1996 Honda Civic With Horrible Scratches, Swirls, Water Spots Against 3D Products and Wolfgang Füzion

[Jesse@Autopia]

I just got this 1996 Honda Civic around a month ago and the paint was not in the best condition. You could tell that someone tried to keep care of the car with, I`m guessing, a cleaner wax and left residue all over the trim and they may have used a dirty terry cloth towel to apply it. There were deep scratches and swirls everywhere!



Here is a 50/50 shot I took at home after using some 3D HD Adapt. Since I ran out of time at home for a deadline I couldn`t finish the rest of the car, and didn`t get the exact look I was going for, so I had an opportunity to take it into work and make it look nice!



Before roof:



Inside under lights:



Before hood: you can still see some swirls and scratches in the middle of the hood.



50/50:





50/50 Roof:



Using the FLEX 3401 with Lake Country CCS Orange Light Cutting Pad and 3D HD Adapt on hood roof and trunk, I used 3D HD Polish with the FLEX 3401 with Lake Country CCS White Polishing Pad on the side vertical panels since I had very light swirls there.



Both 3D Products spread very easily, no dusting at all, and are very easy to wipe off.



I used Wolfgang Fuzion as my LSP/wax:



It spreads out very thin and was very easy to wipe off, after waiting around 15 minutes for it to haze.



After shots:

















Honda Civic Old School VS New School:








The car turned out great, actually a lot better than I expected. All the products worked great and were very easy to use. Just the other day my friend asked if it was the same car or if I got it repainted, he couldn`t believe how good it looked.

Products used:
3D HD Adapt
3D HD Polish
Flex XC 3401
Lake Country Pads
Gold Plush Microfiber Towels
Wolfgang Füzion

[Smack]

Very nice work Jesse. You really turned that Civic around.

Maybe I didn`t follow along correctly but why not pull out HD Cut for the really bad areas? (Never used 3D)

[Ronkh]

Nice save

Besides swirls/scratches paint looked lifeless too

Really nice work

[tropicsteve]

way to bring that one back jesse.

[The Guz]

Nicely done. Hard to tell it was red. Looked pink.

[65chevy]

nice job jesse

[RaysWay]

Jesse "the jeweler" strikes again Great job!

[Jesse@Autopia]

Thanks everybody!!!

[Old Pirate]

Great turnaround there Jesse, Honda`s are some of the easy ones to correct and now you got a new paint job look everyone wants.

[Jesse@Autopia]

Update! Water beading:

[wendell jarvis]

Great job and big turn around on the paint