About to correct my new (to me) 2007 Forester XT. Some questions about new product.

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Ryan Branscum

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Hello all,



This is my first post here. I have had a PC 7424 for quite awhile now. I have always used 3M compound and restore polish. I recently ordered the HD Uno, HD Poxi and a white foam cutting pad.



Im planning on washing with diluted dawn dish soap to remove the wax. Then I'll clay the paint and follow that with a regular wash and dry. On to polishing...



Im trying to develope a plan of attack with the new products I have. I have yellow, white, blue and green foam pads already. Should I start with the UNO on the new white cutting pad then move to the yellow for the finish polish? Then apply the POXI on my soft green? Its been awhile since I've polished paint and I'm using new products. Sorry if these questions seem super newb-ish. The paint was horribly swirled with a rotary by the dealership.



Thanks for any help.
 
Well, you've got a good assortment of pads....



I'd try going with a mid range pad and see how it goes from there. Every car is different and every paint can and respond differently as well. All in all, you shouldn't really need more then a 2 pad combo to get the job done properly. Just keep the pad clean and don't overwork the product. Let us know how it goes.
 
Typically for a 2 step polish (compound & final polish) you'd use a yellow/orange pad for the compounding/aggressive polishing and then follow up with a white pad for the final polishing. After that you apply Poxy with your softest pad - blue or green. This is assuming bad condition paint that needs a little extra work put into getting it looking great again.



I'd start out with UNO on your white pad on a test spot and see how you like the results, if you love the way it looks and think it's good enough to seal with an LSP, then go ahead and do the whole vehicle with the white pad and UNO. Otherwise if it's not giving enough cut and a lot of swirls/scratches are still in there, step it up to a yellow pad w/UNO and then follow with the white pad w/UNO and see how you like that. It's all about using the least aggressive approach necessary. After polishing I'd give it a good IPA wipedown and then apply your Poxy on the green or blue pad (they're not typically pads used for LSP application, but they have very low "cut", so you'd be safe).
 
David Fermani said:
Just keep the pad clean and don't overwork the product.
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David--I've seen this before "Don't overwork the product" and am confused as to what it means. If using UNO, which has a long working time, can you use say 6 passes (if the paint needs it) with firm pressure and then 2 passes with light pressure to finish? Would this be overworking the product?
 
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