"Jeweling" with HD Uno/Poxy?

[wope]

Hi all,



I searched but couldn't come up with anything. Could someone clarify what exactly "jeweling" means? I'm going to be trying out HD Uno/Poly on my one year old car that still has "factory installed swirls" in the next few days. While reading their description on how to use the POLYPAD (blue, finishing pad for use with HD Poly), I noticed that they say you could also mix Uno/Poly (3 dabs each) for a "jeweling" effect.



Link:HD POXYPAD



Its the second sentence under description.



Is this something you'd do INSTEAD of just applying Poly, or is it in addition (prior to)? Just trying to figure out the difference between this and just applying Poly.



Thanks in advance for any clarification!

 

[SpoolinNoMore]

From what I understood jeweling was a term used for a gentle application of an LSP (some pad manufacturers will name a finishing pad a 'jeweling' pad). However the way they're speaking of it I think they just mean it'll be pretty. As far as UNO/Poxy, as long as you've corrected the surface as much as possible with UNO, just apply Poxy as per instructions and you can't go wrong. Both products have several high-scoring reviews on these boards along with plenty of pictures to back up their ability to cut and protect.

 

[Accumulator]

I searched but couldn't come up with anything. Could someone clarify what exactly "jeweling" means?

-AND-

From what I understood jeweling was a term used for a gentle application of an LSP..

Not quite. "Jeweling" (or as I prefer to call it, "burnishing") is an extremely gentle final polishing step, done after the finish has been corrected. It's basically a microscopic improvement of an already "OK" finish, done with zero-cut pads and products that are just *barely* functionally abrasive.



Often, the improvement is so slight as to be undetectable under many lighting conditions. It's that final fraction of a percentage improvement that some of us think can make a big difference when the vehicle is viewed as a whole, not something you'll necessarily notice while you're working panel by panel.



And it's debatable whether it's worth doing, at least in most cases. That ultimate level of perfection won't last long in the real world.



Not sure just how you'd do it with UNO, other than using a finishing pad I'd think it just a bit aggressive for this sort of thing, but I'm sure no expert on that product and maybe somebody who *is* experience with it can chime in.



Oh, and Welcome to Autopia, wope!

 

[SpoolinNoMore]

Thanks for the clarification Accumulator, that sounds more correct than what I had remembered hearing about the term. So jeweling would be your "softest"/lightest polish on your lightest polishing pad (just a step above your LSP pad) correct? So something along the lines of using ~3 on your DA with a finishing polish pad and light pressure with M205 or DCP?

 

[Accumulator]

SpoolinNoMore- Right, you've got it.



Though I don't always lower the speed all that much as most of my products work fine at higher speeds, and I often use the (single speed) Cyclo for this.



Not sure I'd do my burnishing with M205 either, as I seem to get a higher gloss out of some other products that have less, or simply *different*, cut.