Anyone Ever Used OHC On A Black G35?

Just make sure you work it a while, the abrasives break down via shear force/friction so work it for about 4-5 passes.
 
john1c said:
hey scottwax can you go on aim so i can ask you a couple questions? thanksman
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Sorry, I am going to bed, I have 3 cars to do tomorrow. Besides, if I get on AIM, I'll have 20 others also asking questions. Just post the questions on the board, I am sure someone can answer them or I can get to them late tomorrow when I finish.
 
k.. umm what pad should i use the OHC with? i dont have a lot of swirls.. i will say i have a lil more then light swirls.. and scractches here and there.. should i use a light cutting pad or a polishing pad? and also what speed?
 
If the swirls are only light try Opt Compound on an orange (light cutting) pad first. If that doesn't do it move to OHC on a white or orange pad. I use all Opt stuff the same way; spread @ speed3, kick to speed 6 and make multiple *slow* passes. As Scott said they all take awhile to break down with the PC.
 
Not to hijack the thread, but I'm in the same boat as john1c where we have the same car and the same polishes.



Just over this past weekend, I tried out my new PC on my roommate's BMW with OP and I had difficulty in determining whether the polish had flashed. Since OP has a long work-in time and practically no dusting, how can a beginner know when it's done? I watched some of the videos that are around here on polishing and it seemed pretty obvious when the polish was broken down, but on the BMW (silver paint), the polish looked the same from start to finish. I almost think that I should've gotten PB's SSR so that it would dust and give me an indication that I've worked it too long.



Any advice would be most appreciated. I'm sure this might be useful to john1c as well.
 
Last weekend I had my first experiences with the Optimum trio. FWIW, I don't think I worked them long enough either. 4 or 5 slow passes sounds like good advice to me.



In addition to this, be careful about using too much product. My first couple of panels, I had to wash the pad each time, as it got so gummed up with OHC that I was happily buffing away with almost zero effect. Once I had cut it right back to three or four small drops (on a 'loaded' pad), my work became more effective and I wasn't stopping so often for a pad wash (I only have one cutting pad - I am the 'Poor Boy' that 'Poorboys' refers to!)



HTH
 
This is 4 or 5 slow passes with speed set to 6 on a PC, right? I might have to give that a try.



It's hard to break way from the stereotype where more is better (for me at least) and thus I'm betting that I put too much product. However, it seems that for many products, little is better. So, in that case, would three or four small drops be enough to cover an entire hood? Or maybe half?



It would be nice if there were videos using Optimum products.
 
Just my opinion, but I always spread the Optimum over the panel at speed 3, to get some even coverage, then push up to 6 on the PC and work it. I worked on a small car and used use 3 or four drops for say a 2-foot square area. For bigger, US cars I would guess that was about half a hood.



Edit: David@Optimum - How about some demonstration videos on the website?
 
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