From Orange peel to Mirror Finish

Hello friends!

Kavin, my buddy, wanted to have a glimpse of a show-car finish on his modified Toyota EE100. He’s addicted to cars, road trips and started to like detailing too. He wanted to experience the joy of a DIY paint correction. He called us but every time the job got postponed. We finally tackled the bonnet on his very nice ride before school resumption. It was invaded by orange peel and common defects found on daily drivers. We had to restore the same to a slick, deep reflective finish.

Letting the pics speak

Initial state of the paint:



orange peel, uneven surface, hiding so many defects


Close-up



Orange peel, scratches, blurred, lack of depth


Another view




Extreme close-up of defects and orange peel



Orange peel and scratches, not so visible but there are plenty.




RIDS




Extreme close-up to capture orange peel, uneven paint, there's no proper distinction of image




Deep scratch


Prepping the surface after claying

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Nothing as sweet as caring for your own beauty, ask Kavin, he's focussed 210%.




Removing the years of defects, first step in creating in creating a deep shine




Test section completed



will be refined in the later stages


Compounding in progress

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A more or less 50/50

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Putting a little and a lot of passion behind the pads: owner in action

Paint has been burnished to a mirror shine on the driver's side. See the reflection.




Testing with the led lenser.... finding myself




PEEK-A-BOO

we're waiting for the sun but it is hiding behind the clouds




In the wait for the sun, Kavin enjoying the transformation




PEEK-A-BOO episode continues…. Still waiting for the sun




A deep reflective shine




Pictures are worth 1000 words




Bonnet is ready for a show




We are not looking at the sky, but at the bonnet, waiting for the sun




Beading



X-treme close-up




Thanks for reading, your thoughts and comments are most welcome.

Cheers

 

the BeyondShine team

Scratch removal from BMW glass

Hi friends

We are dealing with a case where water spots removal from automotive glass using the wrong products (acid based solution and inappropriate pads) has simply made the glass worse, creating marring from the use of aggressive acidic solution along with loads of scratches.

While there are glass restoration kits available online, in most cases it is not possible to remove a scratch on a DIY basis unless you know what you are doing. Else you will put further micro scratches which will make things even worse. You will also have to cope with the heat generated by the process which can crack the glass as well and the greater the chances of lensing in case of uneven material removal.

Automotive glass needs 100% clarity and vision has to be perfect. Period!


Before

This is not the title pic of a scary movie but a the extent of damage the car window's has undergone

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It ought to be transparent or highly reflective.
look at the extent of the scratches and marring too

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extreme close-up:
OMG. How this has happened?

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Trying to remove water spots or calcium deposits, the use of an acid based degreaser which is itself not good for automotive glass, coupled with wrong techniques and grit-stuck abrasive pads

more or

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Apart from the scratches, what can you see?

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Same glass..... different texture and micro-lensing

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Tools and products used:
- Makita rotary with small festool BP, felt pad
- Cerium oxide powder mixed with water to have a paste



Correction underway

After a few hits, the LED lenser being very useful.

Deeper RIDS can be seen now and need a few more passes

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Improved
Scratches gone apart from the very few, solitary, isolated deeper ones.

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Another window, same story

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OMG!

looking closely you could see the lensing effect. same object appearing at different distance, with different levels of clarity from different spots of the same glass, and this is unacceptable for automotive glass and very very risky for drivers as well as pedestrians

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Mission clarity continues

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fully focussed .... pic sent by owner.... thanks to him

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Remember

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TA DA

A blessing from Almighty has come

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The happy owner

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Thanks for viewing. your thoughts and questions are most welcome