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  1. Lexus Got BIRD SH#T on so BAD today....uhhhhgggg

    in Interior / Exterior / Paint - Detailing, washing, waxing,tricks of the trade!

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    Yeah I know exactly what youre talking about with that bird crap! I worked at a collision/custom shop as a painter for about 5 years and had a local millionaire come buy and ask us if we could get those same spots off of his car. Well my boss comes back to me as I am buffing a 40 Ford, and says hey go look at this car and see what you can do. Im like ok whatever!

    Well Im thinking Benz, Jaguar, Lexus, maybe a nice sports car, but not a damn Lamborghini. This guy took his Lambo to his kids baseball game and parked it in the shade, and wouldnt you know, a double header caused a shalacking of his paint.

    I told him I could try a few options, but this may need to be color sanded and buffed, he was nervously pacing for 30 min as I tried everything. Nothing worked. So I gave him the ultimatum!

    I ended up using 2000, then 3000 trizac sandpaper and doing the whole car. My boss charged him $300, and he picked the car up the next day.

    I have painted $5-10-15-20k paint jobs, and have never been so nervous to color sand and buff a car. I spent 13 hours meticulously fixing this Lambo.

    The plus side I got $150 from my boss, and the owner gave me $300, and said it looked better than the day he bought it.

    Moral of the story- Dont park under berry trees, lol! Glad to hear it all came out well, love your car, the black on black is superb!

  5. What steps to detail/restore paint?

    in Interior / Exterior / Paint - Detailing, washing, waxing,tricks of the trade!

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    When using a buffer, the pad will turn clockwise. When buffing on flat surfaces keep the buffer flat an keep it moving, pausing your motion or staying in a spot will burn the paint. When doing the edges angle the buffer slightly upwards so the pad is spinning off the edge NOT towards the edge.

    You also dont need to cake the compound on the panels, use it lightly and sparsely. I usually keep my buffer speed between 1200 & 1500 rpm, you still have good speed and control!

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