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Old 01-11-07, 11:44   #1 (permalink)
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PC 7424 Newbie. Which Compound For Problem?

Hello all. Been lurking here for awhile and digesting all the incredible info. JUST purchased one of the PC 7424 kits off E-Bay. I am comfortable with the machine and the idea. However, need some suggestions on what material to try for problems I have. Have a white vehicle with what I would say is very good surface and paint condition. It does however have what I would call "spider webbing" over the entire vehicle. It is very light but does show up in sun and halogen spots. Have a few other vehicles with the same troubles that I'll be correcting in the future.

Looking for suggestions on what material to use for light spider webbing. Am familar with Meguiars and have used it for years, just not the high end stuff. Have read a lot of threads where people have used #83 Megs. Best I can fathom, this would be a good place to start with the problem I've got. Just would like some ideas on what material to experiment with and what pads to use. The kit I got has the Lake Country pads, 1 orange cutter, 2 white polishers and 3 gray finishers. Picture below shows finished panel on a 01 Rav4, black. Dunno why I added the photo, just thought it might be interesting to some.



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Old 01-11-07, 01:35   #2 (permalink)
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Re: PC 7424 Newbie. Which Compound For Problem?

RC ALLOYS- Welcome to Autopia! Nice reflection pic you posted.

For PCing with Meguiar's, I'd go with two products, the #83 and also #80. The general idea (at least until you gain familiarity) is to try the #80/polishing pad and see if that does the trick. If not, then try the #83/orange light cutting, which oughta do it even if it takes a few tries. Then, if the #83/orange leaves micromarring (which is likely), follow up with the #80/polishing, which oughta leave a ready-to-wax finish.

If the #83/orange isn't aggressive enough, I'd try 4" pads, which allow the PC to work much more aggressively (so much so that you have to be a little careful).
 
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Old 01-11-07, 01:49   #3 (permalink)
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Re: PC 7424 Newbie. Which Compound For Problem?

Accumulator, thanks for the suggestions with the Meguiars products. Been reading about Pinnacle products lately as well, forgot to mention. They seem to make sense to me with the different material depending on correction needed. Probably will pick up some other pads for my PC that didn't come with it just to have more to learn/experiment with. Figure thei white vehicle I am going to work on is a easy target, color-wise. Appreciate the help thus far, I shall continue my reading.

Thanks for the comment on the pic. That was a fun one. Total, 17 hours for full detail. It was baaaaaaad.
 
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Old 01-11-07, 01:54   #4 (permalink)
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Re: PC 7424 Newbie. Which Compound For Problem?

you should say *product* not *material*.
Like Accumulator said, if you are going to use #83 you should have #80 or #82 to follow it up with.
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