I was asked by the used car sales manager to detail a 2010 Maxima they have sold. The customer agreed to purchase the car but wanted the swirls and scratches gone and some interior touch up done. Interior Magic did the interior and drove the car into the service drive for me to look at. As I walked around the car I asked the guy from Interior Magic what all this polish splatter is on the outside, he told me they decided to fix a few problem areas, uh oh lets look and see what they did. Well someone there had a smart idea to wet sand a deep DEEP scratch that was on the driver side rear door, well their wet sanding left a lot to be desired. They also tried to compound some spots. So before I left I washed the car in the wash bay using 3D Orange APC in a $20 snow cannon from Home Depot Washed with a Sheepskin mitt with DG soap and Dawn mix Pulled the car into the detail bay and went home 430am I came in and did a wipe down with ONR Wet sanded the crap job interior magic did I used 2500 grit Polished the vehicle using my Griots Garage DA with Meg Microfiber Cutting Disc and HD UNO I ended up destroying 2 pads Switched to a B&S yellow pad and did the bumper and pass 1/4 panel destroyed that pad, the center just melted and foam flew everywhere Another yellow B&S pad and I finally finished Sealed with DG 501/601 Used First Place Finish tire shine on tires cleaned glass with First Place Finish glass cleaner Wiped wheels down with ONR Final wipe down I used Opti Seal I started on Friday at 430am stopped at 730am for work, continued Satrurday at 430am until 7am did my final touches and wipe down when worked slowed down Saturday morning Never ruined a pad before so I have no idea what is goin on, if it is the GG DA or maybe my backing plate? Anyway the pictures Befores my 50/50 Afters the area where the wet sanding was done
Wow, that paint was hammered for it being a 2010! Good job bringing it back! The dealer was lucky you were able to fix their sanding job.
Great job, sound like you are using a lot of pressure with your DA. I have yet to destroy a foam pad on a DA. You may want to try less Wheaties in the morning.
Nice work my friend. Talk about a poor condition paintjob on such a new car... it's like they were purposely trying to put swirls and scratches into it.
Thank you, I have used more pressure when using the KBM with M105, still that might have been my problem, I am goin to switch back to my LC BP that has never given me a problem and see if that helps Thank you, I think the previous owner allowed her dog to just walk all over the car Thank you, I think they look ok, I was pretty impressed with how it drove especially on the highway. No stick but it does have paddle shifters :giggle::cool2:
