Cat Scratch Fever

I've spent the past few days getting my Fiero ready for
the All Pontiac Show. I spent a lot of time getting the
finish (original paint!) buffed to a high gloss shine.
First I stripped off all of the old wax and stuff. Then I
used a cleaning bar to get every speck of dirt off of the
car. Next I applied a brand new type of polymer wax and
buffed and buffed and buffed some more. The result was
outstanding with a shine so deep that I could see my face
in it.

That's when the cats next door decided to pay me a visit.
They bounded across their yard and took a flying leap
onto the roof of my car, which usually is protected by my
car cover. Of course, they had no grip on the freshly
waxed surface so they both zoomed across the roof, down
the back window, across the trunk and over the wing.
Unfortunately they panicked when they hit the roof and
put out their claws to stop themselves from sliding.

The end result is a shiny Fiero with eight sets of claw
marks, right through the the paint and running across the
roof, the trunk and the wing. They didn't even stop to
say they were sorry, just kept running and I haven't seem
them since!

Oh well,I guess there's another few days of work ahead of
me, or should I just let the cats loose on the hood for a
matching look all over the whole car???

PS: Does everyone know that the All Pontiac Show has been
moved back to the Softball City site.    

Man that sucks. However such is life, assuming its just
the wax that got scratched, I would just try buffing the
area with more wax and see if it clears up.


Yep I posted about the move to the softball city.
However I plan to push all the details at the Jun 12th
club meeting.

http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?
TID=1889

David

Romeo wrote: What's new pussycat? Sorry, seemed a propos. Yes, as Patty asked, did it penetrate the actual paint down to the material? If not, a wet sand might just save it.

don't you mean the good doctor not patty????

Capt Fiero wrote: Man that sucks. However such is life, assuming its just the wax that got scratched...

Fire451 wrote: Romeo wrote: Yes, as Patty asked, did it penetrate the actual paint down to the material? don't you mean the good doctor not patty????

And don't you mean Dave, and not the good doctor?  

I think we need a special spreadsheet of who's in the club and what they've ever stated.

 

Dr.Fiero wrote: If we're keeping track - it was me.  Again.  Sigh....

Okay, that does it. We need a "Director's comments" version of the forum to follow what the hell is being discussed here and by who.

Fire451 wrote: Romeo wrote: Yes, as Patty asked, did it penetrate the actual paint down to the material? If not, a wet sand might just save it. don't you mean the good doctor not patty????

Sorry Chris, you were correct!

This is all Tristan's fault (as usual).

 

Shakey Dave wrote: So all is well once again.

Oh, I wouldn't be too sure...