Look into the Griots stuff. HF has a workable 6" RA sander/buffer that I just picked up. I used the 25% off coupon. Original price was $60. Pick up the velcro pads at HF too. A little less expensive than Griot, but probably the same things.
The SE had a kacked up hood. Pine sap had eaten the clear away and into the color. The hood looked like a giant had sneezed on it and the boogers cooked on. Felt like it too. I used a razor to shave the crap off, just to be able to get a sort of smooth surface to start with. That was not good enough. Chemicals like isopropyl or other mild solvents did not reduce the cratering either. Then I used the targeted nuclear option. I got wet/dry sandpaper. I worked up from 1500 to 5000 grit and turned the hood into an opaque disaster. That done, I washed it up and the wet made it look pretty good. So, I got out the Griot #1 polish and put that on it with the RA. Then worked up to #3 polish, followed by the sealant. It went from heavy damage to very shiny black paint. The pitting is still noticeable, but that is just white spots from paint damage. The surface is smooth as an infants posterior. The owner will eventually have to do a repaint, but for now, the car looks good enough. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Sep 15, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > The hood on my 92 300SD is oxidized bad, it has been repainted at some point > and oxidized when the rest of the car has not. I have been meaning to buff it > out for a long time but have never got around to it. Today I washed the car > and messed with buffing it. I just used what I had on hand and it did not > work all that well. I had some turtle wax polishing compound in a quirt > bottle and my 9" random orbital buffer. I buffed on it quite a while and > ended up really scrubbing on it by hand in one corner and could tell it was > starting to shine up but was going to take many hours and lots of manual > scrubbing to get it off. So I gave up till I could get some proper equipment, > probably a Harbor Freight regular buffer and something other that Turtle wax. > Poos you use a buffer? I do NOT want to do it by hand, I am way too lazy > and hate detailing cars. You use 3m products, right? What do you recommend > to cut down really bad oxidation, followed with a nice wax that will last a > long time. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
