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Presidential Detailed: Frshly painted EG...

This customer came to me after having his civic freshly painted black, everything was done the right way, the car was completely stripped of everything including glass and seals so that no area was missed. He was then referred by his painter to a "detailer" in the same complex to perform a wetsand/buff on the car. Well, unfortunately he got a hold of the biggest hack I have ever come across. There were severe holograms, swirls, sanding marks that hadnt been completely removed and worse of all he burnt through most of the edges on a fresh paint job!!!

He was well aware that he was getting a service that wasnt up to par once he got the car back and pulled the car into the sun only to find the car looking like a 20 year old car again. He pointed out everything to the guy and he declined any wrong doing, telling him that the swirls are normal for a fresh painted car and they will go away after a month. So he waited a month only to find they are worse and called me up to perform a 50/50 on the hood to show this guy what he was doing was completely wrong. I was able to get the hood looking like it should again and the guy claimed there was no different and trust me it was VERY different! haha! Long story short, the guy didnt even have a legitimate business and I ended up taking on the entire job. I had my work cut out for me!

Are you ready for a nightmare? Keep in mind this cars paint is barely even a month old.

The Hood.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...IMG_1104-1.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1105.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1107.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1108.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1109.jpg

Roof.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1124.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1112.jpg

Rear Bumper
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1113.jpg

The painter for some reason shot extra clear but taped off the inner portions, it looked horrible and your eye is drawn straight to the tape line. I later sanded these portions level to reduce the eye sore.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1114.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1115.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1116.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1118.jpg

This is a close up of the roof, if you look deeper into the paint past the circular swirls, you will see straight line scratches. These are sanding scratches that the previous guy failed to remove creating a horrible haze on the entire car.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1125.jpg

Here is where the real nightmare begins,
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1117.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1119.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1123.jpg

Before starting the long buffing process I knew was going to be required on this car, we took out the lights, moldings and anything that was easily removable to make my job a little easier and to get a full correction all the way up to the edges.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1131.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1132.jpg

Side Moldings and Skirts Removed.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1133.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1140.jpg

The flourescents really brought out the worse of the sanding scratches, bringing them to focus.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1134.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1135.jpg

The 50/50 from a few weeks prior that the hackjob declined seeing a difference between what he did and what I did. He must be nuts.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1138.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1139.jpg

Knowing that I am going to have to cut into this thing pretty hard to get the sanding marks out I pulled out my Meguiars Red Wool Pad and began to prime it using the KBRM for fast hard cutting results. This combination is VERY aggressive and wouldnt recommend it to anyone without proper experience with a rotary.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1154.jpg

Part of this method is applying M105 to the pad.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1156.jpg

To my surprise, this method even being as aggressive as it was, totally blew away the finish left by the previous guy. I could only imagine he used rocks and a broom to polish this thing! haha! This is only the first step for me, still gets better!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1170.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1172.jpg

Here is the passenger door panel untouched..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1173.jpg

Here is the passenger fender after cutting with M105 and polishing with M205.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1174.jpg

Passenger Door before.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1177.jpg

After M105.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1184.jpg

After M205 with camera flash.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1186.jpg

rear 1/4.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1180.jpg

After M105
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1182.jpg

After M205.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...n/IMG_1188.jpg

Good save man! I've seen swirls like that on my buddy's Maxima when he had his car repaired and they did him a "favor " By embedding swirls all over the vehicle.

Blah I hate stupid people and I mean it. Can't freaking stand them, I wish they all would perish. Then again what would the world be like with out them? No one to be mad at or laugh at plus it made YOU some money because of some one elses f up.

Haha, your right. The world would be a weird place with all smart people. ;)

Great save Billy! It's been said before - guys like this last one give the rest of us a bad name.

What did you do to repair the burn marks? Anything?