GoFast908Z

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Hey guys, got a real big job here. This MDX had been hit with super hard water for quite a while and needed some serious correction. Someone attempted buffing out the spots on the right fender, but unfortunately was unsuccessful and required heavy correction to fix. This was a 4 stage correction on this SUV, thus the 25 hours of work.

Correction process was a lot of rotary work with M105 and GI Extreme Cut on GI grey wool pad and GI white wool pad. Finished down with Menzerna SIP on LC orange and then Menzerna 106FA on LC black with the PCXP. Sealant choice was Blackfire Wet Diamond.


Onto the pics










The "attempted" fix that was performed prior appears to have been with a rotary at HIGH speed, heavy wool pad, worked too long until it was dry buffing, and with splatter everywhere. These pics are on the scary side....



















Product sling was everywhere













After washing






...gonna be a long couple of days!










The waterspots continue!























Now it REALLY gets bad when the 1000 watt halogens light it up!













After compounding

GoFast908Z

iTrader: (12)

Waterspots on glass






After correcting with GI Extreme cut on GI white wool pad
















More heavy correction needed here





After compounding






....And after final polishing












Finished after the sun had passed the horizon, so no sun pics





































Thanks for looking!



And as always, any questions I'm happy to answer. Love to help you guys make your cars look better!

TORCHD 02 TA

iTrader: (39)

do my Trans Am

GoFast908Z

iTrader: (12)

*insert plane ticket here*

TORCHD 02 TA

iTrader: (39)

I know, I know

I'm tooooo poor

6898camaross

God I was gonna try this on my car now im scared after I seen the failed attempt in the first pic! On a side note I took some of your advice i saw in another post about taking window tint glue off with baby shampoo and I gotta admit I was like this guy is crazy but I tried it today and was amazed it came right off I even tried acetone and it didn't do **** but the baby shampoo took it off with such ease I wanna thank you soooo much for that info.

6']['9

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A pc will take that right out! Good job man! What's "GI?"

knight_rider

Dang..how much does a job like that cost? Btw, the finished product looks REAL clean!

bongva

iTrader: (7)

looks amazing!!! great job man!

The Alchemist

iTrader: (19)

As a fellow owner of a black suv with hard water, I can appreciate the time and effort to get it to look good. I'm almost given up on trying to get my wife's car back to that level of correction. Now it just gets a gentle wash and some glaze polish to hide the imperfections till we decide to trade it in for a silver vehicle.

I HATE BLACK.

SuperSport01

^^^ I love black vehicles. Just not for DD use.

mrrman

great job once again...what causes the water spots to stay on the car after it has been washed...

whytryz28

iTrader: (28)

My windows look just like those, would regular stove glass cleaner work you think? I cant see forking out $30 for a bottle of that stuff to use it once.

Swiat34

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All that great work on that SUV isn't worth a damn if the owner is gonna keep it parked near sprinklers and still never wax it properly. I'd almost bet the run it thru those handheld pressure washer car washes and drive off into the sun without so much as a towel drying it off. It probably look like it did before in 6 months or less...unfortunately. Nothing looks nicer than a nice glassy black paint job!

Zerokube

iTrader: (4)

What kind of rotary would you recommend that's not going to break the bank? i like detailing my own car and have always wanted to do it with a rotary and not by hand anymore. my hands get so tired when i do it like that.

GoFast908Z

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Using a PC is a LOT safer for beginners than a rotary. Glad the window tint advice helped. With almost no replies I figured no one took it seriously, but it really does work! Glad I could help!

Thanks!
Gloss-It car care products

Thank you!

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Its the minerals in the water that dry and bond to the paint.

I've never heard of using stove glass cleaner.... Try some #0000 steel wool and Stoners Invisible Glass. Or they can be machine polished off.

Current owner just picked it up from the owner who got it covered in spots. I educated them on proper washing/drying and maintenance, so hopefully it stays looking nice.

For a novice I recommend a Porter Cable, and stay away from a rotary. Its easy to destroy the paint with a rotary if you don't know what you're doing. And a PC will correct pretty much everything a rotary can too.

SickZ28

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so how much does a job like that cost?

9WhiteCamaro9

Looks damn good. I also like how you told the new owner how to properly take care of it. A lot of places/businesses these days only car about the money and about want you to mess up to take it back to them. I commend you on that GoFast.

GoFast908Z

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With 25hrs, it was a lot.
Not allowed to share that info here, sorry.

Thank you! I'd rather my clients be happy than have to constantly be spending money to fix bad maintenance. I take care of my clients and they in turn take good care of me.

9WhiteCamaro9

Understand and very much respect that. But none the less, great work.