chip douglas
09-24-2004, 07:52 PM
Ok, here`s what I do : I wash my car, rinse it, let it air dry, then break out the rotary, prime my Meg`s finishing pad, so no area is dry--I prime it with compound of course :). I smear the compound round with the rotary off. I then start buffing with 3M`s machine glaze 5937, and keep the pad flat and also overlap each stroke by 50%, and buff it till it flashes. Then I take it in the sun, wash it and inspect for holograms, and although I`ve done all the above mentioned, I still get them everytime.
Does everyone here, wash the car after you`re done buffing/polishing using a rotary and take it outside in the sunlight to look for holograms ? Or use a 50/50 water/alcohol mix as an alternative ? Of course I wipe it using quick detailer I don`t see holograms, but it only hides them I guess. From up close they appear as very very fine and closely grouped scratches. I`ve tried rubbing them off with my finger but no can do, they stay there. I`ve tried changing pad and still no luck. I think 3M`s 5937 leaves some very very fine marks, or perhaps it is the pad, and honestly I`d tend to think the pad is responsible for such scratches. They`re not washmitt scratches as I`Ve learned the difference the hard way this summer :).
I need help, as I can`t see what it is im doing wrong......and I`d like to use the rotary only to make the finish perfect. The PC would cut it for me but I prefer to master the hardest--the rotary.
Does everyone here, wash the car after you`re done buffing/polishing using a rotary and take it outside in the sunlight to look for holograms ? Or use a 50/50 water/alcohol mix as an alternative ? Of course I wipe it using quick detailer I don`t see holograms, but it only hides them I guess. From up close they appear as very very fine and closely grouped scratches. I`ve tried rubbing them off with my finger but no can do, they stay there. I`ve tried changing pad and still no luck. I think 3M`s 5937 leaves some very very fine marks, or perhaps it is the pad, and honestly I`d tend to think the pad is responsible for such scratches. They`re not washmitt scratches as I`Ve learned the difference the hard way this summer :).
I need help, as I can`t see what it is im doing wrong......and I`d like to use the rotary only to make the finish perfect. The PC would cut it for me but I prefer to master the hardest--the rotary.