M#105 and DA test

[RyanFlemington]

well, did a little test with some megs #105 and the UDM today. I was pretty skeptical, but I have to say, it worked fairly well. Not as well as with the rotary, but maybe 75% as well with one pass, and probably 80-85% as well with a second pass. Took out everything except for the deepest swirls(on speed 6). I`m sure metal will post some pics later on. Just thought I`d share. Oh, and we compared it to a 2stage XMT polish, and it was roughly the same, after the 2nd pass with 105, but much faster.

edit: The paint was probably a medium/medium-light hardness

[CleanGSR]

Good to know. I`m gonna have to pick up a small bottle of this stuff for when I need that extra cut with the PC. What pads did you use it with?

[wannafbody]

How was the hazing? I used 3m 3000RC with the PC and it definitely hazes. It does finish off pretty nice by rotary though.

[RyanFlemington]

LC-ccs Orange and I also tried it with a WG orange light-cut. Worked a little better on the LC. I`m definately going to pick up a small bottle. It gums rediculously fast, but if i did small sections quickly, it worked well. Have to experiment more when I have my own, and I`m not stealing metal`s lol

edit: didn`t really notice any hazing. The colour is a flakey metalic charcoal/grey, but if there was anything, I didn`t notice it

[metal]

Worked surprisingly well via DA today, no hazing at all!

Heres the thread with our photos

http://autopia.org/forum/click-brag/104340-m105-testing-via-rotary-udm.html#post1092825

[wannafbody]

Misting QD on the pad might help with the gumming issue.

[RyanFlemington]

we ended up mixing some optimum into it and it seemed to help. We might have added a little too much, though.. lol

[CleanGSR]

I wonder if you could also mix a little M80 with 105 to prevent gumming and reduce the cut to a little less harsh with the DA. I`ll try this when I get a bottle of the 105

[RyanFlemington]

Dunno, I`m still pretty new to a lot of the products. Try it, and let me know how it goes.