Is it stupid to....

BigChevMan

BigChevMan

Broke Detailer
I just got my car back from the body shop after my run in with a deer. Anyway..my body guy painted the new bumper, fender and blended the door to match the paint. Now I know I can't really do much with those for 3 months or so until the paint completely cures. I had just spent some cash for the zaino shine the week before I hit the deer.



Anyway..will it look really bad and ghetto to zaino the whole car except for the freshly painted pieces? I'm assuming you'll be able to tell a difference...or you better be able to for what I paid for this stuff. Bad Idea? Ok? Help! :bounce
 
YOU may be able to tell but I bet not that much. The freshly painted area is so clean and prestine now anyhow that I bet it'll look just fine.
 
I had my car fresh from paint and after 5 weeks my neighbor backed into the quarter panel.



Needless to say I AIO/SG'ed it anyway. I couldn't help myself!!!



Now my car's going back to the shop and it's got AIO/SGx2/Natty's on it. I wanted it to be protected while the painter has it. That's just to keep my peace of mind while he has my baby Rosita...



If I were you I'd Zaino the non-painted parts to protect them from other damage and to get a chance to work with the products (if you haven't already)



As for me, I'm using the time my car will be sitting curing (and dirty, ho-humm...) to detail other cars and to get even from the amount of stuff I already bought!!!
 
dpeezy415 said:
I had my car fresh from paint and after 5 weeks my neighbor backed into the quarter panel.



Needless to say I AIO/SG'ed it anyway. I couldn't help myself!!!



Now my car's going back to the shop and it's got AIO/SGx2/Natty's on it. I wanted it to be protected while the painter has it. That's just to keep my peace of mind while he has my baby Rosita...



If I were you I'd Zaino the non-painted parts to protect them from other damage and to get a chance to work with the products (if you haven't already)



As for me, I'm using the time my car will be sitting curing (and dirty, ho-humm...) to detail other cars and to get even from the amount of stuff I already bought!!!
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I keep trying to tell myself that it's the protection value that I value most..but I'd just be lying. I want it to look it's best and that's way more important than the protection factor. But i'll still do it anyway if it ever gets nice again.
 
I was in the same boat after *my* deer incident. The undamaged part of the car looked super and I wondered if the newly painted areas would look different. Short answer: only to me.



When you Zano the rest of it, be careful you don't inadvertently Zaino some repainted areas where it was blended.



Use something like Meg's #3/#5/#7/#81 or IHG or Mother's Glaze (my fave is Meg's #5) on the repainted areas. It won't *quite* match your Zaino on the rest of the vehicle, but nobody'll notice except you. Right now I'm doing this on my wife's car where I had a little paintwork done.
 
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