The owner of this car recently acquired it with only 1000 miles on the clock. The previous owner was very particular about it and had it detailed prior to selling. Upon a cursory inspection, the paint was in relatively good condition with some minor swirls throughout and a few deeper scratches. Unfortunately, neither the previous owner, nor his detailer addressed the plethora of sanding scratches throughout the body and most evident on the front bumper. Since this vehicle will be getting a PPF on the front clip, the focus was to get these pieces perfected before the film, then finish up the work after the film is installed. This ensures that if anything happens to the paint at the PPF installer, it can be resolved without taking any additional clearcoat.
Process
- Wheels cleaned with Meguairs D115
- Hand wash with Optimum No Rinse
- Mechanically decontaminated with traditional clay bar and Optimum no rinse
- Paint was compounded with Meguairs M100 and the following combinations: Boss21 with Megs MF, Adams Swirl Killer mini with LC MF pad, Flex Kompakt with flex orange foam
- Paint was Polished with Menzerna Final Polish and the following combinations: Flex 3401 and LC hybrid white, Rupes ibrid nano with yellow rupes pad
- Paint was protected with meguairs D156 (only short term protection due to PPF)
Example of sanding scratches on lowest part of bumper
sanding scratches removed, but a lot of texture still remains in the paint
After trying the 12mm mini DA with a microfiber pad, some of the sanding marks still remained, I switched up to the flex rotary with a foam pad and that knocked them out in short order. These are extremely intricate pieces and a single tool approach would not have yielded satisfactory results. Having a wide range of machines, pads and polishes allows me to get into nearly any area with a machine to produce superior finishes. I'll be back to finish this one out once the PPF is installed.
