Abrasiveness of #9 vs. #80?

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imported_The Uncle

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I'm sure this has been discussed before here (although, it is a little hard to get anything by using the search button and "9" as a search string!). But, I've been wondering about the arasiveness of the Meguairs line. I've got a fairly new car and I've taken good care of the finish. I'm about to restart my clay-AIO-SG cycle, and I think I MAY have developed some minor paint imperfections in the last year (I've found a few very fine scratches) although there isn't much in the way of swirl marks.



Anyway, I do happen to have a bottle of #9 in my collection. But, I wondered if #80 would be a better option. If there are any problems at all, I want to take a very gentle approach.
 
Well, the #9 is *the* gentle approach in the Meg's line. Quite possibly *too* gentle, but try it and find out. I'd go with the #80 next if that didn't cut it.
 
9 is the consumer line, whereas 80 is the professional line....According to my research yesterday.... I had the same inquiry and the search for 9 or 80 resulted in nothing. There both advertised as a cleaner and polish on the Megs web site.....
 
#9 is 3 on the abrasive scale, #80 is a 4. Also, #80 has some wax protection added, as well. To help in your search, type in Speed Glaze.
 
IIRC, the abrasive-scale rating for the #80 is incorrrect. I dunno if Meg's has fixed it yet (or on the bottle you have). #80 is considerably more aggressive than #9 but not *too* aggressive.



Heh heh, I wouldn't even place #9 at a "3" it's so mild, but that's just me and Meg's didn't ask my opinion :D



Oh, and the protection in the #80 isn't "wax" (sorry to nitpick :o ), it's some synthetic that's a) fresh-paint friendly and b) *very* short-lived. Unless you're using it on a fresh repait, get some LSP over top of it.
 
Accumulator,

You seem to _like_ picking my nits. But that's okay, you're keeping me honest.

Yeah, I too seem to remember Mike saying that #80 had an incorrect rating, but what can I do but to try to answer the original question, besides reading the labels?

And I apologize for my cavalier use of the word "wax", when "protectant" would've been a more proper term.

Again, just trying to succinctly point the original poster in the right direction. Next time I post, I'll use a minimum of 10 lines of script, just to protect my nits.
 
BTW, if I wanted to use a product like #9 (i.e, a VERY mild polish), what other products would you recommend? We're talking about a step in-between clay and AIO for a car with very minor surface problems.
 
The Uncle said:
BTW, if I wanted to use a product like #9 (i.e, a VERY mild polish), what other products would you recommend? We're talking about a step in-between clay and AIO for a car with very minor surface problems.
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In the Megs line #82 is very close to #9 in abrasiveness. They are both a 3 but #82 (Swirl Free Polish) is slightly more abrasive.



3M Perfect It III Machine Glaze is an excellent mild polish. IMO more abrasive than #9 or #82 but still very mild.
 
I know AIO has quite strong cleaners in it, but doesn't it also contain some polishing abrasives similar in scale to #9?



Is my understanding incorrect?
 
stevet said:
In the Megs line #82 is very close to #9 in abrasiveness. They are both a 3 but #82 (Swirl Free Polish) is slightly more abrasive.



3M Perfect It III Machine Glaze is an excellent mild polish. IMO more abrasive than #9 or #82 but still very mild.
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Thanks, Steve.
 
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