Richt
09-24-2005, 02:49 PM
Today was intially planned as winter coat time for the car but the weather was good, I had finally got the full array of products that I had been collecting to make full use off my PC and tried them out before hand enough to feel confident enough to use them on my black car, I decided today was the day!
Since owning the car (March purchase) the car has always had a few dealer/production line induced swirl marks. Until this year all my work had been done by hand, but following the purchase off a black car I could not get it to my liking - Many hours hand polishing had got the car to a better condition but I still cringed in full sun. So then came the PC. Nervous about using it on black I went with some safe milder options for it`s first machine polish. Meguiars Speed Glaze #80 and polishing pad was the most abbrassive product/pad combo I owned and had used on it. The car looked better but in full sun there where some marks in the hood, roof and curved areas under the windows on the rear quater panels it would not take out.
A few weeks ago I recieved some of the Poorboys SSR range 1, 2 and 2.5, plus some Optimum Polish. A quick test one eveing when they arrived, maybe a bit stupidly on my car without practice left saw me have a few problems, some nasty marks left by SSR 2.5 and a Sonus 4 inch SFX Polish pad removing some off the deeper scratches. Polished out but left me knowing I needed to practice before tackeling anything more than the spot defects on my paint.
The good old trusty beater car had been abused with a practice off the SSRs, Optimum Polish and different pads combos over the last few weeks, leaving me a little more ready to try it on the decent car today.
In true Autopian style started with the mildest combo first to be sure - SSR 1 on a DAS Green Polishing, did nothing on the IMO quite light swirling I had. Due to time scale and not knowing when I needed to head of today I dimissed the Optimum as I had found it needed to be worked longer than the SSR`s. It meant I needed to step up to SSR 2 or 2.5. After reading a post saying 2 should deal with light swirls I went with that again on a DAS Green polishing pad. It made lightwork of most off the swirls, some took an additional attempt or two (ones on the curve on the rear quaters) but it did the trick without going up a pad or to the SSR 2.5. So far happy days. Worked in the sun at first not a problem with the SSR but desided to work in the shade by turning the car round in the end as needed as it alowed me to work the product longer.
Having had good results with VM and again a DAS Green polishing pad in the past detail I followed up the SSR 2 with this. The surface SSR 2 had left was LSP ready without a doubt but didnt quite have the wet look I had achieved/seen before. I took a guess that SSR 1`s apperance would not be that much different to the 2, and a few posts on here I had read people where using VM or PWC as they looked better than SSR 1, I went with the VM. Shine, depth, gloss and wetness all improved that paint was really coming on well.
Again having in the past used VM and a polishing pad to clean up the paint, I had then gone and folowed up with Clearkote Red Machone Glaze, which had added even more depth and wetness in the past, decided to stick to what I knew and do it again. RMG this time on Sonus DAS Blue Finishing pad. It did the trick again.
Fianl results of the polishing no wax or sealant, a very wet, deep swirl free surface. For light to mild swirls SSR 2 did the trick IMO. It doesnt get disscussed much on here the SSR 2.5 seems to get more talk, but SSR 2 worked well for me today.
Some pics - sorry no befores didnt think - doh!
Hood
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240067.jpg
Token reflection pic ( not to good lots of glare)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240072.jpg
Rear Quarter shade
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240071.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240077.jpg
Since owning the car (March purchase) the car has always had a few dealer/production line induced swirl marks. Until this year all my work had been done by hand, but following the purchase off a black car I could not get it to my liking - Many hours hand polishing had got the car to a better condition but I still cringed in full sun. So then came the PC. Nervous about using it on black I went with some safe milder options for it`s first machine polish. Meguiars Speed Glaze #80 and polishing pad was the most abbrassive product/pad combo I owned and had used on it. The car looked better but in full sun there where some marks in the hood, roof and curved areas under the windows on the rear quater panels it would not take out.
A few weeks ago I recieved some of the Poorboys SSR range 1, 2 and 2.5, plus some Optimum Polish. A quick test one eveing when they arrived, maybe a bit stupidly on my car without practice left saw me have a few problems, some nasty marks left by SSR 2.5 and a Sonus 4 inch SFX Polish pad removing some off the deeper scratches. Polished out but left me knowing I needed to practice before tackeling anything more than the spot defects on my paint.
The good old trusty beater car had been abused with a practice off the SSRs, Optimum Polish and different pads combos over the last few weeks, leaving me a little more ready to try it on the decent car today.
In true Autopian style started with the mildest combo first to be sure - SSR 1 on a DAS Green Polishing, did nothing on the IMO quite light swirling I had. Due to time scale and not knowing when I needed to head of today I dimissed the Optimum as I had found it needed to be worked longer than the SSR`s. It meant I needed to step up to SSR 2 or 2.5. After reading a post saying 2 should deal with light swirls I went with that again on a DAS Green polishing pad. It made lightwork of most off the swirls, some took an additional attempt or two (ones on the curve on the rear quaters) but it did the trick without going up a pad or to the SSR 2.5. So far happy days. Worked in the sun at first not a problem with the SSR but desided to work in the shade by turning the car round in the end as needed as it alowed me to work the product longer.
Having had good results with VM and again a DAS Green polishing pad in the past detail I followed up the SSR 2 with this. The surface SSR 2 had left was LSP ready without a doubt but didnt quite have the wet look I had achieved/seen before. I took a guess that SSR 1`s apperance would not be that much different to the 2, and a few posts on here I had read people where using VM or PWC as they looked better than SSR 1, I went with the VM. Shine, depth, gloss and wetness all improved that paint was really coming on well.
Again having in the past used VM and a polishing pad to clean up the paint, I had then gone and folowed up with Clearkote Red Machone Glaze, which had added even more depth and wetness in the past, decided to stick to what I knew and do it again. RMG this time on Sonus DAS Blue Finishing pad. It did the trick again.
Fianl results of the polishing no wax or sealant, a very wet, deep swirl free surface. For light to mild swirls SSR 2 did the trick IMO. It doesnt get disscussed much on here the SSR 2.5 seems to get more talk, but SSR 2 worked well for me today.
Some pics - sorry no befores didnt think - doh!
Hood
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240067.jpg
Token reflection pic ( not to good lots of glare)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240072.jpg
Rear Quarter shade
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240071.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/r-jay-clio/SSR%20Polish/P9240077.jpg