Heavy Swirled Black 98 Explorer - Exterior + Engine

[m3tal]

A lot worse than I thought it would be! Managed to get maybe 90-95% of the marring out, the rest was too deep (Looks like someone hated this suv)

Started with #83, but didn't like how it was working, so I went back to SSR2.5 to finish my bottle off.

Wash
Clay
Megs #83 / SSR2.5 on Orange LC Pad
Megs #9 on White LC pad
Klasse SG
S100

On the engine:
Diluted Simple Green spray down and agitate
Dressed with 303 Aerospace

Heres our subject


Befores






Clearcoat failure? Looks like what I saw on another post on someones Civic; little rice grain shaped white marks.

[m3tal]

Exterior afters

[dennytc]

WOW great job, looks awesome!!! the owner must be really happy!!

[zr123]

Are those scratches/swirls? or is that just something in the background reflecting off the paint?

[LiquidBlack]

I think this belongs in the Extreme Makeover's threads!

[m3tal]

ZR, two of those lines are deep scratches, the rest is just background junk reflecting oddly.

Funny, thats two of my threads that people said should be in that section haha.

[RZ Autodetailing]

sweet job...those were some serious swirls on that suv..did you use a rotary or p/c...I bet they will be calling you again to do more detail work for them.

[TheFiveO]

Awesome work

Hey M3...I am the one who posted the clear coat failure on the red civic. I was never able to get that look out of the hood. Were you able to find a way to get that rice grain/fiberglass look out of the hood?

Awesome work on that car!

[m3tal]

Nope, never did get the CC spots out...

I use a PC for all of my work.

[96Lude]

Re: Heavy Swirled Black 98 Explorer - Exterior + Engine

[QUOTE]Originally posted by m3tal
Clearcoat failure? Looks like what I saw on another post on someones Civic; little rice grain shaped white marks.

Yes I had posted the pics of my dad's Civic. Great job on the Explorer.

[sneek]

looks good! and 100000000000000X better!

[m3tal]

Thanks! Looks like at least a couple of you are getting the CC failure on Civics eh.