Can we fix it?
#1
Can we fix it?
Here we have a brand new Subaru BRZ that was a victim of a hit and run.
I'll let the photo speak for itself.
When the customer brought his car in I was extremely skeptical at the possibility of even cleaning it up, already providing him with my body shop's phone number to him. I ran my fingernail across the scratches and they were pretty deep and there were many.
He was quite upset so I told him I would give it a shot without any promises.
The tools and products used:
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES
Sufbuf Pad 6 inch
Meguiar's Microfiber Cutting Disc 5.25 inch
Menzerna Fast Gloss 400
As you may or may not know I personally don't like to wetsand if I don't have to hence these were the tools and products I decided to use.
After a few passes with the Rupes with the microfiber cutting pad and fg400 we were able to most of the paint transfer out of the paint but it didn't look good.
Another angle
From there I decided to go a bit more aggressive with the Surbuf pad and Menzerna FG400 then went back to the MF Cutting Pad with FG400 to finish it out.
That combo was a success! We were able to get 95% of the damage out.
Total time it took to get these results about 10 minutes, not too bad.
Enjoy
I'll let the photo speak for itself.
When the customer brought his car in I was extremely skeptical at the possibility of even cleaning it up, already providing him with my body shop's phone number to him. I ran my fingernail across the scratches and they were pretty deep and there were many.
He was quite upset so I told him I would give it a shot without any promises.
The tools and products used:
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES
Sufbuf Pad 6 inch
Meguiar's Microfiber Cutting Disc 5.25 inch
Menzerna Fast Gloss 400
As you may or may not know I personally don't like to wetsand if I don't have to hence these were the tools and products I decided to use.
After a few passes with the Rupes with the microfiber cutting pad and fg400 we were able to most of the paint transfer out of the paint but it didn't look good.
Another angle
From there I decided to go a bit more aggressive with the Surbuf pad and Menzerna FG400 then went back to the MF Cutting Pad with FG400 to finish it out.
That combo was a success! We were able to get 95% of the damage out.
Total time it took to get these results about 10 minutes, not too bad.
Enjoy
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Philip Yiu
Detailer's Domain
e-mail: phil@detailersdomain.com
website: www.detailersdomain.com
tel: 201-233-0003
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Current Sales and Updates
#4
Formerly turbotwoshoes
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 850
Likes: 31
From: Russellville, Arkansas
You are the MAN!
Thanks for your hard work. My car looks so much better for following your work and learning what can and "should" be done. There are a lot of rumors about how to take care of paint... I trust what you say and use the products you recommend. Why? because they work.