Uncovering this Kia's metallic paint

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by AndyThomason, Apr 18, 2015.

  1. AndyThomason

    AndyThomason Any Rag Vehicle Washer

    This Kia had some good potential to shine with it's dark metallic red paint but was completely covered in massive swirls and a nice haze making it look quite dull. It also had recently had some Wendy's Chili (Yummm) spilled in the driver's seat area. So that needed to be tended to as well. Pulled off the stickers as well. With the exterior being so covered in defects I got off as much as I could without going too in depth. I'd say with the process performed the haze and probably 70-80% of the swirls/scratches are gone. It looks MUCH better and I wish I had some sunlight to take some after pictures but what I have will have to do. Obviously the mirrors and door handles that were flaking and peeling couldn't be fixed so they were left alone.

    Foam wash
    Clay bar
    Dried
    Masked
    Griot's 6" DA with Uber Orange pad
    Menzerna FG400
    Menzerna Powerlock
    Steam cleaner
    Elbow grease lol

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    Starting the wash!

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    Clayed, Dried, Masked. Let's check out the naked paint...

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    Just a few in process pictures since I was trying to meet my own personal deadline

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    Oops! Booking overlap....Stay tuned for this one.

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    Here are the afters I managed to snap quickly before delivery

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    Got most of the marks from whatever was hit at this particular spot from the earlier pictures

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    Headlights cleared up nicely

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    Thank you for looking!
     
  2. vjaneczko

    vjaneczko New Member

    Very nice work! How long did it take?
     
  3. AndyThomason

    AndyThomason Any Rag Vehicle Washer

    Think I had about 14hrs in it.
     

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