Here is a thread showing how to remove deep scratches and gauges from a vehicle by colorsanding and polishing with a rotary and d/a for an almost flawless finish.

To start out my subject case is a 2008 Chevrolet Corvette C6 which was in prestine condition and detailed by me prior to the holidays. Unfortunately his father backed his Toytota Rav 4 right up the front bumper. The bad news was this nasty damage it created on the bumper, the good news was that no paint had cracked......

The first thing to do is clean thoroughly and inspect the damage







Then using the Meguairs Professional Headlight Restoration Kit I start my correction

Using the S3HP Hand Pad and the Unigrit SF1000 I start to wet sand to level out the heavier scratches.





Always keeping the surfaces and paper wet to avoid additional marring and to aid in the colorsanding.





I then use the unigrit SF1500 to reduce the finer scratches that remain.



Then my last pass is with the Unigrit SF3000 also wet...





The heavy scratches and gauges have now been reduced to a haze and now is the time to use the rotary polisher for the correction. Using my Flex and the Meguair's 3" MF system with D300 for my first cut, but it wasn't powerful enough.





Using the same Flex rotatary I decided to change up to a 4 "foam system and the Meguairs M105 y M205 combo

W4003>M105



W7204>M105



W8204>M205





W9205>M21 (Synthetic Sealant) using the D/A



The results..













Before the correcion



After the correcion



My customer was absolutely exstatic on how well this repair and save came out, and was finally able to sleep that night in peace!


Please any comments or questions......fire away!

 

If I didn't know you or your work and just what you can achieve Dave, there would only be one question........

How in Hell ???

Great work, nice little write up AND pic heavy.......just the way we like it here.
Awesome work, thanks for sharing

 

wow very nice save sir!!

could you tell me what kind of knee pad you have?? looks neat!

 

WOW, fantastic job .It's hard to believe it's same car so this is how brilliant job you did

 

Great project, and results.
I've got a few similar issues with my recently purchased '07 XK in BRG. It looks like someone dragged it through a brushpile. I'm not familiar with all the products and equiptment you used. Is there a scratch repair 101 some where, or could you make a short 1,2,3 ...list ? Many thanks.

 

Stunning work as always Dave.

I'm no longer amazed, I just expect that no matter what, the car will always look better than when it left the show room for the first time.

Truly a Master Craftsman at work.

 

Dave,

You have an amazing gift that you should be proud of. We are so honored to have you here with us.

Thanks for sharing sir.

 

Thank you Jim....glad I had u a bit mistified on this one....I actually surprised myself on this one, I thought it was going to need a repaint!

Sorry about the extensive pics but it was the only way to show the repair....

Thank you very much OTD....This knee pad is a fantastic tool....no more dirty pizza knees and it provides comfort o plenty. Its a product that I distribute, they retail for about $69.95 and well worth it!

RegentV12 thank you kindly...I appreciate the good words!

bglinkster thank you for the compliments, I appreciate this very much!

This repair is one that should be done by an experienced operator or detailer. It requires the use of a high speed rotary polisher and a d/a polisher. It requires the use of high grade sandpapers along with wool and foam buffing pads. If you have access to a paint gauge meter this helps tremendously, its like insurance........

I will add a list to this reply shortly....


As always I thank you Translator.......your words put a smile on my face!

XJL....Its my honor as well for you all to have me here to help you out........I thank you so much....and all of you for your kind words!

Enjoy the week!