Paint easy to scratch/swirl, cheap paint from the factory?
#1
Paint easy to scratch/swirl, cheap paint from the factory?
I'm not sure if it just me but I notice that I can easily scratch/swirl the paint on my car. My car is Milano Red. I gently scrub my car with one directional strokes when washing. I still manage to swirl my paint. Any tips to keep the paint looking fresh?
#5
The stuff the dealer uses to wash your car puts swirls in it. All my previous cars had minor swirls in em, but i told the dealer not to wash my fit, and the paint is flawless. When you wash, use a microfiber mitt, and when you dry, use microfiber towels. Learn more at my website:
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Tre
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Tre
#6
Originally Posted by MirrorWorks
The stuff the dealer uses to wash your car puts swirls in it. All my previous cars had minor swirls in em, but i told the dealer not to wash my fit, and the paint is flawless. When you wash, use a microfiber mitt, and when you dry, use microfiber towels. Learn more at my website:
www.Mirrorworks.bz
Tre
www.Mirrorworks.bz
Tre
"Tell the dealer to NOT wash the car when prepping the car for pick up."
#7
Talk about swirls!!! The first wash wax on my wife's I grabed polishing compound out of the garadge that I didn't know I had ( looked just like the turtle wax container). Big time swirls scraches in the hood.
Any ideas how to get them out? I may look in to repaint/ clear on the hood.
makes me sick each time I look at it.
Any ideas how to get them out? I may look in to repaint/ clear on the hood.
makes me sick each time I look at it.
#9
The thing about dealers washing people's cars is that most people don't really care about minor swirls/imperfections in their paint. I thought only paint buffs like me cared so much about it
As for getting the swirls out, you will need a buffer and special compound. I've heard there are certain compounds you can use to help get them out by hand, but buffer is always better. I'm still doing research on it, so im not exactly the master, but google "porter cable buffer" or something of the sort and you should be able to find it. The buffers cost in the area of $100-200, but i'm pretty sure most detailers will charge you $100-200 to do your whole car with it anyways.
Tre
As for getting the swirls out, you will need a buffer and special compound. I've heard there are certain compounds you can use to help get them out by hand, but buffer is always better. I'm still doing research on it, so im not exactly the master, but google "porter cable buffer" or something of the sort and you should be able to find it. The buffers cost in the area of $100-200, but i'm pretty sure most detailers will charge you $100-200 to do your whole car with it anyways.
Tre
#11
Originally Posted by MirrorWorks
The thing about dealers washing people's cars is that most people don't really care about minor swirls/imperfections in their paint. I thought only paint buffs like me cared so much about it
As for getting the swirls out, you will need a buffer and special compound. I've heard there are certain compounds you can use to help get them out by hand, but buffer is always better. I'm still doing research on it, so im not exactly the master, but google "porter cable buffer" or something of the sort and you should be able to find it. The buffers cost in the area of $100-200, but i'm pretty sure most detailers will charge you $100-200 to do your whole car with it anyways.
Tre
As for getting the swirls out, you will need a buffer and special compound. I've heard there are certain compounds you can use to help get them out by hand, but buffer is always better. I'm still doing research on it, so im not exactly the master, but google "porter cable buffer" or something of the sort and you should be able to find it. The buffers cost in the area of $100-200, but i'm pretty sure most detailers will charge you $100-200 to do your whole car with it anyways.
Tre
#13
Dunno. What perturbs me more is that bird drops leave behind a faint mark even after a quick washing. I tried to clay bar that area but the mark is still there. I think i'm going to invest in a nice polisher. My paint needs so much help.
#14
Originally Posted by nexus4400
Dunno. What perturbs me more is that bird drops leave behind a faint mark even after a quick washing. I tried to clay bar that area but the mark is still there. I think i'm going to invest in a nice polisher. My paint needs so much help.
#15
Supposedly the "dealer prep" washed & waxed the car, but when I washed and waxed for the first time I noticed that water wasn't beading much at all (and no swirls). After I did my own wash & wax (soft terry mitts) it rained (after weeks and weeks of drought -- nothing works better than washing a car to make it rain) and neat little water beads showed me that my Fit finally had a good wax job.
BIG BUMMER: I was parked way in the back of the lot at the local Home Depot, and came back to find one of their nasty, rusty carts resting against the rear passenger door -- and a ding in the door. A wind came up and I noticed carts were blowing around the parking lot. I've been so careful, and when my daughter pulls her car in next to mine, she's been careful not to hit the doors. Had the car less than two months. I had just been to Lowe's, where they have plenty of cart drops so that carts aren't wandering all over the lot. Super Target and most of the supermarkets have the same setup. Other Fit owners will understand that Home Depot won't be seeing me anymore! I bought paint from them once and a can that hadn't been sealed well spilled inside my Honda Accord wagon. 2 strikes & you're out, HD!
BIG BUMMER: I was parked way in the back of the lot at the local Home Depot, and came back to find one of their nasty, rusty carts resting against the rear passenger door -- and a ding in the door. A wind came up and I noticed carts were blowing around the parking lot. I've been so careful, and when my daughter pulls her car in next to mine, she's been careful not to hit the doors. Had the car less than two months. I had just been to Lowe's, where they have plenty of cart drops so that carts aren't wandering all over the lot. Super Target and most of the supermarkets have the same setup. Other Fit owners will understand that Home Depot won't be seeing me anymore! I bought paint from them once and a can that hadn't been sealed well spilled inside my Honda Accord wagon. 2 strikes & you're out, HD!
#17
Originally Posted by FondaFit
Supposedly the "dealer prep" washed & waxed the car, but when I washed and waxed for the first time I noticed that water wasn't beading much at all (and no swirls). After I did my own wash & wax (soft terry mitts) it rained (after weeks and weeks of drought -- nothing works better than washing a car to make it rain) and neat little water beads showed me that my Fit finally had a good wax job.
BIG BUMMER: I was parked way in the back of the lot at the local Home Depot, and came back to find one of their nasty, rusty carts resting against the rear passenger door -- and a ding in the door. A wind came up and I noticed carts were blowing around the parking lot. I've been so careful, and when my daughter pulls her car in next to mine, she's been careful not to hit the doors. Had the car less than two months. I had just been to Lowe's, where they have plenty of cart drops so that carts aren't wandering all over the lot. Super Target and most of the supermarkets have the same setup. Other Fit owners will understand that Home Depot won't be seeing me anymore! I bought paint from them once and a can that hadn't been sealed well spilled inside my Honda Accord wagon. 2 strikes & you're out, HD!
BIG BUMMER: I was parked way in the back of the lot at the local Home Depot, and came back to find one of their nasty, rusty carts resting against the rear passenger door -- and a ding in the door. A wind came up and I noticed carts were blowing around the parking lot. I've been so careful, and when my daughter pulls her car in next to mine, she's been careful not to hit the doors. Had the car less than two months. I had just been to Lowe's, where they have plenty of cart drops so that carts aren't wandering all over the lot. Super Target and most of the supermarkets have the same setup. Other Fit owners will understand that Home Depot won't be seeing me anymore! I bought paint from them once and a can that hadn't been sealed well spilled inside my Honda Accord wagon. 2 strikes & you're out, HD!
Last edited by Tomh; 06-18-2006 at 12:01 PM.
#18
Originally Posted by Tomh
You can't really blame the cart thing on home depot, it's not their fault that there are idiots out there who are to damn lazy to put the carts in them, trust me i'd be mad to, but they're not to blame for our societies laziness.
Enough complaining -- anyone know how to get a door ding out without spending big bucks at the body shop?
#19
well i was to excited to getting my car i did not even check for the swirls...they left me a brand new swirled up car...well i used to detail cars so i will do my best in getting the swirls out with a clay bar swirl wax remover then just regular wax...hopefully all this will do just fine...if i knew that my car was gonna have swirls i would have gotten the white one and tell honda Maroone Honda of Hollywood to fire all their car washers cause they are leavong a new car looking used with these f**cking swirls
#20
poor quality paint from factory?
i wash my car every 2 weeks, i do a mix of highway/city driving, but i do drive a lot, i have put on 2300 miles in under a month...
today i was washing the car, and i noticed i had these little black specs on it, so i decided to scrub them a little bit, they didn't go away, so i put my finger up against them...and i noticed they were chips of the paint...i was thinkin, wth, i dont think factory paint is supposed to chip this easily...
i mean, there are a lot of them over my hood, bumper, and fender...i dont have the honda paint protection warrenty thing, i didnt' feel it was necessary..since my last 95 civic had perfect paint up until the day i sold it, and my sister's acura TL has had perfect paint, she doesn't even wash it...and it doesn't have rock chips
i'm probably going to get some taffeta white touch up paint from work and i'll try to cover it up...
today i was washing the car, and i noticed i had these little black specs on it, so i decided to scrub them a little bit, they didn't go away, so i put my finger up against them...and i noticed they were chips of the paint...i was thinkin, wth, i dont think factory paint is supposed to chip this easily...
i mean, there are a lot of them over my hood, bumper, and fender...i dont have the honda paint protection warrenty thing, i didnt' feel it was necessary..since my last 95 civic had perfect paint up until the day i sold it, and my sister's acura TL has had perfect paint, she doesn't even wash it...and it doesn't have rock chips
i'm probably going to get some taffeta white touch up paint from work and i'll try to cover it up...