Mazda Paint (how hard) ?

[Kwan]

Been lurking here awhile and have a PC.

Going to do some minor swirl removal soon and wanted to know if

anyone could recommend the best polish for this particular paint.



2006 Mazda 3 ........ copper red Mica



http://mywebpages.comcast.net/namaste1/Rings2.jpg





Thanks .........

[InfamousDX]

My gf actually has a winning blue Mazda 3 and I can`t comment on paint hardness, but I had GREAT results this weekend from my PC with Klasse Twins and P21S... very simple. I`ve also used SFX-1, SFX-2, SFX-3, and then P21S and it removed the minor and few swirls that were there.



http://infamousdx.com/wrx/IMG_6044.jpg



http://infamousdx.com/wrx/IMG_6045.jpg

[JMV]

i dunno if this is an indicator of overall hardness or not, but the paint on my 03 mazdaspeed protege (and all the other msp people i`ve talked to have agreed) that the paint chips very very easily.... does that help at all??

[imported_becks]

Mazda paint isn`t hard at all and is very easy to work with.



For polish recommendations, do you need to do any paint correction or are you just polishing?

[Accumulator]

Yeah, Mazda clear isn`t very hard to correct. I do like to use 4" pads for any significant marring though. Note that the paint on my MPV is very thin, I`d think twice about how seriously you polish it.



Note that some Mazdas are built in the US and some aren`t. I wouldn`t be surprised if the paints on these are quite different.



I use 3M PI-III RC 05933 for my aggressive product and PI-III MG 05937 for my milder one, then the Klasse twins. Those PI-III products are getting hard to find, but they`re still out there and are easy to use.

[Kwan]

Thanks all for the advise .... :)



Just some swirls nothing major ... would 3M Perfect-it 3000 compound work ?



Thanks .........

[admac]

My gf actually has a winning blue Mazda 3 and I can`t comment on paint hardness, but I had GREAT results this weekend from my PC with Klasse Twins and P21S... very simple. I`ve also used SFX-1, SFX-2, SFX-3, and then P21S and it removed the minor and few swirls that were there.



http://infamousdx.com/wrx/IMG_6044.jpg



http://infamousdx.com/wrx/IMG_6045.jpg

haha. my girlfriend has that exact car. in fact, i have some winning blue touch up paint on my desk right now. arrived today.

[efinirx7gt]

Paint on mazda`s I would say is between soft and medium, very easy to work with. Not to thrilled about the orange peel though. Anyways for medium to moderate swirls I use the white pad with either hi-temp or ssr2.5.



http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/x-ped/81B.jpg

[Accumulator]

Just some swirls nothing major ... would 3M Perfect-it 3000 compound work ?



IMO it`s more aggressive than you probably need, and it doesn`t finish out as nice as their older PI-II/PI-III RCs. You`d have to do a follow-up for sure, and I think you could get by with something milder.

[Kwan]

Thats what I needed to know ......... thanks much . :thx

[imported_becks]

I might as well join the party, here`s my 3

[InfamousDX]

haha. my girlfriend has that exact car. in fact, i have some winning blue touch up paint on my desk right now. arrived today.

hehe nice... that is my GF`s car too.



becks... NICE 3.



and I am not thrilled at all about the vast amount of orange peel.

[admac]

I might as well join the party, here`s my 3



http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/swales/100-0043_IMG.jpg

interesting grille without the mazda insignia.