The Power of Menezera!

[manuels_madness]

So over a week ago I was leaving my mom's place and this tree came out of no where and hit my car. Yea I backed into a tree late at nite and well it wasn't a pretty sight. Take a look at the pics:

So this weekend I decided to see how well my pc skills have become over the year. I had a pretty big challenge. I knew most of the scratches were probably way too deep to take out but I had nothing to lose. I figured it was going to get reapainted anyway. Below are the after pics of me buffing my car. I probably spent a good 45 minutes to an hour on it. I'm pretty happy with my results although I may attack a few more times. I think I may repaint my bumper.

In case you guys want to know what I used. I had a porter cable with an orange lake country pad. I did about 5 to 6 passes with Menzerna Power Gloss mixed with RMG. Cut 70%(Menezera)/30%Red Moose. Then several passes with Menzerna PO106FF and Red Moose cut the same way with a white Lake Country Pad. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[Pennypacker]

WOW! That's pretty darn impressive! Nice work!

 

[danforz]

Jeez, I'm VERY impressed... in my opinion no need to repaint it looks fine!

 

[DetailersDomain]

Looking great!:up

 

[Alfisti]

Remarkable results! PG is brilliant, isn't it?!

 

[imported_topnotch]

thats really something and with a PC alone! Great work

 

[Junebug]

So, did Mom put you back in the will?

 

[MBurnickas]

Pretty impressive!

 

[manuels_madness]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I'm wondering if I can improve it even more with a few more passes. You can still see the really deep scratches but you have to be really up close. I really love the Power Gloss. I wish it could do something about the crack on the taillight. I'll have to replace that. Anyway do you guys think I should just leave the bumper as is after a few more passes and not even bother with the repaint?

 

[imported_GregCavi]

NICE!!



Greg

 

[optimusp517]

Wow impressive! Amazingly impressive!

 

[bimmerzhp]

Excellent results.

 

[imported_paradigm]

VERY nice recovery! a repaint would be a personal choice...myself...i wouldn't since you have virtually removed all of the damage and i'd save my $$$ for something else.

 

[BigAl3]

WOW! :shocked

 

[imported_Dave KG]

Wow! Thats a cracking improvement!

 

[imported_jgv]

Just wondering, why the hack mixing those polishes with RMG?

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Just wondering, why the hack mixing those polishes with RMG?

to reduce/eliminate dusting.

 

[manuels_madness]

to reduce/eliminate dusting.

That's exactly why! It also let's me work it a lot more and keeps the pads from getting caked up too fast. Works nicely, if you haven't tried you should.



I learned to that from this post:



http://autopia.org/forum/detailing-product-discussion/69237-ip-rmg-mixed-amazing-results.html



I'm starting to lean towards not repainting since it does look pretty good. I may repaint and reinforce the skirt though since it is part of a body kit.

 

[Mad iX]

Nice restoration.

 

[Deviant]

Wow! Excellent turnaround!