My New Daily Driver Pics - 01 Blue Protege MP3

[blue-sun]

My buffer pad died on my about halfway, so it wasn`t cutting the paint as much as I wanted, so I`m going to have to buff her again, but I`ll probably wait until spring to do that, unless we get some more 50+ days (have 3 details scheduled for this weekend!)



Process/Tools/Materials used:

2 bucket method

Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo

MF Wash Mitt (sheep skin mitts in the wash)

Meguiars Dual Action Cleaner & Polish (#84 IIRC)

Meguiars red cutting pad

Porter Cable 7424

Stainless Steele wool #0000 extra super ultra fine (the finest you can buy) for the exhaust tip

Meguiars Hyper Dressing, diluted 3:1 for the tires

Stoners Glass cleaner

Sonus Vinyl Protectant on exterior plastic

No wax or sealant just yet, will do that later this week.



Swirls before:

http://blue-sun.net/Details/ProtegeMP3/ProtegeMP3-Images/4.jpg



After 1 pass

http://blue-sun.net/Details/ProtegeMP3/ProtegeMP3-Images/5.jpg



After 2nd pass

http://blue-sun.net/Details/ProtegeMP3/ProtegeMP3-Images/6.jpg



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Thanks for looking!



David

[Envious Eric]

was the paint really that hard that two passes of 84 and a burgandy pad didnt take them out? Thats a pretty aggressive combo....maybe the PC wasnt breaking down the 84 - rotary only

[White95Max]

DACP is #83. ;)



Lookin` good. I love everything about the styling of the MP3. And the chrome Mazdaspeed door sills add a nice touch.

[Way2SSlow]

Looks great. Nice car, nice color, cool wheels! We had a Mazda Speed Protege at work not to long ago, and I really liked it. Congrats on the new ride.

[sneek]

#83 is DACP, I would try it on a light cut pad or even a polishing pad, I think that the W7006 was too aggressive

[lambostealth]

I have a 2002 Mazda protege 5, I have NO PROBLEM with correcting my swirls with a cheap ROB, and some Zaino ZPC, it only takes one application to get them completely deminished, however, I find that the paint must be EXTREMELY soft, because when I just go to feel the smoothness of the freshly polished paint, I induce swirls.

[blue-sun]

My pad was gumming up really badly when I was working today, to the point that after ever pass I had to scrub off the residue left on the pad. The pad was also starting to die, a few rips and tears.



I`ve done about 99% of my swirl removal with DACP/Burgandy pad without ever having an issue, so I`m 100% sure it was due to the pad. It probably had about 3 full cars too many on it. Since the weather here has been so sparatic lately and my jobs so few and far between also, I though I could ride the pad out until the backing fell off. I guess not. I`m confident that with this new pad, next time I give it a pass, she`ll be swirl free.



On the first 3 pics I posted, I had to use the 1" edge of the pad, that wouldn`t gunk up to get the results that you see.

[Scottwax]

If the pad is gumming up, use less DACP. Keep buffing it until it looks nearly clear with the speed on 5-6 applying moderate pressure (light bogging) and that should help. I found again and again that with polishes, almost always, less product works better.



You are definitely on the right track though, the pictures show significant improvement! :)