Can I just use SIP and a wax?

Should be able to get away with it. PC doesn't inflict buffer trails/holograming like a rotary and SIP finishes nicely on those LC Orange pads. 106 (or in your case you should be using 106ff for VW cars) cant hurt though.
 
Nah, I wouldn't do that. I've used milder products/pads than that and still seen an incredible improvement when I did a milder follow-up step (or two). You won't appreciate the difference until you do the final polish, but it simply won't look right without it IMO.
 
technomafia said:
can I use SIP with a LC orange or white then finish it off the NXT 2.0? Or do i need the 106 after the SIP?
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you could, but you'd be better off finishing w/ 106FF. SIP finished off pretty nice for me, but the 106FF really gave the paint that 'pop'.
 
wfedwar said:
NXT 2.0 has such good fillers it honestly might not matter, at least if you keep up the NXT.
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Differing view: it's not a matter of filling anything, but rather a matter of simply polishing the surface to a high enough gloss to be LSP-ready.



Consider how ss lacquer looks before you color-sand/compound/polish it: it has a satin finish: you can NXT/LSP it forever and it'll never shine the way it will if you smooth it up via sanding/compounding/polishing. At every step of that process you improve the gloss far beyond what any LSP will contribute.. and polishing b/c is basically the same thing only it's less exaggeratedly obvious.
 
Yeah, I wasn't saying I'd do it, just that it might be better off than you'd think. Actually, my biggest problem is the orange pad. I've never seen an orange pad finish all that well. I always finish with a lighter polish on a black pad and an AIO on red.
 
wfedwar said:
Yeah, I wasn't saying I'd do it, just that it might be better off than you'd think. Actually, my biggest problem is the orange pad. I've never seen an orange pad finish all that well. I always finish with a lighter polish on a black pad and an AIO on red.
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Yeah, I find the same thing...no matter what the orange pads just don't give me a ready-to-wax finish.
 
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