Must be winter, quiet here
#304
mmm. sounds good.
for me, it looks like tues/wed of next week is going to be my window to
pull-out my G and MCS. i am keeping my fingers crossed. by
that time the road salt should be washed off and dry roads.
tomorrow it's going to be 50F and rain/wind, and t-storms on monday with
about 50F. rain sounds good to me.
for me, it looks like tues/wed of next week is going to be my window to
pull-out my G and MCS. i am keeping my fingers crossed. by
that time the road salt should be washed off and dry roads.
tomorrow it's going to be 50F and rain/wind, and t-storms on monday with
about 50F. rain sounds good to me.
#305
Low 70s here, slight overcast. So I'm going to clean and wax my wheels. I had the brakes done a couple of months ago, and I think the worst of the dust is over with.
Then my BIL is coming over with his new 07 PW. We're going wash, clay, then put some Zaino AIO on with the RO, then some Clear Seal. I'll get him to do most of it, I hurt my wrist yesterday, not sure how, but it aches and I can't put pressure on it.
Have to get the towels out of the laundry now
Mark
Then my BIL is coming over with his new 07 PW. We're going wash, clay, then put some Zaino AIO on with the RO, then some Clear Seal. I'll get him to do most of it, I hurt my wrist yesterday, not sure how, but it aches and I can't put pressure on it.
Have to get the towels out of the laundry now
Mark
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#308
Well the BIL toilet crapped out, so I went over to help him deal with that. So by the time we got back here there was no time to clay, but we got the AIO, and the Clear Seal on.
Problem was on his drivers door there where some stains I could not get off I used clay, cleaner wax/polish, SwirlX, alcohol, WD40, nothing touched them:impatient
Not the best pics, sorry.
I used my RO with the polish, and like everything else I tried, nothing was touching these stains. The are kind of dark brown, black. Looks like something splashed on the door, and ran a bit. Some are solid, others are rings, clean in the middle, kind of like a water spot.
The rest of the car turned out great though.
Because of the plumbing, my wheels are still dirty, but temps will be in the low 70s again tomorrow, so I'll do them then.
Mark
Problem was on his drivers door there where some stains I could not get off I used clay, cleaner wax/polish, SwirlX, alcohol, WD40, nothing touched them:impatient
Not the best pics, sorry.
I used my RO with the polish, and like everything else I tried, nothing was touching these stains. The are kind of dark brown, black. Looks like something splashed on the door, and ran a bit. Some are solid, others are rings, clean in the middle, kind of like a water spot.
The rest of the car turned out great though.
Because of the plumbing, my wheels are still dirty, but temps will be in the low 70s again tomorrow, so I'll do them then.
Mark
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Pepperwhite Stains
I've discussed this many times before on NAM and I don't understand why it's so but Pepperwhite is the only color I've seen on a MINI that stains so easily. The only way to remove those stains is by extensive paint removal with a rotary buffer or wetsanding and a lot of time.
At AMVIV I tried to polish out a PW MCS that had driven through something that splashed on the paint and left a huge brown stain as if it were brown water over the entire side of the car.
At a track event I attached one of my VacuCams to Bar10Girl's PW MCS--used Meguiars QD to help improve the adhesion instead of spit, lol, and at the end of the day when the mount was removed, a perfect brown circle the size the of mount was there. It's not clear what causes this staining, but it seeps deep into clearcoat and it's not fun to repair.
Richard
At AMVIV I tried to polish out a PW MCS that had driven through something that splashed on the paint and left a huge brown stain as if it were brown water over the entire side of the car.
At a track event I attached one of my VacuCams to Bar10Girl's PW MCS--used Meguiars QD to help improve the adhesion instead of spit, lol, and at the end of the day when the mount was removed, a perfect brown circle the size the of mount was there. It's not clear what causes this staining, but it seeps deep into clearcoat and it's not fun to repair.
Richard
#314
I've discussed this many times before on NAM and I don't understand why it's so but Pepperwhite is the only color I've seen on a MINI that stains so easily. The only way to remove those stains is by extensive paint removal with a rotary buffer or wetsanding and a lot of time.
At AMVIV I tried to polish out a PW MCS that had driven through something that splashed on the paint and left a huge brown stain as if it were brown water over the entire side of the car.
At a track event I attached one of my VacuCams to Bar10Girl's PW MCS--used Meguiars QD to help improve the adhesion instead of spit, lol, and at the end of the day when the mount was removed, a perfect brown circle the size the of mount was there. It's not clear what causes this staining, but it seeps deep into clearcoat and it's not fun to repair.
Richard
At AMVIV I tried to polish out a PW MCS that had driven through something that splashed on the paint and left a huge brown stain as if it were brown water over the entire side of the car.
At a track event I attached one of my VacuCams to Bar10Girl's PW MCS--used Meguiars QD to help improve the adhesion instead of spit, lol, and at the end of the day when the mount was removed, a perfect brown circle the size the of mount was there. It's not clear what causes this staining, but it seeps deep into clearcoat and it's not fun to repair.
Richard
#315
Potentially yes, however in all the hundreds of MINIs I've worked on, and the ones I applied my VacuCams to--every MINI color available, this was never an issue until I encountered Pepperwhite.
One of the obvious complaints in the first gen PW MINIs was the "rust" stains from the MINI wings emblem and rear windshield wiper. Do a search on NAM and you will find lots of threads and discussion of this--affecting only PW.
Unfortunately it's not something I can explain why.
Richard
One of the obvious complaints in the first gen PW MINIs was the "rust" stains from the MINI wings emblem and rear windshield wiper. Do a search on NAM and you will find lots of threads and discussion of this--affecting only PW.
Unfortunately it's not something I can explain why.
Richard
#317
Potentially yes, however in all the hundreds of MINIs I've worked on, and the ones I applied my VacuCams to--every MINI color available, this was never an issue until I encountered Pepperwhite.
One of the obvious complaints in the first gen PW MINIs was the "rust" stains from the MINI wings emblem and rear windshield wiper. Do a search on NAM and you will find lots of threads and discussion of this--affecting only PW.
Unfortunately it's not something I can explain why.
Richard
One of the obvious complaints in the first gen PW MINIs was the "rust" stains from the MINI wings emblem and rear windshield wiper. Do a search on NAM and you will find lots of threads and discussion of this--affecting only PW.
Unfortunately it's not something I can explain why.
Richard
Gotta check up on my sister's MINI---she's got a PW!
#320
Well the BIL toilet crapped out, so I went over to help him deal with that. So by the time we got back here there was no time to clay, but we got the AIO, and the Clear Seal on.
Problem was on his drivers door there where some stains I could not get off I used clay, cleaner wax/polish, SwirlX, alcohol, WD40, nothing touched them:impatient
Not the best pics, sorry.
I used my RO with the polish, and like everything else I tried, nothing was touching these stains. The are kind of dark brown, black. Looks like something splashed on the door, and ran a bit. Some are solid, others are rings, clean in the middle, kind of like a water spot.
The rest of the car turned out great though.
Because of the plumbing, my wheels are still dirty, but temps will be in the low 70s again tomorrow, so I'll do them then.
Mark
Problem was on his drivers door there where some stains I could not get off I used clay, cleaner wax/polish, SwirlX, alcohol, WD40, nothing touched them:impatient
Not the best pics, sorry.
I used my RO with the polish, and like everything else I tried, nothing was touching these stains. The are kind of dark brown, black. Looks like something splashed on the door, and ran a bit. Some are solid, others are rings, clean in the middle, kind of like a water spot.
The rest of the car turned out great though.
Because of the plumbing, my wheels are still dirty, but temps will be in the low 70s again tomorrow, so I'll do them then.
Mark
Poyzin (Lotsie's BIL)
Last edited by poyzin; 01-07-2008 at 03:06 PM.
#322
they use... holly crap, wat, they use that??!
put your guesses here: _____________
#323
pUnctuAtioN IS oVerateD. Besides, in the states we capitalize proper nouns you Crazy Canuck.
mike
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