What makes the paint dull, boring and unattractive?
Answer: Contaminant, scratches, bird poo stains, watermarks and lots more.
So my friend called me up, told me he could not get a place to polish and wax his car as all the shops are fully booked. He is very particular on who handles his cars and trusted me with his beloved (in which I proceed to molest his dearest for two nights)
Time was limited as I have a daytime job and doing this part time. He needs the car by Thursday to pick up his gf from the airport and leave to perlis on friday. So i only have two nights to work on his baby.
Without further delay, lets begin.
Starting off with cleaning the usual places which is neglected.
The rear boot cover areas
Cleaned with a brush and Optimum Power Clean (OPC)
The Fuel Cap Area (yeah, was working with a 300W light only as we were deprived of sunlight)
Before
During the cleaning
Sorry, no after.... forgot to take as was pushed for time.
Door hinge area (horrible places where fingers may get hurt.)
And I asked my friend.... "CLEAN BOH" which he promptly reply "CAN EAT OFF IT WEI"
Rims area (this was taken at night)
After wash (this was taken the day after)
Car was later washed following the below steps
1. Meguires Wash and WAX
2. Optimum Power Clean 1:5
Car was dried with three microfiber clothes.
Owner of the car helps out to tape the car and prep it for the following torture (this is DAY 2 btw.)
Rear left bumper, kena bang by white Wira.
Damage: Scratches, paint transfer, and chip paint.
After solution applied:
- Compound with Optimum Hyper Compound with Optimum double sided wool pad (wished i had a smaller pad for these tight spots....)
ALL defects have been removed after 4 passes of the compounding.
Now comes the headache part. The bonnet was involved in an accident previously and was resprayed by some half pass six donkeys. The shop refuse to correct it as it has been more than 6 months from the time it was resprayed. Seen closely, you will notice that the clearcoat is bubbling. The paint here is totally dull, boring, discolored and have little to no reflection
After 5 passes of Hyper Compound + Double sided wool pad + 1 hour. Some sanity was restored
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Not perfect but at least can see more details.
Moving on to the front bumper which was gazed by something... again foreign material transfer over.
Remember to mask off places you do not want to compound off.
After done to perfection (two pass of Hyper Compound + Double Sided Wool Pad)
Sweet smoothness
Now moving to the part there all Wolverine wanna-be like to test, the door handle area
And after done......
Roof area and rear bonnet area
No after pics on these as was seriously pushed for time. Owner already stayed at my house two nights and its getting late (bout 11pm late and we have not had our dinner yet)
After spot compounding was done (i call it spot compounding as I only compound parts that requires it instead of the whole car), we went ahead with Optimum Hyper Polish with Optimum Double Sided Polish Pad
Once completed, car was OPC 1:5 followed by a nice shower of ONR.
And we sat back, enjoyed the car for a brief moment before we went out to get OBLONG DAGING SPECIAL at RM5 each. YUM.... i would have taken a photo of it but it just went straight to my mouth first. kaka.
Once we return, it was time to do the final two steps. Opti Seal (10 minutes) and Optimum Spray On Car Wax (5 minutes)
Now, sit back and enjoy the hardwork done in a total of two sorta days.
Thank you for your time on this lengthy useles
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