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What should have been a reasonably easy 3 step ended up being a nightmare today. Black 2007 Lexus LS460. Typically, I have found that black Lexus paint is harder than most other black paints. Not this one.
I was somewhat constrained on this job due to the customer`s concerns about too much clear coat levelling and his request that I use Zaino Z5 as the LSP. I quickly found that Meguiars DACP and a yellow polishing pad was doing the most swirl removal and leaving the best finish, ie minimal holograms. I then went with Z-PC and a yellow polishing pad via UDM (I`ve heard on more than one occasion that it does not work well via rotary) and it was leaving a lot of hazing. I`ve used Z-PC before and it usually leaves a pretty good finish. I then tried using Z-AIO but it didn`t have enough cut to remove the hazing, plus it was leaving a weird cloudy residue. :think:
I then switch to a 50/50 mix of Optimum Polish and Poli-Seal via UDM using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad and buffed off with Z-6. That cleaned up most of the hazing and all of the cloudy residue. I then switched to a blue Soft Edge polishing pad (light polishing pad), again buffing off with Z-6. That left a pretty clear finish from what I could tell under the halogens (the sun was behind the trees and no use to me). 1 layer of ZFX`ed Z5 (customer supplied ZFX) went on and came off with no apparent cloudiness, streaking or hazing. I followed up about an hour later (cleaned the interior during that time) with Z-8. The car definitely looked a lot better than when I started (I`ll have befores up probably tomorrow) and I am hopeful the car looks as good in the full sun as it did under the halogens.
Anyway, this is a long and torturous way of asking what is your choice of pad, polish and machine when you run across paint that just doesn`t respond well to your typical products. 9 times out of 10, I can get the finish I want with Poli-Seal using a blue light polishing pad and either the rotary or UDM but I need something for that 1 out of 10 cars that drives me nuts. 106FF? Ultrafina? #82?
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