Going from Hyper Com to Opt Polish.

bert31 · 12-28-07, 03:17

My car has very hard paint - white paint. Last fall I polished my car with an orange 5 inch CCS pad and Optimum Compound. OC did a pretty decent job on the swirling by using two passes but still some swirling. My paint was so hard, it finished LSP ready. I went ahead and followed it with Poli-Seal but Poli-Seal really did nothing appearance wise to the paint, only put down a base for my sealant.

Next spring I will polish again with Hyper Compound and a yellow 5 inch CCS pad. Will following that combo with Optimum Polish on a white 5 inch CCS pad be too much of a jump? In other words, will the hazing left over from Hyper Compound and and the yellow pad be too much for Optimum Polish on the white pad? Should I take a smaller step down to Optimum Compound on an orange pad THEN go to Optimum Polish on a white pad?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

toyotaguy · 12-28-07, 03:22

hyper on orange pad, then op on white should do the trick...yellow might marr too much

take a small bottle of a mix of hyper and OP and you essentially created the same cut as OC...

bert31 · 12-28-07, 03:26

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Originally Posted by toyotaguy

hyper on orange pad, then op on white should do the trick...yellow might marr too much

take a small bottle of a mix of hyper and OP and you essentially created the same cut as OC...

Yellow might marr too much that Optimum Polish would not be able to clean up after it?

wannafbody · 12-28-07, 03:27

On orange OC might finish fine enough.

toyotaguy · 12-28-07, 04:11

he mentioned that combo wasnt enough for him...

yellow is an aggressive cutting pad that will mar in most cases...only way for me to tell you yes or no is to actually do it...I cant tell you it will or not...try it out....

bert31 · 12-29-07, 08:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by toyotaguy

hyper on orange pad, then op on white should do the trick...yellow might marr too much

take a small bottle of a mix of hyper and OP and you essentially created the same cut as OC...

Is hyper really that much more aggressive than OC? I assumed I would need to go up one in pad aggressiveness also. I will give it a try next spring.

SShine · 12-29-07, 09:57

Ive never had a problem with yellow pads marring regardless of the product used *shrug*