First time using a PC: Reflections/ HELP!

mikey36m3 · 03-12-06, 05:51

I will start out with some backround. I had my car fully repainted about a month ago, well they clearly messed up the finish.

To fix this I ordered a PC 7424, Lake Country Orange Cutting, White Polishing, and black finishing pad, ssr 2.5/ssr 1 combo. After one coat of ssr 2.5 on the orange cutting pad at 4.5 working my way up to 6 there was some improvement in some areas, others not really, specifically the driver's side door and driver's side rear quarter panel. After the final coat of ssr 1 on the white pad the paint was fairly acceptable ACCEPT for those afforementioned spots. I don't know what I should try? SSR 3? A friend thinks they hit my car with a rotary.

blkyukon · 03-12-06, 09:38

You should be able to remove those easily with SSR2.5....Looks like a little bit of hazing, how long did you work the SSR2.5 in for & how fast were you moving the PC?

BigAl3 · 03-12-06, 09:55

also... how much pressure are you applying?

mikey36m3 · 03-13-06, 08:56

I was moving the PC at a pretty good rate at various angles. As far as pressure goes Id say 10lbs of pressure max.

blkyukon · 03-13-06, 09:35

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Originally Posted by mikey36m3

I was moving the PC at a pretty good rate at various angles. As far as pressure goes Id say 10lbs of pressure max.

You might need to slow down the passes especially when you need more cutting...here is an example of moving too fast:

http://melncal.com/detailing/hazing.html