freeriders98
Well-known member
I have an 87 Samurai that the hood and roof had oxidation really bad. It looked like someone had sanded them, you know the ugly chalky white look. So I bought some Turtle Rubbing Compound, it said it is for medium to heavy oxidation. There is also a polishing compound for light to medium oxidation.
I started on the hood and did a little 1'x1' square to see how it was going to work. The picture doesn't show it really well. But in the bottom right of the picture (front right of the hood) is my test area.
Turned out pretty good. So I finished the rest of the hood. I did it all by hand, and it wasn't to bad. I went over everything 2 times. Looks near new with exception of some scratches and rock chips. I was very impressed only took me about 30 mins total for the hood. After using the rubbing compound I put on a coat of regular car wax. And this is the result.
Here is the roof, the hood looked just like this.
![IMG_1687.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi208.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb149%2Ffreeriders98%2FIMG_1687.jpg&hash=21445d5a97ec6a5192772b681386b25b)
I started on the hood and did a little 1'x1' square to see how it was going to work. The picture doesn't show it really well. But in the bottom right of the picture (front right of the hood) is my test area.
![IMG_1683.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi208.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb149%2Ffreeriders98%2FIMG_1683.jpg&hash=8b003bdc4ba888a8f07ecc927405492d)
Turned out pretty good. So I finished the rest of the hood. I did it all by hand, and it wasn't to bad. I went over everything 2 times. Looks near new with exception of some scratches and rock chips. I was very impressed only took me about 30 mins total for the hood. After using the rubbing compound I put on a coat of regular car wax. And this is the result.
![IMG_1684.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi208.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb149%2Ffreeriders98%2FIMG_1684.jpg&hash=8cb55c1f9351315f029265b217d201da)
Here is the roof, the hood looked just like this.
![IMG_1685.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi208.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb149%2Ffreeriders98%2FIMG_1685.jpg&hash=c501fcecbcab7fd7af61fa296e0201ce)
![IMG_1686.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi208.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb149%2Ffreeriders98%2FIMG_1686.jpg&hash=58a71756cbbc9ac7cc2f39d04df2d583)