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    pad/polish combo for sealant/ceramic coating removal

    How aggressive of a polish/pad combo is needed to remove a SiO2 sealant? I don`t want to over work the surface and start polishing the paint if it doesn`t need it.

    Also, same question, but for the removal of a ceramic coating?

    I have the following polishes and pads:

    3D One
    Griot`s Garage FCC
    Menzerna Micro Polish PO 85RD

    LC orange, blue, white, purple wool
    Rupes Yellow
    Buff and Shine Uro-fiber

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    Re: pad/polish combo for sealant/ceramic coating removal

    I don`t recognize all the products but if they are like Griot`s FCC, then they are too aggressive for what you are trying to accomplish.

    I would use Griot`s Perfecting Polish, Meguiar`s M205, or Carpro Essence.

    For pads, I would use a mild polishing pad. I use white Lake Country foam pads.

    Start from least aggressive to most aggressive, but I`ve found it is not that hard to remove a consumer grade coating.

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    Re: pad/polish combo for sealant/ceramic coating removal

    You need a polishing pad and a cleaner polish, which means not aggressive at all with either. It won’t take much to remove a coating and even less for a sealant. So just go with as mild a polish and pad as you can get and that should be plenty. Might as well go for a jeweling/burnishing pass to get high gloss from your paint and that will make your paint look it’s best while removing the coating.
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    Re: pad/polish combo for sealant/ceramic coating removal

    Quote Originally Posted by DownSouth View Post
    [FONT="]How aggressive of a polish/pad combo is needed to remove a SiO2 sealant? I don`t want to over work the surface and start polishing the paint if it doesn`t need it.[/FONT]

    [FONT="]Also, same question, but for the removal of a ceramic coating?[/FONT]

    [FONT="]I have the following polishes and pads:[/FONT]

    [FONT="]3D One[/FONT]
    [FONT="]Griot`s Garage FCC[/FONT]
    [FONT="]Menzerna Micro Polish PO 85RD[/FONT]

    [FONT="]LC orange, blue, white, purple wool[/FONT]
    [FONT="]Rupes Yellow[/FONT]
    Buff and Shine Uro-fiber
    I have always had great results with a fine polish and a medium pad like the LC White Foam Pad..
    Looking at your choices, if you are good with the Menzerna PO85RD Micro Polish, I would be using that one because I have always had great results with it..
    It is also very, very, easy on the paint with a Rotary even...
    Good luck with your project !
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    Re: pad/polish combo for sealant/ceramic coating removal

    3D One and the Orange pad will do the trick for either
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    Re: pad/polish combo for sealant/ceramic coating removal

    The white pads should work just fine for the sealant or coating removal. I`m not that familiar with the Menzerna product, but most polishes and swirl removers/medium polishes should do the trick.

    On all of my vehicles I use white pads almost exclusively and simply adjust my polishing product based on the paint and the damage. I won`t go to an orange pad and/or compound unless absolutely needed.
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