Acid Rain Damage - Complete Repair!
09-04-2009, 04:43 PM
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Acid Rain Damage - Complete Repair!
I had the 'pleasure' of knocking out some horrible paint damage on a car this week. This is the worst acid rain damage I've ever seen. It stopped my thumbnail in several areas like a heavy scratch. Even the glass was heavily etched. It was an '09 HHR w/ 14k miles. Excuse all the cell phone pics but I think it still shows a very obvious progression.
I both attacked it with my Makita rotary buffer and yellow synthetic wool pads. 3M's rubbing compound was put to the test on this one. Its very aggressive at 1600-1700 rpm and moderate pressure. The pics speak for themselves.
After a machine polish and swirl remober:
It took better than 3 hours to get it that good on 98.5% of the car. There were just some spots that were too stubborn to come completely clean without wetsanding - My job was to save it from the paint booth so mission complete! 3M FTW!!!
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I both attacked it with my Makita rotary buffer and yellow synthetic wool pads. 3M's rubbing compound was put to the test on this one. Its very aggressive at 1600-1700 rpm and moderate pressure. The pics speak for themselves.
After a machine polish and swirl remober:
It took better than 3 hours to get it that good on 98.5% of the car. There were just some spots that were too stubborn to come completely clean without wetsanding - My job was to save it from the paint booth so mission complete! 3M FTW!!!
Comments welcome
09-07-2009, 09:56 AM
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