I have a 2002 MPV and I use the PC/4" and/or the Cyclo to do all of its correction.
The clear on these is medium-soft and the paint is *THIN*. The single-stage areas are even thinner and won't take much of any correction (one pass of M105 might cut through to primer).
The scratches are simply deep relative to the thickness of the clearcoat.
M105/orange is more aggressive than I've ever used on mine. Interesting that that combo didn't do the job :think:
The first pic shows residual marring but the edges of the scratches appear rounded over. This might be a safe "good enough" point on that vehicle.
The second pic shows a scratch that *might* well be too deep for safe complete removal on that paint. But it also appears to show some micro-marring (and I'm using the term "micro" a little loosely).
The third and fourth pics show scratches that still appear to have hard edges (as opposed to rounded over edges). I would *NOT* try for perfection on marring like that in this case, but I would want it a bit better than that.
I'd probably try the M105/white then do the 205/white. Then one light burnishing pass with the M205 on a finishing pad (to clear up the micromarring) and call it quits. IMO/IME this is a case where you could quickly move from "just a little more..." to "oops!".
Note that I had to have one area spotted in after I killed the clear with the PC/4" and a fairly mild pad/product combo; I was working around a deep scratch (already needed paintwork to fix) seeing how well I could do the more shallow ends of the scratch..thought I could get a away with a *LOT* more than I did, I ran out of clear *fast*. It's easy to overdo it on these vehicles.
FWIW, I do a two step when I polish the MPV: 3M PI-III RC 05933 (much milder than M105) followed by PI-III MG 05937 (then the Klasse twins). I use Cyclo brand green pads. So I've never been very aggressive with it. (Even where I went too far I was just using 4"green/05933.)
I would *NOT* use a yellow 4" pad on that paint. Getting more aggressive with a rotary/Flex would be asking for trouble IMO.
I've corrected mild marring on maybe four occasions that I can recall and I don't have much clear left to work with at this point (some ETG readings are a little scarey). IMO trying to get that one in "Autopian condition" would probably result in its needing repainted. I just can't over-emphasize that this is *NOT* a vehicle where you can do some amazing Click-and-Brag type transformation. Say "good enough" before you have to say "sorry..."
