Not to be argumentative (but you know how I like to pursue certain, uhm...intellectual exercises
), but I believe that the reason why it`s hard (not impossible, note the "denim orangepeel removal pads" that some here swear by) to "flatten the peaks" is because the vast majority of compounding approaches conform to the uneven surface of the paint, leveling the peaks and valleys more or less equally.
Although decades of polishing the lacquer on my Jag with conventional pads/products *HAS* definitely diminished the "peaks and valleys" of its oe orangepeel in many areas..
Goodness, that`s quite a few more than I had during my, uhm...accumulating phase of life! Hope you find time to enjoy them, I found I simply can`t..life`s too short. But it sounds like you have Pros doing the detailing and that`s a whole different ballgame. Props to you if you`re still truly enjoying this stuff!
One reason might be the look.
I`ve yet to see PPF that I thought looked as nice as unfilmed paint. And I don`t know anybody who could PPF the areas I *would* like done to my satisfaction, whereas having a coating done shouldn`t be all that challenging by comparison.
I`ve always thought of PPF as protection against the "big-time paint damage" like rock chips and "dummy touched the paint"-type scratches, whereas the coatings are more like a good etching-resistant LSPs that lasts an extra long time and that, if they impart increased hardness, protect more against "normal abuse that doesn`t do such terrible damage".
But then IMO there shouldn`t be all that much damage anyhow, I`m constantly surprised that so many vehicles continue to need correction so often...
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