How this for a before & after
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How this for a before & after Not sure my digital will show the big difference.
This hood was a pretty big challenge.
1. Wash, clay, wash.
2. Rotary buffer, wool pad Hi-Temp extreme cut paint leveler.
3. Porter Cable Menzerna Intensive polish
4. Porter Cable Menzerna Final polish
5. Toped with Zaino.
Well break is over better go finish rubbing off the rest of the car.
This hood was a pretty big challenge.
1. Wash, clay, wash.
2. Rotary buffer, wool pad Hi-Temp extreme cut paint leveler.
3. Porter Cable Menzerna Intensive polish
4. Porter Cable Menzerna Final polish
5. Toped with Zaino.
Well break is over better go finish rubbing off the rest of the car.
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From: Moxee
Thanks Steve 
That car looks 100times better.........I'm going to be afraid to take it out my garage. I guess when its time to pick it up i owe everybody a night at hooters
. Jimbob,cory, you ellis and whoever else sticks their hands in it.....How is the passenger side ground effects look.
That car looks 100times better.........I'm going to be afraid to take it out my garage. I guess when its time to pick it up i owe everybody a night at hooters
. Jimbob,cory, you ellis and whoever else sticks their hands in it.....How is the passenger side ground effects look. 
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From: Moxee, WA
Now, doesn't that look pretty! Thank you so much for the hard work ... it was pretty nasty 
I guess this means I get to keep it nice and shiny when it comes home 
Oh, I am sure you all are wondering ... I am Angi, the OTHER name on the title of that car
and the one who talked Tom into going thru with the purchase in the first place 
Incidentally that also makes me Ellis' li'l sis
I guess this means I get to keep it nice and shiny when it comes home Oh, I am sure you all are wondering ... I am Angi, the OTHER name on the title of that car
and the one who talked Tom into going thru with the purchase in the first place Incidentally that also makes me Ellis' li'l sis 
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The ground effects looked better after I washed it a couple times and zaino'd it,(yeah, believe it or not, that car has/had a coat of zaino on it about a month or so ago) but they still have some pretty big white scrapes (through the paint) can't buff those out..
I can't wait to see it after steve gets done with it though, he's got the magic touch!
Glad to see you joined also Angi! This is a Great group of people to hang out with!
I can't wait to see it after steve gets done with it though, he's got the magic touch!
Glad to see you joined also Angi! This is a Great group of people to hang out with!
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From: Moxee, WA
Originally Posted by Z ANGEL
The ground effects looked better after I washed it a couple times and zaino'd it, but they still have some pretty big white scrapes (through the paint) can't buff those out..
I can't wait to see it after steve gets done with it though, he's got the magic touch!
Glad to see you joined also Angi! This is a Great group of people to hang out with!
I can't wait to see it after steve gets done with it though, he's got the magic touch!
Glad to see you joined also Angi! This is a Great group of people to hang out with!
As for the ground effects ... well I still contend that was not fully my fault! I already knew that it was thru the paint, tho
I knew that when it happened. I should have told the insurance agent that someone threw a rock at me tho, then they would have fixed it! TECH Fanatic
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Originally Posted by NautyAngel
Oh, I have been lurking for weeks, just never had anything to say until now!
As for the ground effects ... well I still contend that was not fully my fault! I already knew that it was thru the paint, tho I knew that when it happened. I should have told the insurance agent that someone threw a rock at me tho, then they would have fixed it!
As for the ground effects ... well I still contend that was not fully my fault! I already knew that it was thru the paint, tho
I knew that when it happened. I should have told the insurance agent that someone threw a rock at me tho, then they would have fixed it! I know the feeling though, with my V6 I had a guy run me into the curb and he took off so fast I didn't have a chance to catch him. Messed up my wheel and I was soooo mad! 
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I was wondering why that did not look like your car, dummy me, I thought it was. I was thinking why are you doing your hood again, and why was your hood looking that way lol. Your expanding the hobby !
IT all MAKES sense NOW. I am a little slow. I should have you do my hood. Again nice work Steve!
IT all MAKES sense NOW. I am a little slow. I should have you do my hood.
Again nice work Steve! 
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From: Redmond Washington
Originally Posted by Todd2001SS
You are a very brave person. I am afraid to tackle paint work like you did. It looks great. 
I am afraid when I use the rotary buffer with a wool pad, very similar to polishing aluminum the rotary buffer generates heat to buff out the scratches and if your not careful you can burn an edge. I enjoy working on a car like this, kind've a challenge, but like you an aluminum if it was a job it would suck 
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From: Redmond Washington
Originally Posted by brightredws6
Nice work, I purchased the whole kit and look forward to seeing the difference. Just hope mine turns out as nice.
I used Zaino as the topper, leaves a great shine and last a long time great stuff.
What got the scratches out was the Hi-Temp extreme cut paint leveler. I used the paint leveler instead of rubbing compounds which are kinda like liquid sand paper. The paint leveler does the same job with chemicals rather than abrasives and in theory should be easier on the paint. I then used the Menzerna products to polish the paint. And finally topped it off with Zaino.
Zaino is good stuff you will enjoy using them.
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From: Redmond Washington
Originally Posted by Todd2001SS
You are a very brave person. I am afraid to tackle paint work like you did. It looks great.
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From: Marysville, WA
Originally Posted by Steve Goodwin
You need to bring that mighty Swift over I'll do half the hood then sit back with a cold beverage and watch you do the rest.
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From: Moxee, WA
Originally Posted by rookiels1
Looks awesome steve and don't worry angi... it happens to the best of us... Mine dented the rocker panel too...
What happened is there is this incredibly stupidly shaped and placed concrete block in the parking lot of a casino in Yakima (Thunderbird, formerly The Caravan Tavern) that is about 24" tall on one end and tapers down to about 6" tall on the other, and it is right by the front parking. I was trying to negotiate around it when I bumped into it.
Then of course our insurance said that since it was a "one car accident" it was subject to a $500 deductible instead of $50 ... well, now, I don't keep $500 laying around (and if I did the kids would just eat it!) sooooo ... anything Steve can do with that hideous mess is better than what we can!
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yup hehe sound familiar... this is the curb that did it to my car at a local gas station. I was turning right onto hwy 99 and thought I'd pulled forward enough... my neighbor's done it twice lol
