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I'll try to make a long story short...
I'm doing a job for a municipality that acquired a sheriff's car. Obviously, before it was delivered to them, the badging/decals were (poorly) removed. Now, I have claybar'd, APC'd, claybar'd again, and then:
M83/W7006 via ROTARY
M80/W8006 via G100
M66/W8006 via G100
M26 by hand.
Now, when you run your hand over the paint, you feel nothing. Look at it in just the right light (even a halogen straight at it doesn't show up), you can still see FAINT outlines of SHERIFF. Very faint, but there nonetheless. I washed with APC at 4:1 spray to strip down to the clearcoat. Ran hand over it again, still feel NOTHING, but the outline is faintly visible.
Is there something I missed? Or does 7 years of adhesive stuck to paint really do a number on the finish?
Don't get me wrong, the village administrator is tickled at the results (he said if it looked half as good he'd have been happy), but you know how our kind is. It's not good enough unless it's perfect!
Any ideas?
I'm doing a job for a municipality that acquired a sheriff's car. Obviously, before it was delivered to them, the badging/decals were (poorly) removed. Now, I have claybar'd, APC'd, claybar'd again, and then:
M83/W7006 via ROTARY
M80/W8006 via G100
M66/W8006 via G100
M26 by hand.
Now, when you run your hand over the paint, you feel nothing. Look at it in just the right light (even a halogen straight at it doesn't show up), you can still see FAINT outlines of SHERIFF. Very faint, but there nonetheless. I washed with APC at 4:1 spray to strip down to the clearcoat. Ran hand over it again, still feel NOTHING, but the outline is faintly visible.
Is there something I missed? Or does 7 years of adhesive stuck to paint really do a number on the finish?
Don't get me wrong, the village administrator is tickled at the results (he said if it looked half as good he'd have been happy), but you know how our kind is. It's not good enough unless it's perfect!
Any ideas?
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