After the vehicle was clayed and prepped for polishing, I tried a variety of products and pads and decided to use
Meguiars M105 Ultra Cut Compound for the defect removal.
The picture below shows just how much cut
M105 has. These are the results with just 2 passes using a yellow Edge wool pad at 1500rpm. By a pass, I mean two full passes across the paint, not a polishing set (which is a set of passes consisting of overlapping left/right or up/down movements required to cover the whole area). Most people get confused about what a “pass” consists of.
As you can see, there were still some defects present after just 2 passes, so each panel was compounded a total of three to four times (sets) and I was able to remove 99% of the defects.
^Above is me compounding with
M105 using a yellow Edge wool pad.
After the compounding was complete I polished the complete exterior with
Menzerna Intensive Polish mixed with a bit of Red Moose Glaze using a yellow foam polishing pad at 1400rpm.
^Above is me polishing the bottom areas with 3M Ultrafina using a black 5 inch polishing pad at 1400rpm
^Me polishing with 3M Ultrafina using an 8 inch UF pad at 1500rpm to the rest of the vehicle.
^This was the weather outside while I was working...
Here are some pictures after all of the polishing was complete. The gloss achieved was incredible and I was disappointed that I was not able to get any full sun pictures, but these pictures under the halogens give you a pretty good idea how well it came out.
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