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NXT is garbage , carnuba is short lived on a dark color. There is no such thing as a " heavy " coat. What you put on thick just takes longer to dry, doesn't allow a sealant to cure properly if your using one and is harder to remove increasing the chance of marring. Look for Meguiars #21 from their professional line.
I'm doing this the easy wax, I know it's not the best, but it will do...
I'll go over and clay/compound it one day... This is just to get it better...
It not in good condition or anything, there's a huge burn (upper passenger quarter panel) from the dealers detail department bore I got it in February...
I'm just doing one coat, maybe two, but that's it...
I won't have a lot of time as I only want to spend an hour to 90 minutes on it...
It's still got wax on it, so this is just a booster "so to speak"!!!
Thanks for the input, I'll look for the two you recommended in the future, but this is all that Walmart and autozone had as the good places like Pepboys and Napa close so early...
On a side note, I did a lot to the RDX this week, it's been very productive...
What are you referring to as "burn" The only burn I as a detailer am familiar with is burn through of the clear done by a buffer .. are you referring to holograms?
What are you referring to as "burn" The only burn I as a detailer am familiar with is burn through of the clear done by a buffer .. are you referring to holograms?
Ok, so is this any better (for restoration sake)?
Can I compound it out?
I never accually touched the damaged paint, so this is a hologram, ok, thank you!!!
I can't say for sure they did it, but their detail department isn't that good, i.e. swirls, wax on plastic, not removing scuffs, they just do one coat of cheap wax and put it on the lot....
There's even a yellow mark on the bottom right (passenger) bumper on the very bottom (under foglight) where the previous owner hit a yellow block in a parking lot...
Now I know that will come off because I've repaired that kind of damage many times before...
As for the hologram, it's hard to see unless you look at it from a certain angle, I'm so happy I have the carbon gray, it really hides imperfections...
Just look at pictures in my albums and other threads, you'll start seeing a ton of scratches, scrapes, small dints, and other problems...
I'm not that worried about it if I can't fix it easily, I'd rather worry about other things on the RDX...
The salesman said first thing, $7,795, I won't fix anything, so it's very "as is", I can't prove they did it, but they probably did, and I've had it for over two months now...
In fact, I finally got my plate on so I could get my inspection done, thank god it's just a light bulb and horn wipers test in Louisiana, but Mississippi just got rid of inspection stickers compleatly....
Our vehicles don't get examined like up noth and CA...
I waxed it, went well, got WAY overheated though...
I compounded out the hologram, very easy...
See below...
However, I have another problem!!!
I compounded the hood to get the hazyness out, I first sprayed wheel cleaner on the hood to remove dead bugs and gravel from cat paws...
The wheel cleaner dried to a stickiness...
So I sprayed bug remover on it just before going through a wash....
However, I used the wheel cleaner before the bug remover because I got the bug remover when I went into town to get washed...
The wash got everything off but left the hood sticky...
I compounded the hood to remove the stickiness, and it did, only where I could reach it and push with force...
I'm afraid this won't come off with out an orbital and more compound...
Also, all of the compound wouldn't come off when I buffed it... It was pretty hot outside and the hood was extremely hot from the engine, so it dried on fast...
I had to use water to re-constitute the compound to even remove it.... The water did NOT cause the spotting... It was there after the wash and compounding, before the water...
I waxed over it lightly to deepen the paints color to maybe hide it, didn't do much...
So, my question is, should I go to a detail shop, and ask them just to compound and buff only the hood for a fair price, and I'll wax it...
If this doesn't come out, I'm PlastiDip-ing it, and it will just look like carbon fiber until I can figure out something...
05-04-2016, 09:55 PM
