Re: waxing prophetically, or how to deal with clearcoat

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

My mother's Volvo had fine scratches on the hood(she loves to plop
groceries, including milk bottles, on the hood for a couple minutes, and
it is murder on the paint job.)

I used Mother's and brought the clearcoat back to practically factory
condition.  I did a lot of work with the glaze, in long strokes, working
over the sratched areas with a lot of pressure and several times until the
scratches started to dissapear.

Sean had a, uh, problem with a fundraiser carwash.  Someone basically took
a cross between a broom and a brush to his car, and left the clearcoat
scratched as hell.  He took it to a bodyshop, they knew exactly what to
do.  I saw him at Mt. Washington several months later and the car looked
great, not a single scratch or swirl.

Brett

On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Peter Schulz
wrote:

> 
> Folks:
> 
> I need some advice on how to handle the clearcoat on my CQ.
> Paint is oem clearcoat over silver.
> 
> The clearcoat has fine scratches in some areas, dullness
> in others.  I've had the CQ professionally detailed in the
> past, but the results have never really satisfied me.
> 
> Should I bite the bullet and buy and random orbit polisher
> and try to polish and wax it myself, ala Griot's or Zymol
> or can anyone recommend a good detailer in the northeastern 
> Massachusetts, USA area?
> 
> 
> TIA!
> 
> -Peter Schulz
> 1990 CQ silve/platinum
> 1991 TQW indigo mica/platinum
> 
> Chelmsford Mass, USA
> 
> schulz@res.ray.com
>