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| Rubbing compound, wax & elbow grease! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 1 2014, 07:28 PM (424 Views) | |
| Rondawg | Sep 1 2014, 07:28 PM Post #1 |
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I spent a good part of the day seeing if I could bring my paint back to life. Actually quite pleased with the results!![]() ![]() This is what it looked like a year ago when I towed it home. It was sitting there since 1998. |
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| rmcelwee | Sep 1 2014, 09:18 PM Post #2 |
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I've been buffing out cars for years but I have a really hard time getting the formula correct. Sometimes I can get a car back to showroom condition and sometimes it just looks like I waxed it a bit. What stuff did you use on your car? |
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| dayle1960 | Sep 1 2014, 09:26 PM Post #3 |
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Fastest Hampster EVER
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I tried rubbing compound on a small part of my metro once and all it did was scratch the paint, badly. OOOOOOOOOO, was I mad. |
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| ZXTjato | Sep 1 2014, 09:27 PM Post #4 |
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bass heads
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Looks good dude, did you see what I did with the harbor china polisher and interior parts? It turned out great. |
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| Mythstae | Sep 1 2014, 10:00 PM Post #5 |
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Looks nice, Rondawg!
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| Freeman | Sep 2 2014, 05:44 AM Post #6 |
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The Family Man
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Gotta start low and only use the more grainy stuff on bad pieces
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| Rondawg | Sep 2 2014, 08:02 AM Post #7 |
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I used this stuff..... the rubbing compound was different from stuff I used in the past. It was creamy white and after you rubbed for a while it was like the abrasive qualities disolved. I did it all by hand and some places it took a few times to get it clean. Labor intensive do in it by hand for sure! That black chrome stuff worked great on the mirrors and grill area under the wipers.
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| geogonfa | Sep 2 2014, 08:52 AM Post #8 |
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Looking good...wanna come over and do mine?
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| Rondawg | Sep 2 2014, 10:55 AM Post #9 |
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LOL....My G/F has had ZERO interest in the Metro. But she was amazed to see how good it turned out. Now she wants me to do her Black 2010 Accord. I told her I would HELP her do it.... I hate Black cars. |
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| ZXTjato | Sep 2 2014, 01:41 PM Post #10 |
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bass heads
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Is it true that tooth paste has rubbing polish compounds in it that break down to smaller bits to micro polish? There is this pepsodent tooth paste I got for a buck and it's gross, wonder if I could buff something with it
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| Mythstae | Sep 2 2014, 01:48 PM Post #11 |
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Not "gel" type toothpastes; you're probably good to go if they talk about baking soda in it, though... Also, Pepsodent, gross? You're mad! Pepsodent is delicious!
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You're mad! Pepsodent is delicious!
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