Guess my process

[Leadfootluke]

By public I think he was referring to the fact that he was not using the Meguiars new DA system.

 

[gmblack3]

I started with M86 on a orange pad. This removed all of the defects, but left some nasty hazing. 205 or 86 would not get the hazing out.

I talked to David Strum aka w/e warrior, he told me of a process that he and Chris used on a blk porsche. M105 on a white pad, with light pressure for the final few passes. It was the best combo, even though it could not finish out good enough. This soft paint is insane.

I finally got out some 085RD with a black pad. Finished out fine.

 

[Ron-M]

Finally, a happy ending. I can picture different compounds flying everywhere.

 

[Leadfootluke]

I started with M86 on a orange pad. This removed all of the defects, but left some nasty hazing. 205 or 86 would not get the hazing out.

I talked to David Strum aka w/e warrior, he told me of a process that he and Chris used on a blk porsche. M105 on a white pad, with light pressure for the final few passes. It was the best combo, even though it could not finish out good enough. This soft paint is insane.

I finally got out some 085RD with a black pad. Finished out fine.

So my guess of M105 on Tangerine polishing pad and 85rd on black was almost it :huh:

Glad to see this process worked out so well :clap:

 

[Michael Stoops]

I started with M86 on a orange pad. This removed all of the defects, but left some nasty hazing. 205 or 86 would not get the hazing out.

Curious as to why, if the paint is so soft and delicate, you chose to go at it this aggressively to start with?

 

[Puckman]

I've experimented with M105 on several paints and have even tried it with a black LC pad with great results on a black Honda Accord. I DID NOT use the KBM (i.e. saturated, primed pad), simply a thin "X" on the black pad and my PC DA on about speed 4.5. Unbeleivable results however I still needed to refine it a bit with PO85RD.

I continue to be surprised and amazed at this product!

Great choice Bryan and once again shows the nuances of a pro to find something that seemingly shouldn't work but does.

 

[gmblack3]

Curious as to why, if the paint is so soft and delicate, you chose to go at it this aggressively to start with?

To get 90% of the defects out. M86/white would not remove that much.

Also did not know it was that soft to start with. So maybe I should of used 86 white to start with, but when you see defects to this extreme, I usually reach for the jackhammer. X_X

 

[gmblack3]

Goal was to apply cquartz.

Got done with the 085rd, was going to do a dawn wash. Since it was still cool out and cquartz cures faster when its warmer out, I decided to do a ipa/dawn wipedown. That way the paint would stay warm (70f in the garage.)

So I've been looking at a few writeups and talking to some folks who have used cquartz. I guess I did not read or listen good enough.

I reverted back to my thin to win mentality which from what I now read is not the best way to apply cquartz.

Besides for the hood, I could not get it off the paint.

I finally had to use the ipa/dawn mix to remove the cquartz, of course this clear is so soft, no matter what MF I used, I marred the paint. ut:

So tomorrow am I will do another 085rd final polish and apply some good ole' blackfire.

The cquartz will wait for another vehicle that is not a repaint with soft clear.

 

[muttgrunt]

Sorry to hear Bryan. Hopefully the next candidate won't give so many problems with polishing nor application of CQuartz