Hologram removal with a PC

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Matth3w

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Say you bought a PC from Autogeek and your paint was otherwise perfect and a brand new paint job with no contaminants or scratches...



What exact steps/pad/polish/PC would you need to remove holograms? And how hard would it be? Is it a matter of the pressure you put on the equipment or polish you use that gets it out?
 
a white polishing pad, a fine polish, quality MF.



106FF (menzerna nano polish) is a great polish to use to bring out the gloss, and remove holograms. I plan on picking some up when i run out of Menz Final polish
 
Matth3w said:
Say you bought a PC from Autogeek and your paint was otherwise perfect and a brand new paint job with no contaminants or scratches...



What exact steps/pad/polish/PC would you need to remove holograms? And how hard would it be? Is it a matter of the pressure you put on the equipment or polish you use that gets it out?
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It depends on the holograms...how deep, how hard the paint is, whether heat was a big issue when they were instilled.



I'd use a 4" pad (probably an orange one) and a medium polish...if that doesn't do it I'd get more aggressive; I've had to use some pretty harsh products on some holograms (yeah, it did surprise me).
 
Accumulator said:
It depends on the holograms...how deep, how hard the paint is, whether heat was a big issue when they were instilled.



I'd use a 4" pad (probably an orange one) and a medium polish...if that doesn't do it I'd get more aggressive; I've had to use some pretty harsh products on some holograms (yeah, it did surprise me).
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100% correct.



The depth of the holograms (just as the depth of the defect) is going to determine how much removal needs to be done.



Example One:detailer finishes with a polishing pad and nice polish. Car looks great for 1-2 months then very faint holograms appear. These are probably pretty light in nature and fairly easy to remove.



Example Two: Body shop finshes with a dirty wool pad (with some particulate in it) and hammers the paint. Now you have deep marring that is going to take a lot of work to get out.



With proper technique the PC can do a fair amount of correcting however.



Also paint hardness and how it reacts to various polishes is going to make a huge difference, so to answer you question.... maybe... :(
 
TH0001 said:
...Example One:detailer finishes with a polishing pad and nice polish. Car looks great for ..[some].. months then very faint holograms appear. These are probably pretty light in nature and fairly easy to remove...
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Remember my experience with a certain "nice polish"? You wouldn't believe what I had to go through to remove those holograms!



But yeah, I did fix 'em with the PC and if I could fix those then anybody oughta be able to do such work (with enough time and effort, and the right selection of products ;) ).
 
TH0001 said:
100% correct.



The depth of the holograms (just as the depth of the defect) is going to determine how much removal needs to be done.



Example One:detailer finishes with a polishing pad and nice polish. Car looks great for 1-2 months then very faint holograms appear. These are probably pretty light in nature and fairly easy to remove.



Example Two: Body shop finshes with a dirty wool pad (with some particulate in it) and hammers the paint. Now you have deep marring that is going to take a lot of work to get out.



With proper technique the PC can do a fair amount of correcting however.



Also paint hardness and how it reacts to various polishes is going to make a huge difference, so to answer you question.... maybe... :(
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Would it be hard to screw it up worse, though?
 
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