Oakes - Detailed: 2003 Mini Cooper S - DD nightmare
Aug 5, 2009 | 01:28 PM
#13
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Great job! I'm glad to see this writeup because I am doing one of these right now as well. Same color, same situation - total neglect for years. I have over 8 hours of just cleaning into the car so far with probably 2 more to go before I can start the correction. 3 hours were spent on the wheels alone - nothing would touch the baked on brake dust but laquer thinner. A few questions:
How hard did you find the paint?
Did you use a guage? Was there plenty of paint?
Which APC cleaner did you use on the wheels? Was the dust cooked on, or was there actual metal from the brakes cooked in? The wheels on mine were the same wheels and the "dust" was like concrete. I had to remove them from the car just to get the leverage to clean them off.
How hard did you find the paint?
Did you use a guage? Was there plenty of paint?
Which APC cleaner did you use on the wheels? Was the dust cooked on, or was there actual metal from the brakes cooked in? The wheels on mine were the same wheels and the "dust" was like concrete. I had to remove them from the car just to get the leverage to clean them off.
Aug 5, 2009 | 01:55 PM
#14
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From: West Chester, PA
Good luck!
The paint, is similar to BMW paint (ironic right?) It's hard but I wouldn't jump to a compound, Menzerna 203 was doing the job for most of the correction, just the deeper imperfections required a compound but at some points wet sanding was more required. I did not use a gauge on this car, I've done it before, and the paint looks healthy on it.
I used Ardex NewWave APC at first, did the job but the rear driver wheel was actually metal from the pads being so worn and baked in! I used Ardex...I forget the name, I have it in a no name bottle, I feel like it has "Blast" in it. POWERFUL stuff - NEED gloves and a mask but gets the work done. I spent an hour on just the face of that wheel.
The paint, is similar to BMW paint (ironic right?) It's hard but I wouldn't jump to a compound, Menzerna 203 was doing the job for most of the correction, just the deeper imperfections required a compound but at some points wet sanding was more required. I did not use a gauge on this car, I've done it before, and the paint looks healthy on it.
I used Ardex NewWave APC at first, did the job but the rear driver wheel was actually metal from the pads being so worn and baked in! I used Ardex...I forget the name, I have it in a no name bottle, I feel like it has "Blast" in it. POWERFUL stuff - NEED gloves and a mask but gets the work done. I spent an hour on just the face of that wheel.
Aug 5, 2009 | 05:06 PM
#15
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From: Omaha, NE
Whatever they paid - it was worth it. A car that looks like that for sale... people will pay top dollar and discount the mileage a lot more than 95% of the other cars for sale at the same price point.
Great work!
Great work!
Aug 5, 2009 | 05:19 PM
#16
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From: DC
Good luck!
The paint, is similar to BMW paint (ironic right?) It's hard but I wouldn't jump to a compound, Menzerna 203 was doing the job for most of the correction, just the deeper imperfections required a compound but at some points wet sanding was more required. I did not use a gauge on this car, I've done it before, and the paint looks healthy on it.
I used Ardex NewWave APC at first, did the job but the rear driver wheel was actually metal from the pads being so worn and baked in! I used Ardex...I forget the name, I have it in a no name bottle, I feel like it has "Blast" in it. POWERFUL stuff - NEED gloves and a mask but gets the work done. I spent an hour on just the face of that wheel.
The paint, is similar to BMW paint (ironic right?) It's hard but I wouldn't jump to a compound, Menzerna 203 was doing the job for most of the correction, just the deeper imperfections required a compound but at some points wet sanding was more required. I did not use a gauge on this car, I've done it before, and the paint looks healthy on it.
I used Ardex NewWave APC at first, did the job but the rear driver wheel was actually metal from the pads being so worn and baked in! I used Ardex...I forget the name, I have it in a no name bottle, I feel like it has "Blast" in it. POWERFUL stuff - NEED gloves and a mask but gets the work done. I spent an hour on just the face of that wheel.
Aug 5, 2009 | 06:04 PM
#19
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From: West Chester, PA
haha, as Tsar pointed out, I am in West Chester, PA, just north of the DE/PA border by 15 mins.
