Progress on the SB Honda

**ZRX61** · 10-01-2021, 02:12 PM

Gave the roof some attention this morning...It still has *clouds*

I'd already done the other side before I thought to take a *before* pic...

Somewhat later:

By way of contrast, under the hood looks like this (almost 200k miles):

**Rsurfer** · 10-01-2021, 04:05 PM

You crack me up, just like your paint.

**ZRX61** · 10-01-2021, 09:04 PM

I've got some Diamond Cut in the garage, you could buff a sidewalk with that stuff. I'm not sure it's worth the effort on the SB Honda though. Pretty sure that damage goes all the way to the primer.

**ZRX61** · 10-05-2021, 06:45 PM

Decided to give the Diamond Cut/wool pad/rotary a go.. (practiced by polishing the stucco on the garage wall first) Removed some of the clouds on the deck lid.

& this wasn't my spiffy DW849 variable speed rotary... this was my El Cheapo variable speed rotary I got from Horrible Fright about 15 years ago that up until now has only been used with 9in #80 grit Norton sanding discs to strip the paint down to bare metal on resto projects. Stripping an entire car in a morning is the equivalent of spending 25 hours at the gym, it's a work out. Don't want to fill the 849 with paint dust.
It's also an excellent tool to teach autobody newbs just how far you can throw a fender or deck lid across the shop. Most only do it once, if they do it twice they get to find a new line of work.

There's still some clouds on the right side of the deck lid..

Noticed that one of the clouds on the roof has reappeared... How do I prevent that? It's the right/rear of the roof, which is the left side of the 2nd pic. Or is just a case of "That's Honda paint"

Today:

Last week:

**Sizzle Chest** · 10-05-2021, 06:58 PM

Engine bay is fantastic for that mileage! Yeah, your paint is done, and I am enjoying this thread!

**ZRX61** · 10-09-2021, 07:54 PM

Car is in the garage until Monday, got ambitious.

Did some clay work to get the yellow paint off the left quarter panel & rear bumper (aerosol can was rolling across the road, nailed it with the left rear wheel about three months ago). Bit more compound & polish work (on the left side). Then gave the entire car a coat of the Ice polish from the Turtle & after I buffed that I gave it a coat of Meg's Hybrid Ceramic Wax too.
Garage now smells like a cheap bordello... (the best kind)

**ZRX61** · 10-09-2021, 09:40 PM

So I see the post about the Megs HPC so I decided to get some for the bike & the Camaro. Went to AZ & paid $28.65 for a kit.

That was the good part...

The bad part
I backed the SB Honda out of the garage, paused while the door closed & the lawn sprinklers went off on the right side of the car. FFS...

The bizarre part:
Get back from AZ, park in the garage, walk around to the other side of the car & there's not so much as one water spot on the side of the car.

**ZRX61** · 10-10-2021, 01:19 PM

Just realized there's no pics of the sides of the car...So here ya go, all sorts of scratches, dings, dents & chips.... plus the PAX side door got keyed before I owned it. Actually pretty shiny.
That small piece of wood next to the C25 gas bottle is Teak. About 25 years ago a guy I knew imported a bunch of aircraft engines & other parts from SE Asia. It all arrived in teak crates & on teak pallets. There was a LOT of stuff, truck loads. He piled all the wood outside his hangar & I asked if I could have some of it before it went in the trash. He said I could take all of it for all he cared. I bought piles of it home in my CC LB F350 Dually every day for a week. I turned some it into a bunch of slappers & mallets etc for sheet metal work, some I gave away (B-i-L made himself a teak baseball bat) & the rest was sold.... for $5k. The small piece is all that's left unused.

& yes, the garage is carpeted. This house was one of the tract models & the garage was their office. They left the carpet.

**ZRX61** · 10-11-2021, 11:42 AM

Bit blowy here today, CHP just closed 8 miles of freeway owing to multiple wrecks from the dust storm. I guess I'll be getting all my work sand blasted when I have to go out in about an hour.

**ZRX61** · 10-11-2021, 10:41 PM

Car survived running around town during the dust storm, but now it's parked outside again. Just put the trash out & the car looks like I could grow a crop of taters on it...

Update....
Yesterday:

Today:

Grabbed the California Car Scratcher... I think it's as dead as the paint, all it did was move the dust around.