The Junkman Battles a Keyed Paint Job!
 

I was at a car show this past weekend and didn't notice what was on my rental car until I got there. Check this out:

The Specimen...

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As for the car in question, here's the deal. Someone had scratched this car from the front fender all the way to the back of the rear door. The scratch was relatively deep. To make matters worse, they use blobs of touch-up paint to attempt to fix the scratch. After seeing how much worse the touch-up paint looked, they attempted to wipe the touch up paint off the car, That did nothing but smear the paint everywhere. The final dagger was when they parked the car with the paint still wet in what appeared to be a sand storm. Here's what the car looked like after I finally noticed it (I didn't notice this when I picked up the car because it was overcast).



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Okay, let's get this party started!

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These action shots are courtesy of John at The Shutter Group. They do event photography. Notice my buffing face! :confused:

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... and now for the finished product!

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She's back to her original beauty.

;)

The Junkman

Very nice!!!

BTW, I just got my Porter Cable... waiting for the next great weather weekend to get my Spring detail in. :)

I am considering the Junkman package, as I am in need of a PC.

Nice job! What compounds and pads did you use? I use the crap out of my Porter-Cable but rarely with anything more aggressive than 3M #39009 (swirl mark remover). In the case of your rental, I'd have been worried I'd go through the clearcoat of the finish surrounding the scratch.

I clayed the damage in order to remove all the dirt that was stuck in the touch-up paint, then I wet sanded the damage with 2500 and 3000 grit paper. I finished up by removing the wet sanding damage with Adam's Swirl & Haze Remover along with their Fine Machine Polish. No wax whatsoever. The shine you see is due to me finishing up with the Fine Machine Polish.

I've got an older car that needs help, got scratches all over it. I was thinking about getting it repainted but now I'm beginning to think it can maybe be saved. And well, if I f-up, then I can go ahead and go with the original plan A.

Are you coming out to ZDayZ in May, Junkman?

I don't have any info on it. When is it?

I just wana kidnapp him, so he can do my car on a weekly basis

The Junkman rules!

yeah m4a1mustangif you dont care send me a private message and tell me what ZdayZ is?

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epic buffing face :roflpuke2:

Check the Mid-ATlantic forum for the ZDayZ thread... its May 20-23. Lots of us are going to be there.

Wow, nice save!