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Originally Posted by simplybao

By the way, how long do I work the polish? Until it's dry or until it hazes?

Until it's almost dry, which is a little longer than the "hazing" point. I think you'll quickly get a feel for this. With the Pasta Intensiv, try *not* to let it dry completely. With the Paint Polish it doesn't really matter as that product basically breaks down into cleaner wax.

So this is what I was planning:

I'll have a water bottle that I'll spritz the pads with. I'll do this first to get the pads a little moist.

I don't do that. I use the pads dry and merely prime them with the polish. It's not that hard to distribute a little polish pretty evenly on the pads. I'd worry that the water might a) render the Pasta Intensiv more aggressive and hinder breakdown and/or b) generally mess with the Paint Polish, perhaps creating a tenacious residue.

If you really want to prime the pads, I'd use a *little* spritz of a "clean" QD like Meg's #34.

I'll apply the polish to the pads (just a little bit, I've watched a bunch of videos on this) and then work it around in a 2' x 2' area, then turn the cyclo on.

I don't really spread the product around much before turning it on. Be careful doing that with the Pasta Intensiv. I wouldn't spread it over that large an area either, but that's just me. I will often expand the area I'm working out until it's that large, but I usually start with a smaller area and see if I have the right amount of product for that size.

I'll work it around in an up and down and around motion until I see hazing and then turn off the cyclo, then remove polish. That's it right? Am I right in assuming that I don't go until it's dry?

Yeah, that's basically it. But again, I wouldn't worry about buffing dry with the Paint Polish, only with the Pasta Intensiv. Be sure you work the Pasta Intensiv enough to break it down though, and I do think that'll be a little longer than you're expecting. There's a fair bit of wiggle room between the point of seeing a polish haze and the point where the polish actually starts to dry.

I'm used to using very little product. I have KAIO and I've used it and I know that very very very little goes a long long way. I gather 1Z is the same way?

You'll use a bit more with these polishes as you need enough to abrade the surface down. You'll see what I mean...if you work an area and it dries/flashes sorta fast, and you wipe it off and find the marring is still there, then that means that: a) you need more product so you can work the area longer and/or b) you need to go over it more times.

But if you work the area for a long time and still have wet polish, that means you used too much. If the pads get loaded with product to where you have to clean them after just a panel or two, that means you used too much too.

But you will have to stop now and then and wash out the pads. Blot them dry as best you can and then spin them with the Cyclo (the won't fly off like they often do with the PC, at least mine don't). Be careful where you do this so you don't spray a water/polish mix all over everything