How Do I Know If I am Using Too Much Polish? (pics)

DieselMDX · 03-05-07, 07:26

I have polished about 15-20 cars now with my PC and have had good results, but now I am taking a closer look at my process to see if there is room for improvment. Recently i polished a 2001 Maxima with bad swirls while I was able to remove the swirls from the side panels the hood,roof and trunk OWNED me. I could not get them out with a yellow LC pad and OC. i even tried a 4 inch pad and it would not budge. So after talking to Attic i think i am using too much polish and working too big of area. I usually work from the front fender back I almost always use a orange pad. I usually make a circle of polish on the outside of the pad then a smaller circle right in the middle. I then dab the polish on the panel and spread on speed 3 then turn it up to 6. I work the polish on average 10 minutes till it is clear but to be honest i dont know if I am working enough. I have seen pics but sometimes pics are hard to judge exaclty how the polish should look like.

Also if I am polishing say a whole front fender at one shot with the amount of polish as stated is that too much or not enough? I usually do the whole front fenders then break up the rest of the panels.

I will try and load pics of the car.........

DieselMDX · 03-05-07, 07:50

Ummmm ok I loaded the pics into my gallery. How do I put them in a post?

Eliot Ness · 03-05-07, 07:56

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Originally Posted by DieselMDX

Ummmm ok I loaded the pics into my gallery. How do I put them in a post?

You need to right click on the image to get the URL address, then use the image icon:

and paste in the URL of the selected image.

DieselMDX · 03-05-07, 08:04

you are not going to believe this, i have a mac so i dont have a right click.....lol

Eliot Ness · 03-05-07, 08:20

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Originally Posted by DieselMDX

you are not going to believe this, i have a mac so i dont have a right click.....lol

LOL.... I can't help you out with that then. There must be some way to view the image properties on a MAC to get the URL, and I'm sure it's pretty simple, but I have almost zero MAC experience. It might be holding down the CONTROL key while you click the mouse.

DieselMDX · 03-05-07, 08:32

thanx i will try it

Grimm · 03-05-07, 09:49

sounds to me like you may be right with using too much polish. I only put 5-6 small blobs on the pad, maybe a little bigger than a pea size. I think it caked up too much when I used more when I first started.

TriumphGT6 · 03-05-07, 10:06

On a mac, use control and click wherever a right click is needed. I may be remembering wrong, but where you use Ctrl + V to paste, on a mac it might be apple key + V. Try it if the first doesn't work.

I don't know if I am allowed to link to other forums, but here are 2 guides I wrote on corvetteforum on how to sign up for photobucket(to host photos) and how to use it and post pics on a forum.

Everything should be the same, but replace wherever I refer to corvetteforum to autopia.

Good Luck,
80sRule / TriumphGT6

DieselMDX · 03-05-07, 10:08

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/...z_IMG_0008.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/...z_IMG_0007.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/...z_IMG_0005.jpg

THANK YOU Elliot Ness!!!

Accumulator · 03-05-07, 10:09

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Originally Posted by Grimm

sounds to me like you may be right with using too much polish.

Yeah, that's my guess as well. I haven't used my OCP enough to really get the hang of it (and I've never used O compound) but it seems that these products need to be used more sparingly than what I'm used to. Anthony O. always surprises me with how little Optimum he uses.

DieselMDX · 03-05-07, 10:10

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Originally Posted by TriumphGT6

On a mac, use control and click wherever a right click is needed. I may be remembering wrong, but where you use Ctrl + V to paste, on a mac it might be apple key + V. Try it if the first doesn't work.

I don't know if I am allowed to link to other forums, but here are 2 guides I wrote on corvetteforum on how to sign up for photobucket(to host photos) and how to use it and post pics on a forum.

Everything should be the same, but replace wherever I refer to corvetteforum to autopia.

Good Luck,
80sRule / TriumphGT6

thank you!, i already have a bucket so that would make it much easier

BigAl3 · 03-05-07, 10:28

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Originally Posted by DieselMDX

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/...z_IMG_0008.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/...z_IMG_0007.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/...z_IMG_0005.jpg