I've been using the
G110 a lot lately because most of the details I have been doing are basic 1 or 2 polishing step details because either the paint is in decent shape or the owners simply aren't that concerned about swirls as long as their paint shines. Today, I had an M3 that the owner did want me to spend some time removing swirls and a few light bird bomb etchings.
After an ONR wash and Dupont blue clay, I started off with the
G110,
Meguiars #105 and a yellow
Meguiars polishing pad and I swear I could hear the swirls giggling and taunting me.
Put the pad on my Dewalt rotary, bumped the speed to 1200-1400 and got busy.
Before-swirls were worse than they look in the pictures, hard to pick them up on light colored paint:
After a couple polishing sessions with #105 and yellow
Meguiars pad at 1200-1400, easing up on the pressure the last couple passes-note the almost complete lack of holograms-even letting the paint heat up in the sun (which pops out holograms pretty well with #105), the holograms were minimal.
Here is a half and half shot, should be pretty obvious where the swirls stop:
A couple shots after the whole hood was polished with #105:
The hood and trunk lid took multiple sessions with #105 but the sides cleaned up really quick but also weren't as deeply swirled.
After I finished compounding with #105, I switched to 3M Ultrafina and a white LC polishing pad at 1400 rpm. UF with a polishing pad does a great job on minor holograms, setting the paint up well for the UF/blue UF pad combo, which I did at 1000-1800-1000 rpms.
I finished the car off with Clearkote's Carnauba Moose, Quikshine on the glass and Armor All on the tires and fender wells.
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