Confused and frustrated

fergnation

fergnation

New member
I am working on a Aston Martin AR DB1. I have been correcting as many scratches and swirls as possible with a UDM. Used Sonus yellow pad with Meg's mirror glaze fine cut and Sonus white pad with Meg's MG swirl remover. The latter two or three times to correct as much as poosible and remove any marring. BUT, after getting the results I was looking for I switched to a red Sonus finishing pad and Meg's mirror glaze #7 to really bring back out the deep black. The problem being after I wiped off the first 12" section I did, I noticed under my halogens that the paint had marred terribly. So I went back over it with the white pad and #9 and then put on a red lake country finishing pad and black pearl #5 glaze. Ame thing Marring.



What do I do? Skip it and just go with Meg's #26? Have never had this problem. Monday did a Aston Martin Vanquish with no problem.



Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
 
Astons have some of the nicest looking paint I have seen. They are on the softer side, so you need the right polish/pad combo.



It's the combo of the pad and polish you are now using.



Buy some Menzerna SIP and 106 and that will solve most of your battle. The particles in those polishes are so tiny, they leave almost no marring at all. Do not use any pad more agressive then a polish pad and finish with a finish pad.



If the paint is one of those finicky soft blacks that is easily marred, then use 3M Ultrafina polish as the finish polish on a blue pad and you will be amazed at how insane it looks.



Ryan
 
First I would check the back of your bottle of Fine Cut Cleaner and see if it says it works with da. The old formula was for rotary only, and then it was reformulated so it would work with the da.



Second #9 is a pretty mild product. I am not sure how well it would remove the leftover marring. You might try #80 Speed Glaze if you want to stick with Meg's, I have used that and it's rated a little higher on their abrasiveness scale than #9.
 
I experienced the same thing many months ago. I have a 2006 black Lexus GS300. I used Megs 80 and it removed the swirls my surface had. The surface was perfect. I then used Megs #7 on a Megs finishing pad and a close inspection revealed marring. I called Megs and they sent me a brand new bottle of #7. I did the same thing and had the same result.



I don't know what I did wrong. I used a brand new finishing pad and a new Megs MF. Since then, I have never used Megs #7.



Just the other day, I applied Clearkote VM with a Megs polishing pad. All marring was gone. I then applied Clearkote RMG with a Megs finishing pad. The marring was back. It's gotta be the pad.



What is with my paint and glazes? Or there' gotta be something wrong with my technique in applying.
 
rydawg said:
It's the combo of the pad and polish you are now using.



Buy some Menzerna SIP and 106 and that will solve most of your battle. The particles in those polishes are so tiny, they leave almost no marring at all. Do not use any pad more agressive then a polish pad and finish with a finish pad.



If the paint is one of those finicky soft blacks that is easily marred, then use 3M Ultrafina polish as the finish polish on a blue pad and you will be amazed at how insane it looks.



Ryan
Click to expand...



I agreed Totally with rydawg !!!!
 
could it be your towel that your using? I have noticed a few clothes i did have marred the surface when removing #7, i switched to a a different microfiber, and it stopped.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top