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The customer that was scheduled this weekend fell thru. So next in line is this Lexus. This is/was the biggest car they made in 2008. Car has 213,000 miles on it. During delivery I was told that parts of the car were repainted. Which after going around the car with the polisher I suspected
Paint was absolutely hammered with are well water here, sprinklers. Owner wanted them out and I was thinking 1 time around should do it, I was wrong. Wool pad with Papa Cut and then polished out is what it took
I still do t know if this was repaint in single stage or not. All the pads turned very dark. Could have been how imbedded the paint was with dirt, minerals from the water.
Car 50/50 Every pad ended looking like this
was washed with high ph, low ph. Clayed, Iron X. Compounded and then polished. Coated with DIY 3 year coating. Owner was thrilled and so was I. Not even close to the Vette from last week, but a major turn around. Its definitely a 10 footer
Its a full time job
our well water here is loaded with iron/sulfur. It stains concrete, brick, etc. If it gets in paint it needs to be washed as soon as possible. If not, then this happens. I should have taken more pictures but I was in the zone
Interesting on the paint or contaminant transfer. I know up until recently (maybe even still) some Toyota white was still single stage. Found this out the hard way on a newer model Tacoma I was working on.
I did a a white Tundra maybe 10 years ago or so that was single. Dam thing was the color of chalk. Paint was dead as hell. It polished out easy though. This did not correct easy, why it has me guessing.
Paint that age and mileage looks pretty good prior to you correcting it. After correction, it looks real good - happy customer. Head Lamps look like they need attention though.
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Hammered by water spots
