white gecko
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A forum member referred his friend to me after she used a Scotch-Brite pad to wash her car a few weeks back. The result of the wash was some very extensive damage to the paint and it needed an equally extensive correction to fix it and bring it back to the beautiful Lexus black it used to be. As the last month has been extremely busy and I had several other cars coming in for correction, I brought my friend Marlon in to give me a hand. He has the "eye" for detailing and was putting out great work.
Process for correction:
-Spot wetsanding with 3M Trizact 1500 and 3000
-Surbuf with Meguiars 101 (multiple hits)
-Meguiars MF cutting disc with M105 & D300
-Lake Country orange flat pad with D300
-Lake Country black pad with Menzerna 106FA
LSP was Meguiars 301
Total time: 52 hours
Upon arrival, you can see how dull and gray the paint looks.
The offending Scotch-Brite marks...
The clear film was in very poor shape as well. The damage was too extensive to repair as the Scotch-Brite left scratches near the equivalent of 800 grit sandpaper. Clear film would be removed later in the detail.
Even in indirect light you could see how bad the marks are...
After washing and claying, the true extent of the damage is revealed. Much time would be required to repair this.
50/50 shot on the hood.......there is hope!
Oddly enough the bumper did not have clear film on it and even though the car only had 40k miles, the rock chip damage was quite bad. Plenty of Scotch-Brite marks here as well.
Closeup...
50/50 shot....
Looking much better
50/50 shot
Some of the really bad areas would require wetsanding
Careful use of a 4" Surbuf pad on the Griot's 3" DA helped clear this narrow section up well.
Greatly improved. Final polishing to be carried out later.
Process for correction:
-Spot wetsanding with 3M Trizact 1500 and 3000
-Surbuf with Meguiars 101 (multiple hits)
-Meguiars MF cutting disc with M105 & D300
-Lake Country orange flat pad with D300
-Lake Country black pad with Menzerna 106FA
LSP was Meguiars 301
Total time: 52 hours
Upon arrival, you can see how dull and gray the paint looks.
The offending Scotch-Brite marks...
The clear film was in very poor shape as well. The damage was too extensive to repair as the Scotch-Brite left scratches near the equivalent of 800 grit sandpaper. Clear film would be removed later in the detail.
Even in indirect light you could see how bad the marks are...
After washing and claying, the true extent of the damage is revealed. Much time would be required to repair this.
50/50 shot on the hood.......there is hope!
Oddly enough the bumper did not have clear film on it and even though the car only had 40k miles, the rock chip damage was quite bad. Plenty of Scotch-Brite marks here as well.
Closeup...
50/50 shot....
Looking much better
50/50 shot
Some of the really bad areas would require wetsanding
Careful use of a 4" Surbuf pad on the Griot's 3" DA helped clear this narrow section up well.
Greatly improved. Final polishing to be carried out later.
