Detailien Hives challenge to restores a severely damaged paint on new Mercedes E class

[kc's]

How can one man good friend became enemy

100 ways to loose a frienship.......... ranking #1

scratch his car

I got a very distress call



so distress that, almost requires an ambulance or a paramedic to the crime scene



how on earth one would have done this?????




closer inspection



scuffed and damaged paint work on the new Mercedez E class.....the owner want to send it to Mercedes to get it repaint immediately

I sigh....please slow down......take a deep breath and come.....90% of survivor chance is always the head matter and 10% the circustances & opportunity


over all pic

this car was opticoated couple months ago, the owner has been very careful not to send it any where or any how to be wash or polish



Action

a quick swift of cooling down the ride before washing is always good habit to prevent premature Clear coat failure.....just as mum always says cool down, wipe off your sweat before bath

a quick ANRW wash with 6 MF

POPPING up the hood to let it cool off further before surgery

upon opening the hood , we saw some issue need to be rectify




cleaning the patience before the surgery begans



firstly i need to let the hood to really cool down before working on the paint surgery, least you do not removed accesive other than what is required

2ndly good to buy some time and how can one stand this!!!!!!

more contamination



just a swipe with Alien OPTI CLean

Ta da



ta da




ta da




SURGERY BEGAN

other unaffected affected area

far left hood area near the head lamp scuffed by FINGER nails damaged (bugs & insect saps are acidic & will get stick/baked upon a hot hood if not remove immediately) later upon washing finger nails is the most convenience tools, commonly used to cleaning it

ta da damages more



after paint correction and restored


before......and please remember anything that you use on the body will create a friction




more issue



lighthen up


tada



NOW the issue






a 50%/50%



please observed the right side....before and left removed





during paint restoration very tideously


before


during


before


during paint restoration


damages before



during paint restoration


more deeper scrathed

[kc's]

more deeper scrathed


after paint restorations


far away





now


before





after


Good thing that this was ALIEN COATED and once again it stand as a testament in resisting such an abused

process - took us 4 hours, paint was gauge prior correctional work began, upon paint work restored....ALien coated re-applied once again for protection

now



WIND BACK................4 months ago

when the car first came

[mjlinane]

Awesome work, kc!!

[tropicsteve]

excellent save kc !

[screamng]

wow

[kc's]

wow

Mjlinane & tropic Steve

Thanks for your kind words gentleman

Never thought I could save it
Never thought optimum coating able to with stand such test
Worth putting on your investment

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Holy cow! So it didn`t go all the way through the clear? The 2microns of OC were enough to keep it from striking all the way through the clear? Great Job!!!

[XxBoostinxX]

Wow.... Just wow! Going to get opti-coat for sure on my next order.


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[Mavin]

Products used? Looks great

[ec90]

So what did his friend do?!

Awesome job.

[XSSIVE]

Wow, that was an amazing save.

[Jaddie]

Dear kc`s

Fingernails caused those scratches? Looks like a horrendous hissy fit.

You were a paint superhero on this car.

[kc's]

Thanks gentleman for all yr kind words and cheers along the way


The process was long for such a small area

We did a cc gauge as mentioned to determine to deep and far we can go
Start with
Flex polish ohp - nay

Stepping up to
Rotary on optimum Mf cutting pad ohc

Another stepping up
Rotary on cutting foam on 101

Cool down on each done section as preventing overheat that cos cc prematurely fail

Used lots of qd with onr ti cool down
In our tropics weather

After quite a few passes and and back down with flex optimum Mf
With ohc

Finish with ohp optimum foam

Onr wash

Ipa

Opti coat


Sorry to kept all of you guessing!!! What happen ?? Any guess

[Todd@RUPES]

Mamma mia!!! Ta Da!!! Great job KC!

[kc's]

Mamma mia!!! Ta Da!!! Great job KC!

Thank you sir
For all your cheers and inspiration ...... Always looking to you
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