt the clear coat, but not the paint underneath.
 
Superduty11, It could be a couple of things. Without seeing it I cant say for sure. Is it the origional antenna base and mast? Could be a result of assembling the car too soon after it came out of the oven. Sometimes paint can pull back or"shrink" under the clear. That can happen when the wrong reducer is used, and flash times are abused. Humidity and wrong reducer can play a factor as well. Then if its cleared too soon after that will cause the paint to shrink. Ive seen it where a door was repaired and painted and the next day you could see almost an inch of primer around the edges of the door. With the car being almost 7 model yrs old now, there is a chance someone has hit it with a wheel, wetsanded and buffed the clear smooth to hide the damage. If you dont use compound right, you will see imperfections you tried to buff out in time. You have to work all of the compound out, especially with 3m compounds. It will dry up in time and reveal everything on you. If you can put up a pic I could give you more accurate information.
 
Welcome to Autopiaforums Dave, thank you for your service and help in the paint and body area for us........:welcome:
 
DaveM said:
I am new to the forum, but not new to detailing. I had a detail buisness through high school that I sold. No I am looking to get something small going on the side again. I'm in the Army and I keep my truck clean. I have everyone coming up to me wanting to know if Ill do their vehicle. I mostly use Chemical Guys and Meguires products. I have been impressed ease of use so far, but I am not against giving another product a shot either. I grew up in a body shop and was a paint rep for PPG for a while and still have my ASE certs in paint and body. If anyone has a question about paint or body shoot em this way.

Dave
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Welcome to AutopiaForums Dave! Thak you for your service to our country! :yourrock
 
DaveM said:
Superduty11, It could be a couple of things. Without seeing it I cant say for sure. Is it the origional antenna base and mast? Could be a result of assembling the car too soon after it came out of the oven. Sometimes paint can pull back or"shrink" under the clear. That can happen when the wrong reducer is used, and flash times are abused. Humidity and wrong reducer can play a factor as well. Then if its cleared too soon after that will cause the paint to shrink. Ive seen it where a door was repaired and painted and the next day you could see almost an inch of primer around the edges of the door. With the car being almost 7 model yrs old now, there is a chance someone has hit it with a wheel, wetsanded and buffed the clear smooth to hide the damage. If you dont use compound right, you will see imperfections you tried to buff out in time. You have to work all of the compound out, especially with 3m compounds. It will dry up in time and reveal everything on you. If you can put up a pic I could give you more accurate information.
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Thanks for the input Dave. I thought we took a pic but couldn't find it. Try to get one from the owner. What's really hard to believe is why these marks were invisible before? Since they showed up on my watch I have to pay to have the panel repainted which I have no problem with. I'm just trying to understand how something like this happened and hope it never happens to me again or any one else on the forum. The good news is when I told the owner I would pay for the damage he was happy and has sent me more cars.
Thanks again!

Gary
 
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