So.. i work in the Detail shop at a local Hyundai dealership while im in college anyways,even though it kinda is a crappy job its nice to try out different products and not have to pay for them! lol. i digress, there was a honda civic that someone traded in that we werent going to sell on the lot (cause of its age and milage) and the hood had a lot of oxidation on it so i figured "i wonder how good i could make it look lol, and since i was bored and i had some of my equipment in my car from a previous detail i went at it.

this is what i had on me


and the before pic (sorry it was blurry i had my camera on manual focus and i forgot to focus the pic lol)


as you can tell it was bad


no gloss whatsoever


the first plan of attack was with the menzerna pg with a lc orange pad, i worked but after everypass i had to wash the pad out from all the oxidation clogging it up, after i finished the whole hood with men pg the oxidation was gone but there were some buffertrails that i needed to clean up. this is after menzerna


and the final finish after a full pass with pinicle xmt fine swirl remover, and application of cg mirror-wet finish



the spots are rock chips in the hood
tell me what you guys think!!

 

Amazing!
Amazing how one can undo ugly! And I see more Hondas with these issues then any other manufacturer. Real nice job!

 

WOW, nice turn around!!

 

great work!!!

 

Thankyou Honda and your sub-par clearcoat!

Very nice job. Come do my car.

 

wow! Did anyone at the dealership see this? Do they know the extent of your abilities?

 

yea, my boss saw it, he wanted me to do some correction on other cars on the lot without any type of pay increse (i make 7/hr) I was like do you know how much people charge for work like this and you want me to do it for 7/hr? lol

which is why i have my part time detailing services lol.

 

7hr..... Don't you start higher than that at like McDonalds?

I guess if you plan on doing detailing as a side job or something the "internship" isn't bad however while going to school.

 

Isn't min. wage more then $7/hr?

I would've said the same thing to my boss if he wanted me to do that.

 

impressive.

 

yea i hate it over here but its garenteed money so... what ya gonna do lol, at least i get to drive the genesis coupe around sometimes lol

 

My '04 Santa Fe is worse. It never gets to the point where it oxidizes...it just peels off the car. It's my one true point of contention with a vehicle that I am otherwise madly in love with.

Great job to the OP. Some would consider that too far gone but you brought it back from the grave. If I were your boss I would give you a raise after seeing that. Maybe he's trying to keep you humble.

 

MAybe you should show him the responses of this thread?!?

 

well i showed my boss this thread.....3 days later i got a raise and weekends off!!!!!! kuddos guys!!

 

AZ wins again!

 

Awesome, congrats man!

On another note, I have the same gauge faces as you like in your avatar. However, mine go on and off intermittently on their own and it's not even a connection issue.

 

thanks, dude that sucks i hate electrical gremlins
i need to change my avitar tho i sold that car to get a z32

 

I hope your raise was significant.

You spend 5 hours at a exterior detail job on a used car at say $15.00 an hour. Your boss pays you $75.00 for this job.

Guess how much more the now swirl free car is worth now to the dealer ?

Take this to your boss for a better raise.

 

Good job man!

+1 Always ask for a raise when you do great work.

Worst thing they can say is

 

Nice job, did you do the whole car of just the hood?

 

i just did the hood being as the rest of the car wasnt that badd off, idk y tho it was really weird