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Accumulator · 04-11-07, 10:32

If rotary holograms are especially severe, they might be more than the PC can handle..at least with ~6" pads in a reasonable amount of time. Old-time member NeoPrufrok had some on his black Audi that he simply couldn't get out by PC, the hard paint and the nasty holograms woudn't cooperate.

I'd expect a 4" pad on the PC, with an aggressive product, to be able to remove most anything, but I guess you never know.

IMO it's all just mechanical abrasion...ScottWax used to remove all sorts of horrible problems, including some really bad holograms, by *hand*. You "sand down" the paint with a product (by machine, by hand...by *rubbing it against the paint however you do it*) and eventually the paint gets "smooth" and there aren't any more flaws.

FWIW I've always been able to remove holograms with the PC/Cyclo, but I've never tackled any really awful ones; if I had any, I'd use the rotary to make them better first and then use the PC/Cylo...I'd admit I can't finish out 100% with just the rotary.

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Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is online now Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 20,808	Re: PC after rotary If rotary holograms are especially severe, they might be more than the PC can handle..at least with ~6" pads in a reasonable amount of time. Old-time member NeoPrufrok had some on his black Audi that he simply couldn't get out by PC, the hard paint and the nasty holograms woudn't cooperate. I'd expect a 4" pad on the PC, with an aggressive product, to be able to remove most anything, but I guess you never know. IMO it's all just mechanical abrasion...ScottWax used to remove all sorts of horrible problems, including some really bad holograms, by hand. You "sand down" the paint with a product (by machine, by hand...by rubbing it against the paint however you do it) and eventually the paint gets "smooth" and there aren't any more flaws. FWIW I've always been able to remove holograms with the PC/Cyclo, but I've never tackled any really awful ones; if I had any, I'd use the rotary to make them better first and then use the PC/Cylo...I'd admit I can't finish out 100% with just the rotary.