Swanicyouth
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Found a defect on my M Roadster while doing a waterless wash. This car pretty much stays clean, defect free, and lives in the garage. I was actually only wiping off the dust from the last time I washed it.
At first I was going to ignore it. But, being the rest of the car is pretty close to defect free AND I was itching to try the new CCS CW pads I won here, I decided to give it a spot polish.
Using the motto "least aggressive method first" (and the fact the defect was very shallow), I was hopping the blue CW pad (least aggressive) and SF 4500 was going to take care of it.
I assembled the products:
Eraser is in the spray bottle and the little bottle is PB Spray and Gloss. I wanted to use the Spray and Gloss as a QD to remove the polish residue, as the last thing I wanted to do was add a towel mark after removing a shallow defect. I've done that before, and its like chasing your tail. I then wanted to use Eraser to make sure the defect was gone.
Pad centered & ready to go:
I was a little concerned about using a 4" pad on a 3" BP, as it leaves a lot of pad that is not in contact with the plate. But, the next biggest BP I have is 4 & 7/8", so I decided to try it.
It worked really well. The CW pads buff really smooth and I like them better then the regular CCS pads. I was a little surprised this mild combo worked at removing any defects. But I checked it with Eraser and it was gone.
Defect gone:
After that I re-waxed the area with Fuzion, as that is what is on the rest of the car. Instead of using an applicator and having to clean it, I just use my fingers to apply the wax for small areas like this.
Wax on:
After:
Now for clean up. From past experience, I know SF 4500 cleans up pretty easy. So instead of using the big (expensive) boys:
to clean the pads, its much more economical to use some of the Wolfgang Polishing Pad Rejuvenator in a spray bottle. I mix it 1oz of powder to 1000 ml of water. This is enough to clean most polishes out of pads:
Pad clean, drying in a safe place:
At first I was going to ignore it. But, being the rest of the car is pretty close to defect free AND I was itching to try the new CCS CW pads I won here, I decided to give it a spot polish.
Using the motto "least aggressive method first" (and the fact the defect was very shallow), I was hopping the blue CW pad (least aggressive) and SF 4500 was going to take care of it.
I assembled the products:
Eraser is in the spray bottle and the little bottle is PB Spray and Gloss. I wanted to use the Spray and Gloss as a QD to remove the polish residue, as the last thing I wanted to do was add a towel mark after removing a shallow defect. I've done that before, and its like chasing your tail. I then wanted to use Eraser to make sure the defect was gone.
Pad centered & ready to go:
I was a little concerned about using a 4" pad on a 3" BP, as it leaves a lot of pad that is not in contact with the plate. But, the next biggest BP I have is 4 & 7/8", so I decided to try it.
It worked really well. The CW pads buff really smooth and I like them better then the regular CCS pads. I was a little surprised this mild combo worked at removing any defects. But I checked it with Eraser and it was gone.
Defect gone:
After that I re-waxed the area with Fuzion, as that is what is on the rest of the car. Instead of using an applicator and having to clean it, I just use my fingers to apply the wax for small areas like this.
Wax on:
After:
Now for clean up. From past experience, I know SF 4500 cleans up pretty easy. So instead of using the big (expensive) boys:
to clean the pads, its much more economical to use some of the Wolfgang Polishing Pad Rejuvenator in a spray bottle. I mix it 1oz of powder to 1000 ml of water. This is enough to clean most polishes out of pads:
Pad clean, drying in a safe place:
