Glad it worked out, you would've noticed that spot everytime you drove your car. It's pretty rewarding to get repair something like that yourself. 
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Poorboy's SSR 2.5 In Action
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From: Dayton, OH
Poorboy's SSR 2.5 In Action Well, someone decided they wanted to be a little friendly with my rear bumper, and I was not very happy about it. I'm sure many of you folks that have these cars as daily drivers know this all too well. Fortunately, I had teh teknology to fix it 
Here's the damage:
All I did was clean off the area with some Quick and Easy Wash, clayed that small portion, used some more Quick and Easy Wash, and quickly wet sanded that small area with 2000 grit sandpaper. Here's what it looked like after I did that:
This crap had better work!
So I grabbed my trusty PC 7424 with an orange Sonus pad (6" pad with 5" flexibile backing plate), quickly spritzed it with some water, and went to town with Poorboy's SSR 2.5 (super swirl remover, about equal to Menzerna IP, maybe a little more harsh). As you may or may not notice, this was done in the direct Florida sunlight (72 degrees today). Poorboy's products were designed to be used under direct sunlight, so worry not.
Here's the after picture:
Please forgive the splatter...that was cleaned up after this pic, and I then applied Poorboy's EX sealant. All in all, it took me ~30 minutes to do this, and only took 2 passes with the machine to make it look like this.
Hope that gives some people a good idea of what these products can do.
Cheers!
Steve
Here's the damage:
All I did was clean off the area with some Quick and Easy Wash, clayed that small portion, used some more Quick and Easy Wash, and quickly wet sanded that small area with 2000 grit sandpaper. Here's what it looked like after I did that:
This crap had better work!So I grabbed my trusty PC 7424 with an orange Sonus pad (6" pad with 5" flexibile backing plate), quickly spritzed it with some water, and went to town with Poorboy's SSR 2.5 (super swirl remover, about equal to Menzerna IP, maybe a little more harsh). As you may or may not notice, this was done in the direct Florida sunlight (72 degrees today). Poorboy's products were designed to be used under direct sunlight, so worry not.
Here's the after picture:
Please forgive the splatter...that was cleaned up after this pic, and I then applied Poorboy's EX sealant. All in all, it took me ~30 minutes to do this, and only took 2 passes with the machine to make it look like this.
Hope that gives some people a good idea of what these products can do.
Cheers!
Steve
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I really like the SSR 2.5, but I can't really place its abrasiveness. It seems pretty tough, and then it breaks down so fine...it really is nice, just unusual.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but was the wetsanding necessary?
It's hard to tell from the picture, but was the wetsanding necessary?
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Originally Posted by 6']['9
the outcome looks really good. You should never let your finish have all those spiderwebs to begin w/ but you did a good job.
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I have bitten my tongue several times with your posts. I like you, but you have one of the most negative attitudes in your posts. No one is perfect, including you. I guess Anthony's humility didn't rub off on you.
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Verdad Gallardo yeah i know im pretty bad w/ that sometimes 
I dont have a rebuttal for that one sorry.
i did say it looked great tho...
sometimes my mind just
I dont have a rebuttal for that one sorry.
i did say it looked great tho...
sometimes my mind just
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From: Dayton, OH
I personally thought the damage was enough to warrant wet sanding...I've only done it one other time when I dropped something on my bumper.
As for the spiderwebs, my bumper always accumulates them, and I do my best to avoid them, but being that my car is a daily driver, sometimes I just don't have the time to avoid them. I do my best though...my car is especially bad right now because I just got my car back from a shop (got exhaust work done), and they felt the need to wash my car. Their choice of drying towels was less than spectacular...you should see my hood right now. It is getting redone today, and I'll get the rest of the car over the next month as I get time.
Highspeedspecialist, that is the EXACT combo I use on my car.
As for the spiderwebs, my bumper always accumulates them, and I do my best to avoid them, but being that my car is a daily driver, sometimes I just don't have the time to avoid them. I do my best though...my car is especially bad right now because I just got my car back from a shop (got exhaust work done), and they felt the need to wash my car. Their choice of drying towels was less than spectacular...you should see my hood right now. It is getting redone today, and I'll get the rest of the car over the next month as I get time.
Highspeedspecialist, that is the EXACT combo I use on my car.
