Strange & unlucky day in detailing land...
08-10-08, 10:28 PM
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Strange & unlucky day in detailing land...
Took my car to my friend to get it detailed yesterday
hes good with rotary polisher as he works at a body shop and does wet sanding and stuff
anyways everything is normal and im happy with the end result
looks nice and everything
but it started to rain when we finished waxing the car so i had to drive in the rain on the way home
so that was a bit unfortunate but it still has nothing compared to what was about to happen later that night
evening comes
i got into a little bumper scrape with a post
detailed story and pic of the accident will follow up in pt. 2
hes good with rotary polisher as he works at a body shop and does wet sanding and stuff
anyways everything is normal and im happy with the end result
looks nice and everything
but it started to rain when we finished waxing the car so i had to drive in the rain on the way home
so that was a bit unfortunate but it still has nothing compared to what was about to happen later that night
evening comes
i got into a little bumper scrape with a post
detailed story and pic of the accident will follow up in pt. 2
08-10-08, 10:36 PM
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heres part 2 of the story where the horrible thing happened
so same night
8:30PM, mom asks me to buy rice and eggs as we are out of it
i drove quickly to rush to the mall (metrotown) where theres a chinese supermarket (T&T) where they sell the wild rice that my mom asked me to buy
normally its a 25 min drive
i got there in ~17mins and i was trying to find a parking space
found one and tried to park in a hurry
when i was turning in, i turned my head to look at how much space i have left btwn my front bumper and the concrete post
then i realized that i didnt have enuf space and i was going too quick
tried to stop but was out of time
scraped the bumper
all happened within 0.2 of a second
this is the aftermath
so i was royally pissed off at myself
did this to myself after detailing
then i realized its mostly just paint from the painted concrete post rubbed onto my bumper
so this morning, i went to work on it
products used
my tools
during claybaring
after claybaring
claybar did most of the work in removing the paint on there
there were a few little scratches and a few deeper ones
so i went on to polishing instead with my crappy random orbiter
heres from a bit of distance
hard to tell but can still see a few light scratches when inspecting close up
btw these outdoor shots were taken after car drove in the rain and dried naturally (no toweling)
i guess im lucky for not having the bumper getting really scrapped
so same night
8:30PM, mom asks me to buy rice and eggs as we are out of it
i drove quickly to rush to the mall (metrotown) where theres a chinese supermarket (T&T) where they sell the wild rice that my mom asked me to buy
normally its a 25 min drive
i got there in ~17mins and i was trying to find a parking space
found one and tried to park in a hurry
when i was turning in, i turned my head to look at how much space i have left btwn my front bumper and the concrete post
then i realized that i didnt have enuf space and i was going too quick
tried to stop but was out of time
scraped the bumper
all happened within 0.2 of a second
this is the aftermath
so i was royally pissed off at myself
did this to myself after detailing
then i realized its mostly just paint from the painted concrete post rubbed onto my bumper
so this morning, i went to work on it
products used
my tools
during claybaring
after claybaring
claybar did most of the work in removing the paint on there
there were a few little scratches and a few deeper ones
so i went on to polishing instead with my crappy random orbiter
heres from a bit of distance
hard to tell but can still see a few light scratches when inspecting close up
btw these outdoor shots were taken after car drove in the rain and dried naturally (no toweling)
i guess im lucky for not having the bumper getting really scrapped
Last edited by UberNoob; 08-11-08 at 12:49 AM.
08-10-08, 11:42 PM
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Glad you're happy with his results, so how much did he charged you?
I just go to him and use his stuff to detail my car, still ain't finished, but the results are ok, nothing close to yours as my paint's much worse. lol
But I hate that he broke the phone I lend to him and he didn't bother to get another. lol
I just go to him and use his stuff to detail my car, still ain't finished, but the results are ok, nothing close to yours as my paint's much worse. lol
But I hate that he broke the phone I lend to him and he didn't bother to get another. lol
08-11-08, 12:30 AM
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haha well my car was already in pretty good condition
its only got 32k miles on it and its always been garaged
i always have wax on it too
when he first saw my car, he was worried that he wouldnt be able to make as much of a difference visually because my paint condition was already in top notch shape
but end of the day, i still saw some difference and
now the surface is smoother with the claybaring and polishing so the shine is a bit better
and the glaze then wax made the surface extra glossy and wet looking
but yeah even if my car was in worse shape, he wouldve been able to make it look just as good
hes got good rotary skills with his makita
he didnt charge me much because i drove to his house and helped out too
highly recommended, pm me if u want more info
its only got 32k miles on it and its always been garaged
i always have wax on it too
when he first saw my car, he was worried that he wouldnt be able to make as much of a difference visually because my paint condition was already in top notch shape
but end of the day, i still saw some difference and
now the surface is smoother with the claybaring and polishing so the shine is a bit better
and the glaze then wax made the surface extra glossy and wet looking
but yeah even if my car was in worse shape, he wouldve been able to make it look just as good
hes got good rotary skills with his makita
he didnt charge me much because i drove to his house and helped out too
highly recommended, pm me if u want more info
Last edited by UberNoob; 08-11-08 at 12:58 AM.
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ugh, that sux! Similar thing just happened to me. I did my semi-annual detail on my M and one week later the car gets hit
Nice job on cleaning up the area though, turned out great
Car looked awesome after the detail too!
Nice job on cleaning up the area though, turned out great
Car looked awesome after the detail too!
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