Another TSX... 2005 ABP with sandpaperlike paint

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Old 06-20-2010 | 05:16 PM
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Another TSX... 2005 ABP with sandpaperlike paint

greentrbo95gst's 05 ABP

he bought the car off a fairly old couple a month ago covered in swirls and paint as rough as sand paper. definitely needed a good clay and polish!

Surf City wash concentrate w/ EuroW Bucket+grit guard
TWO pieces of clay :/ Hood/roof/trunk alone took almost 1hr30.. .straight sand paper
Menzernas P085RD
Meguiars M105
IPA wipedown
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6"x6" area on the hood.... paint was like this on roof/trunk/hood... took forever!!!




Old 06-20-2010 | 05:49 PM
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nice work but better 'toy grabber thingy do' in the garage!
Old 06-20-2010 | 05:55 PM
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Gotta keep the clients occupied yaknow... and take their moniez bwhahaha jk
Old 06-20-2010 | 08:02 PM
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Nice recovery, the nose of the car looked like a goner.
Old 06-20-2010 | 09:59 PM
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Great job! The difference is really noticable!
Old 06-21-2010 | 01:06 AM
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Very nice work yet again Johnny!
Old 06-21-2010 | 01:29 PM
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holy hell that clay is gross, can't believe the whole car was that bad
Old 06-21-2010 | 04:09 PM
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that is an amazing restoration ... the front bumper looked like it had to be repainted ... amazing work!!!!!!!
Old 06-21-2010 | 07:10 PM
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What's with leaving the gay (literally) sticker on the trunklid?
Old 06-25-2010 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
Nice recovery, the nose of the car looked like a goner.
Agree, I scrolled down and had to scroll up three times to compare before and after shots and WoW, Awesome recovery, I thought the same thing...it was a goner....damn good recovery
Old 06-25-2010 | 07:45 PM
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That claybar is .

Nice work!
Old 06-25-2010 | 09:39 PM
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What clay bar did you use?
Old 06-26-2010 | 12:34 PM
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Thx everyone
Originally Posted by mdkxtreme
What clay bar did you use?
The first piece was a swissvax ultra fine grade clay. After that was all caked up I switched to a medium grade. It seemed to get the contaminants off faster, but it def. marred the paint - came right off with the P085RD/M105 though
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