OCDetails Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Right on! Now this site is perfect. Thanks TIDE!! http://www.detailcity.com/images/smilies/bowdown.gif _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Whatever. We still don't have a Finer Living forum like G35driver.com. I wanna know how to get the life!! Finer Living You've got the car-- but do you have the life? Discuss good eats, good drink, good threads. Want the latest toys? Want to live it up? This is your place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosca Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 <Mosca comes in, finds a nice comfortable adjustable creeper seat, sits down and starts rubbing an applicator in his can of #16 Paste Wax....> Aaaaaaah. Home. I'm helping a friend do a complete detail tomorrow. He's got some of these: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/etch.jpg I'll try to take some pics and make a "how to use ScratchX" tutorial, or something. Most LGTs are new. Now is the time to keep your car from getting these. Tom FRA-GEE-LAY... It must be Italian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCDetails Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Finer Living forum? Yeah... that'll be the day. We subie drivers are really all about the clothes and bling bling... WGAF about that? Only drivers of overpriced Nissans would care about that kind of thing. lol _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCDetails Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Ouch... what is that? It looks like etching of some kind. old bird $hit perhaps? _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosca Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Allentown, PA... probably acid rain. He says the hood is covered with them. It's going to be hard to figure what to do. I'm bringing the rotary, but I really think it needs wet sanded... but a Miata hood is aluminum and the paint thickness gauge won't work. And he thinks it might be a repaint. Or it might have been wetsanded once already. I'm thinking of checking the thickness of the paint on the trunklid and using that as a guide. I'm bringing the rotary and some #84 Diamond Cut for the uppers, some #80 for the lowers, and then Menzerna IP and FP because Dean wants to Z it. This is going to be an all day deal, both inside and out. HE can do the inside, I'll work on the outside. Tom FRA-GEE-LAY... It must be Italian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCDetails Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 At least its just a Miata and not a Lincoln or something. lol #84 isn't fun to work with on large surfaces. I would probably just wetsand the spots and then use 84 to clean up the sanding haze. _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 "ask and you shall recieve" Man, is that a sick artistic joke of "my car was keyed"? aaaawwwww, better becareful picking up that key off the paint or you'll scratch it or chip it and back away from the car slowly. Keefe Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondcookie Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 awesome. we have a new area. congrats so I should stop washing the car with those bril-lo pads? I don't even need to add soap, they soap up under running water. kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuksob03 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Nice to know big brother is watching. Just goes to show, if you really complain about something enough, then things will change just to shut you up. Thanks Tide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCDetails Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 I like to call it "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *Jedimaster* Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Now all we need is the Tikki to come back- who's with me? TIKKI TIKKI TIKKI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuksob03 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Now all we need is the Tikki to come back- who's with me? TIKKI TIKKI TIKKI I'd vote for it, but I don't see it coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerMan Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 A detailing forum is great now that the weather is starting to cooperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosca Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 At least its just a Miata and not a Lincoln or something. lol #84 isn't fun to work with on large surfaces. I would probably just wetsand the spots and then use 84 to clean up the sanding haze. I got there, and the etchings were almost unnoticeable. The car was actually very nice for a '93. The job was a straightforward swirl removal on black; #83 w/polishing pad, IP with polishing pad, FP with finishing pad. I didn't even need the Cyclo, let alone the rotary. Results are pretty acceptable for 13 year old black paint, if I do say so myself: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/deans.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/DSCF9196.jpg The white line across the hood in this image is a jet contrail; I like the wet look of the windshield reflection. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Mosca/DSCF9197.jpg FRA-GEE-LAY... It must be Italian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayslegacy Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 or it might be a type of corrosionthats happening under the paint called pitting, but chances are thats not the problem. id say its a defect from the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosca Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 No, it was definitely acid rain etching, but it was so minor that I'd call it negligible. This car has been garage kept for most of its life, and spent the last five years in a garage, inbetween the 1300 miles it drove. Miata paint is very soft, and blacks and reds are non-clearcoat. All the swirls came out with the top layer of oxidation. Tom FRA-GEE-LAY... It must be Italian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCDetails Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 Gotta love those single stage paint jobs. They can make any hack with a buffer look like a pro. lol Not that you are a hack or anything, I'm just saying it makes easy work look a lot more impressive. (that is if you can call oxidation removal easy. Its sometimes harder than it sounds, but still easier than swirl removal) You did nice work on that finish for it to look so good at an unforgiving angle with the sun in it. Very nice work. That paint actually isn't in as bad of shape as I would have thought for its age either. Its nice to see that every now and then. _________________________________________ “Cleanliness becomes more important as godliness becomes more unlikely.” O C D E T A I L S . C O M OCDETAILS BLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosca Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 ^ Insert nodding head icon here... Azzackly true! I was expecting hell, got there and saw a piece of cake. Tom FRA-GEE-LAY... It must be Italian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Glad we got the new forum up. I was asking for a 'maintenance' thread - many of those type posts were getting lost in the mix. A combined detailing/maintenance one works better than none at all! -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremiumAutoCare Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Right on! Now this site is perfect. Thanks TIDE!! http://www.detailcity.com/images/smilies/bowdown.gif Yeah that! Great website you guys have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEI99662 Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Nice see it has finally been added to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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