Acura CL - Full wet-sand and buff

[turbo_911]

Hey all,

My friend asked me to detail his car on which after inspecting it, I said it will take minimum two days for me detail it. He agreed to give me the car for the weekend for full detail. After washing it and inspecting it, turned turned out it was all scratched up. It was scratched so bad, that it required sanding. This was the first time I wet sanded the whole car (except mine when had a scratch) and overall this project took me around 18 hours. It included wet sand, buff, and cleaning whole interior which was a mess. Sorry don't have any pictures of the interior. Anyways, I'll let pictures do the talking.


-Parts that had big/deep scratched I used 1500grit 3M paper
-Everywhere else I used 2000grit 3M paper
-Followed by Meguiars M105 with wool pad
-Ran out of M105, so I used M95
-Followed by D151 Recondition Paint Cream with yellow pad
-Followed by NXT Tech 2.0 by hand

The hood, and both fenders had the hardest clear coat I've ever seen, while both doors had the softest clear coat I've ever seen. Scratches soooo easily.

BEFORE:

Huge dent/scratch

DURING:

Huge scratch removed, dent remained, though less visible

AFTERS: Ended around 8pm and since it was dark didn't get had a chance to take good shots.

Thanks for looking.

 

[NanosAccord]

Nice

 

[Phatbass]

WTF!! Why cant I find friends like this.!

Killer Job bro, I might do this if I dont decide to repaint my whole car..

 

[Red02Accordv6_2]

wowowoow! great job.

 

[turbo_911]

WTF!! Why cant I find friends like this.!

Killer Job bro, I might do this if I dont decide to repaint my whole car..

Lol, would be a lot cheaper too (if your a friend of mine of course lol) if you sand and buff the whole car instead of painting.

wowowoow! great job.

Thanks

 

[frantz954]

i used to love wetsanding black cars. nothing like steppin back when you are done and lookin like WOW! looks good man.

 

[tothehouse34]

would this work well on San Marino?

 

[turbo_911]

i used to love wetsanding black cars. nothing like steppin back when you are done and lookin like WOW! looks good man.

thanks

would this work well on San Marino?

what do you mean? remove scratches? depends how big they are and the paint wasn't affected it would work on any paint, as long as its not single stage with big scratches.

 

[frantz954]

would this work well on San Marino?

if you know what you are doing, it will work wonders on just about anything. this is def not something to do yourself if you are not experienced. it can go very badly if you are not careful. when done right.....looks like glass.

 

[turbo_911]

if you know what you are doing, it will work wonders on just about anything. this is def not something to do yourself if you are not experienced. it can go very badly if you are not careful. when done right.....looks like glass.

yep, true.

I once worked on MDX and owner said it was never painted, but turned out the front bumper was painted and it crippled paint on are 1x1 inch. Wasn't a good feeling, good thing I knew how to fix it and fixed it so the owner didn't even noticed, though I did tell him what happened.