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Old 06-18-06, 03:54   #13 (permalink)
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the benefits of living close, so close we can cross the street to pick it up ...ok just kidding...but he in socal thats why....
Ya but I'm on the East Coast...Coast to Coast 4 days from the day of placing my order is pretty good in my book.
 
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Old 06-18-06, 03:55   #14 (permalink)
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So I just confirmed that it really does improve the swirls on the car....

Parked in my garage, under fluro lights.

Now before, even when the car looked glossy outside, under fluro lights you could always see the micro scratches

Looking at it now - it looks smooth and glossy under trhe fluros

I can see a couple of minor scratches that I need to work on, but that's one or two vs the hundreds from before.

I did a single application of the polish, using the same SwirlBuster pad that I'd used with the Sonus SFX2 polish. So it's definitely the polish + pad that gets the really good results.

No doubt a second application will only improve things.

It's provided a better visual result that SXF2 - and I thought that was good.

I have pictures of the roof of the car, which has been polished with SFX2 but not Swirlbuster polish - I'll post shortly.

As to how I got mine so fast - I live near San Diego, home of Autopia, so I usually get my delivery next day

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So for comparison, here's a shot of the roof - it had been polished with SFX2 two weeks ago, but not yet with SwirlBuster polish.



You can clearly see remaining swirls and micro scratches - much better than before the SXF2, but some still visible never the less.

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I got great results with the Swirlbuster polish and pad on my F150 this weekend. I will be posting pics and a full write up soon. I did also experience some mild dusting. Its possible I was using too much product.
I found a great solution for the white dust!

Putting the pedal to the metal for a few miles

Came back from a suitably fast lap, and the dust is history - gotta love it!

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Looks like a very impressive product from the Sonus line. BTW, I don't care what other people do, I always wash after compounding unless it is a paint cleaner. Swirl buster dusted more than the sxf2?
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No more dusting than SFX2 I think

Washing would clear it for sure - just not sure I'd want to go through the whole wash/dry cycle again!

I find a tack cloth made with MF dampened with speed detailer picks up the dust nicely - without it being a pain to clean-up.

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Nice job!!!! Looks like SBP is a winner!
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Thanks for the great feedback, Chris!


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David, you da man!

2 weeks ago I used the new Swirlbuster pad with SFX2 on my black 996 - I was impressed.

It took out about 80% of the swirls - left a nice smooth base for my NXT wax.

Today I took the new SwirlBuster polish with the pad, and tackled the hood again, before the sun broke through the June gloom.

This stuff works for ages before buffing out!

Maybe twice as long as the SFX2? A long time anyway!

Worked it nice and slowly into the hood, in sections - used too much to start with, learned that lesson quickly, you don't need much in the grooves on the pad.

Using 5.5. on the PC is hard on your hands and wrists, lot's of vibration, especially as you apply some pressure to work the polish - and this polish takes it's time (Did I mention that already! )

More than SFX2, the new polish leaves a slight residue which needs removing with a MF cloth - easy enough.

Also some slight white dusting, which I mopped up with a MF tack cloth (using Speed Detailer)

Then on with the NXT wax - used the Sonus blue pad to apply a thing layer - again, you don't need much.

Let it sheen, then buffed off using the MF bonnet over an orange pad.

MF bonnet never reallly took the final sheen off, so I finished by hand with a new MF cloth - some wax spotting that required more elbow grease on the cloth!

Not sure why that would be??

Result - FANTASTIC!

Nice deep black as before, but when the sun broke through late morning, I did a quick visual check.

Roof of car, yet to be SwirlBusted - some swirls

Hood, newly SwirlBusted - almost flawless!

I really had to look hard to see any marks - it the best this paint has looked since I bought the car.

We'll see how the finish lasts through washes - but so far it delivers.

Now I have to wait for the sun to dissapear so I can do the rest of the car!!!!!

Great job David - looks like a winning product.

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You're welcome!

Any idea on the 'spotting' when removing the NXT?

Almost looked like little rain drop sized spots of wax that 'appeared' during buffing.

Buffed out in the end - but I've not seen that before......
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You're welcome!

Any idea on the 'spotting' when removing the NXT?

Almost looked like little rain drop sized spots of wax that 'appeared' during buffing.

Buffed out in the end - but I've not seen that before......
Sounds odd. They apeared where? On the paint? As flakes of something?

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Not as flakes.

I'm busy buffing off the NXT - and it all comes off apart from tiny little spots of wax, almost like a pattern of water drops on the hood.... Wish I'd taken a picture!

I had to pay special attention to these, buffing hard with a MF cloth - and they eventually shifted.

Car was cool - no sun.

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I used to get alot of spotting and streaking with NXT. I started leaving it on while I cleaned the interior...about an hour. Came off soooo easy and clean....even on dark colors. Also.....you can put it on so thin...almost clear.

Here's a pic of how I apply it.

It's all over it...believe me.



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