CD melted in a Scion CD player?

This winter, a friend of mine had part of a CD melt in her Scion's
player. It melted in a 1/2" wide circular band about 2.75" across while
it was playing.

Is this something that only happens in Scions, or is it some freak
occurance which is just as likely with any player? I know I've never
seen anything like this before.

<nolabab@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1145744921.244185.213660@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> This winter, a friend of mine had part of a CD melt in her Scion's
> player. It melted in a 1/2" wide circular band about 2.75" across while
> it was playing.
>
> Is this something that only happens in Scions, or is it some freak
> occurance which is just as likely with any player? I know I've never
> seen anything like this before.
>[/color]
My husband leaves CDs in his xA all the time, all year round. No CD has
even been damaged, much less melted.

Natalie

[bineabble]

I think I messed up big time. Here is my story.

I have a 98 white camry, it had alot of scratch marks, dirt that couldn't be removed, and oxidation all over. So I took the 2000 grit sandpaper, and wetsanded the car, all the scratches are now gone, it's perfectly smooth however it is very dull, no shine at all.

so i took it to a local detailer, assuming that a wax shop would bring back the shine. however, he informed me that he can't preform any detailing becuase the clear coat has been stripped off the car.

what should i do now? the paint is in very good condition, it's just missing the clear coat.

should i go to maaco and let them spray clear coat on it?

thanks

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:14:24 -0400, bineabble
<bineabble.26oxqz@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I think I messed up big time. Here is my story.
>
>I have a 98 white camry, it had alot of scratch marks, dirt that
>couldn't be removed, and oxidation all over. So I took the 2000 grit
>sandpaper, and wetsanded the car, all the scratches are now gone, it's
>perfectly smooth however it is very dull, no shine at all.
>
>so i took it to a local detailer, assuming that a wax shop would bring
>back the shine. however, he informed me that he can't preform any
>detailing becuase the clear coat has been stripped off the car.
>
>what should i do now? the paint is in very good condition, it's just
>missing the clear coat.
>
>should i go to maaco and let them spray clear coat on it?[/color]

You could - but I'd go a bit further to make sure you only have to
do it once. When you sanded off the destroyed clear-coat, you may
have taken off enough of the paint layer to make trouble later -
luckily, that's the whole idea of the clear-coat, to protect the paint
underneath. You don't want to pay to have it clear-coated, and then
spot the areas where the grey primer is starting to show through...

I'd have the painters buff out the color coat again to prepare the
surface and get all the oil and wax off, put one healthy new color
coat on (or two thin ones), bake it, then shoot fresh clear coat on
top and bake again.

Shouldn't cost that much more, and you'll be good for another 10
years at least...

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bineabble <bineabble.26oxqz@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> writes:
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> I have a 98 white camry, it had alot of scratch marks, dirt that
> couldn't be removed, and oxidation all over.[/color]

Your car is only a '98, and its paint is already in that sort of
condition? Why do people allow their cars to deteriorate like
that? I've never understood that. The things aren't that dif-
ficult to take care of, cosmetically. I'd never buy such a car,
if I saw one for sale used. If the parts of the car that were
easily visible had been so badly neglected, I'd have to wonder
what had been neglected mechanically.

[color=blue]
> So I took the 2000 grit sandpaper, and wetsanded the car, all
> the scratches are now gone, it's perfectly smooth however it
> is very dull, no shine at all.[/color]

You had the right idea in principle, but you should've used
polishing compound instead of sandpaper.

There are two products that are similar and are often confused:
polishing compound and rubbing compound. Both can be found on
the car-wax shelves at your local auto parts store. They come
in flat, circular plastic containers, just like car wax does.

Both are abrasives suspended in a semisolid base. The difference
between them is that polishing compound has a much finer grit than
rubbing compound does. For that reason it should be used first. If
it doesn't get a scratch or stain out, then go to rubbing compound.
That way you'll know you're removing the least-possible amount of
paint or clear coat in order to get the job done.

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> should i go to maaco and let them spray clear coat on it?[/color]

You could just wax it, preferably with some high-quality wax that
would last for awhile. Having it clear-coated would be a good
long-term approach, though.



Geoff

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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:14:24 -0400, bineabble wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> I think I messed up big time. Here is my story.
>
> I have a 98 white camry, it had alot of scratch marks, dirt that
> couldn't be removed, and oxidation all over. So I took the 2000 grit
> sandpaper, and wetsanded the car, all the scratches are now gone, it's
> perfectly smooth however it is very dull, no shine at all.
>
> so i took it to a local detailer, assuming that a wax shop would bring
> back the shine. however, he informed me that he can't preform any
> detailing becuase the clear coat has been stripped off the car.
>
> what should i do now? the paint is in very good condition, it's just
> missing the clear coat.
>
> should i go to maaco and let them spray clear coat on it?
>
> thanks[/color]

MAACO?!?!?! Find a good local body shop.

But what I can't figure out is, how did a melted CD do that to your paint?

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