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Originally Posted by a.k.a. Patrick Thomas, same happened to me on Friday with a Mica Blue Bimmer X3. I went with Orange/OC, then Orange/OP. Of course I was in direct sun which may have contributed to my issues. And I should have left well enough alone with the Orange/OP. But I persisted on obtaining the perfect finish. I mean the Op was good enough, met finishing standards, but I wanted to take it just a 1/2 step further. I tried OP and a white pad, that was worse. OP and a grey pad, much worse, Surf City Finishing Polish/White pad, even worse. It just appeared that the polishes werent finishing out, but I couldnt figure out why! So I called up Spoiledman who lives maybe an hr or so away from me. We talked and he confirmed that the Bimmer paint was obviously soft, and the polishes werent abrading themselves out with the soft pad. He suggested I go back up to the Orange pads (which I originally started with). The firmer pads would give more resistance against the abrasives thus helping them abrade completely. And thats where I should have left it alone was with finishing with the Orange/OP stage.
So, being in the sun, I slowed everything down a little bit (UDM and arm movement) and all came out well. Hit it with some OptiSeal and called it a day.... |
if the paint was that soft, i wonder how Poli-Seal would have worked. I did a repaint 745li and the paint was so soft that poli-seal + white pad was taking out about 70% of the defects.
Great job on the BMW btw!