Most severe swirl marks i've ever come accross!

[Junior Bear]

a friend of mine though it was a good idea to use a scouring pad to get rid of some baked on bug splatz last summer. which it was, but it also removed paint lol.


he finally brought it round for me to tackle today.


omg, i didnt realise it was this bad!

after a wash and clay i taped up some sections, it soon became clear i would need a wool pad and fastcut+ on a rotary, finishing combo didn't do anything apart from make the defects shinier lol

ouch


after two sets per section with a wool pad and FC+, then ultrafina on a blue pad....carpro eraser used between each set to make sure no filling was occuring








i managed to sort it! i reckon 95% have been removed, i don't have a sun gun so had to rely on garage and natural overcast light. but i am really proud of myself!

thanks for looking

 

[Eddie.]

Good results.

What the hell was he thinking though?!

 

[gex23]

Cracking job there!

Your friend, however, is a pleb

 

[Junior Bear]

he will never learn, fair play i wish i didnt give a f**k about paint, life would be much calmer lol

 

[Advikaz]

At first glance Look more like flatting marks to me....

I'd say that's been sprayed before in my oppinion & had either some nibs in the paint or possible silicones

 

[Junior Bear]

no mate sorry, the situation is genuine. he really did use a scouring pad to get rid of bug splatz

 

[Advikaz]

no mate sorry, the situation is genuine. he really did use a scouring pad to get rid of bug splatz

Jesssssuss haha. Fair play.

 

[peanuthead]

I know someone that did something simular. One morning they came out to find marker pen on their car, so in a rage and panic scrubbed it off with a scouring pad, got the pen off and most the paint!

good job though,your mate must be happy

 

[DB.]

Did he clean his car with sandpaper?

Lol just read, a scouring pad. r****d!

 

[Junior Bear]

yeah hes bery happy, i am buzzing from it!

 

[Yellow Dave]

if the patches weren't so random, you would really think they've been having a go at wet sanding. lol

Fair effort with that, I hope they were most grateful in saving the £300 in a respray

 

[jam.]

Does your mate have to wear one of them padded helmets at all times?

 

[JD]

Here's a revelation for you lot; I did the same when I was twelve. I spilled paint over a family car's bonnet. I was so upset, I spent most of my Friday evening (and pocket money) trying to get rid of it with my nails, some towels, some soap and... yes... a scouring pad!! Luckily my grandfather had some SRP and we hid the marks nicely.

Ah those were the days of less Obsessive Car Detailing!

 

[Pride07]

Whats the correct way to get rid of bird poo? baked on bird poo

 

[Gally]

Put a couple of paper towels over it and soak it in something, most things work in softening it. I use an old QD of some kind.

They certainly weren't swirl marks, scratches definitely. There will still be indentations in the lacquer under close inspection but that's a superb job mate, guy must have been very very pleased!

 

[Cliotoby]

Here's a revelation for you lot; I did the same when I was twelve. I spilled paint over a family car's bonnet. I was so upset, I spent most of my Friday evening (and pocket money) trying to get rid of it with my nails, some towels, some soap and... yes... a scouring pad!! Luckily my grandfather had some SRP and we hid the marks nicely.

Ah those were the days of less Obsessive Car Detailing!

Its nice to know you have a soul!