What NOT to do to your clearbra!
07-26-2004, 08:42 AM
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What NOT to do to your clearbra!
I really screwed up my clearbra. 
Mistake #1: I avoid sappy trees like the plague, but somehow ended up with a couple drops of sap on my clearbra.
Mistake #2: Using my “experience” I felt I had to get the drops off before they hardened and damaged the paint (on the clearbra-duh?), so I scratched them off with my fingernail leaving fingernail scratches on the clearbra.
Mistake #3: Seeing the scratches I panicked and tried to “polish” them out with my handkerchief, significantly enlarging and worsening the damage (STUPID - abrasive on soft plastic etches the surface and leaves it cloudy).
Picture:http://home.comcast.net/~jherick/TL/scratch2.jpg The cloudy areas are only visible in highly reflected light, so this picture has a lot of light distortion in it. You can’t really see this unless you look at the car from just the right angle.
I couldn’t live with the damage so I Emailed my friend Jeremy
Yesterday, Jeremy made a special (50 miles one way) trip from San Rafael, where he had an appointment, to my house in Fremont to replace the right front fender section of the clearbra. It was a small section and when I asked him about the repair cost, he said there was no charge in thanks for the feedback I had given him on the TL website. I offered money for gas, and he only took half of what I offered him.
I asked what I should have done different – other than not getting the sap on the clearbra. Jeremy suggested that WD-40 is the least aggressive in chemical makeup and that is where he would start.
I think the clearbra is an absolutely fantastic product.
I now have over 8,500 miles on the TL with the Xpel clearbra, and no chips yet. I would recommend to anyone who values the finish on their vehicle. It is almost invisible. My next door neighbor saw Jeremy working on the car and came over. He said he had been admiring my car for several months, and never knew it had the clear bra on it.
Mistake #1: I avoid sappy trees like the plague, but somehow ended up with a couple drops of sap on my clearbra.
Mistake #2: Using my “experience” I felt I had to get the drops off before they hardened and damaged the paint (on the clearbra-duh?), so I scratched them off with my fingernail leaving fingernail scratches on the clearbra.
Mistake #3: Seeing the scratches I panicked and tried to “polish” them out with my handkerchief, significantly enlarging and worsening the damage (STUPID - abrasive on soft plastic etches the surface and leaves it cloudy).
Picture:http://home.comcast.net/~jherick/TL/scratch2.jpg The cloudy areas are only visible in highly reflected light, so this picture has a lot of light distortion in it. You can’t really see this unless you look at the car from just the right angle.
I couldn’t live with the damage so I Emailed my friend Jeremy
Yesterday, Jeremy made a special (50 miles one way) trip from San Rafael, where he had an appointment, to my house in Fremont to replace the right front fender section of the clearbra. It was a small section and when I asked him about the repair cost, he said there was no charge in thanks for the feedback I had given him on the TL website. I offered money for gas, and he only took half of what I offered him. I asked what I should have done different – other than not getting the sap on the clearbra. Jeremy suggested that WD-40 is the least aggressive in chemical makeup and that is where he would start.
I think the clearbra is an absolutely fantastic product.
I now have over 8,500 miles on the TL with the Xpel clearbra, and no chips yet. I would recommend to anyone who values the finish on their vehicle. It is almost invisible. My next door neighbor saw Jeremy working on the car and came over. He said he had been admiring my car for several months, and never knew it had the clear bra on it.
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