Repairing a fellow forum Member's badly swirled hood
05-15-2013, 01:10 PM
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Repairing a fellow forum Member's badly swirled hood
We had a recent event here:
Steeda's Spring Dyno Day
I met some good people and made some friends, I was approached by a local forum member telling me that he used some VERY aggressive compound to on his brand new hood, here is my attempt + success to fix it.
Here are some before Pics:
Even with low lighting you can see how swirled and scratched up the clearcoat is here:
Another shot, after the hood was cleaned, note the depth of the markings under low light:
Some shots under some light:
Note the depth of the monkey sitting in the back:
After several passes using my Porter Cable 7424XP + Meg's 105 + Lake Country Orange Cutting Pad
Rubbed the compound in at 4.5 Speed and then worked it slowly at 5.5 Speed.
Here are some after shots:
Simple how little it takes to remove these kinda things.
Steeda's Spring Dyno Day
I met some good people and made some friends, I was approached by a local forum member telling me that he used some VERY aggressive compound to on his brand new hood, here is my attempt + success to fix it.
Here are some before Pics:
Even with low lighting you can see how swirled and scratched up the clearcoat is here:
Another shot, after the hood was cleaned, note the depth of the markings under low light:
Some shots under some light:
Note the depth of the monkey sitting in the back:
After several passes using my Porter Cable 7424XP + Meg's 105 + Lake Country Orange Cutting Pad
Rubbed the compound in at 4.5 Speed and then worked it slowly at 5.5 Speed.
Here are some after shots:
Simple how little it takes to remove these kinda things.
What the hell did he use sandpaper for waxing his car
05-16-2013, 10:22 AM
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05-16-2013, 11:31 AM
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The key is to use the Meguiar's DA Polisher. It has various settings recommended for swirl removal. Fox example a setting between 3-5 is recommend for the first application and a setting of 2 is recommended for applications 2 & 3. The Meguiar's DA Polisher can be found at Canadian Tire for $249.00 plus tax. I paid $279.00 because of the 12% tax in B.C. Costly but well worth the result.
05-18-2013, 11:57 PM
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05-19-2013, 04:29 AM
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