More Cutting Power from HTEC

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GetAudiHere

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I started my detail today and I am using a pc and Hi-Temp EC over the whole car to correct the severe swirls. My questions is after about 5 passes I still cannot get the deep scratchs out ( and I can't feel them with my fingernail). any help with this would be much apprecitated!



Thanks!
 
You don't state what is your process so I don't know where to start. Also, what type of vehicle as some paint is very hard.



I will say that for correction of "severe swirls" with a PC, you would need a cutting pad, speed 5-6, some moderate pressure, work only small areas (2'x2' or less), move the PC VERY slowly, and fully work the HTEC. Also, working with a PC and HTEC, 4" pads would most likely be more effective.



It won't be easy or quick maybe, but many on this forum have achieved pretty high level of correction with a PC.



Good luck.
 
Haha sorry I'm using a LC yellow 4" pad and HTEC. It is a 2000 audi so the clearcoat is very very hard! I have been doing speed 3 to spread the polish and then bump it up to speed 6 and go about 1/2" per second maybe even slower and apply medium pressure to the pc . I do maybe 2-3 passes with that and the swirls gone but the deeper scratches still remain when I put the light up to it.
 
Audi paint is VERY hard, as I just learned today. I honestly don't think you can get more agressive on a PC than a 4" yellow pad and HTEC. Just look at how far you have come in terms of marring/swirling reduction, and learn to live with some of the defects on that PITA Audi clear.
 
Yeah I didn't think you could get anymore aggresive that that. So to correct them I just have to keep making passes at the clearcoat (haha)
 
yeah I just feel like I wasted money on a pc if I get someone to rotary it. Maybe I'll do it next year. I spent $300 on supplies and I can get someone to rotary it for $50 so I dont know I just feel like I wasted money
 
I only use HTEC with a rotory. Cuts through like butter. Except maybe on corvettes, and audis and bmws. Seriously, you should consider a rotory at some time in the future. HT likes the heat of a rotory.
 
GetAudiHere said:
Yeah I didn't think you could get anymore aggresive that that. So to correct them I just have to keep making passes at the clearcoat (haha)
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Yeah, it just takes a lot of passes. I removed a few RIDS from the '01 S8 yesterday with the PC and 4" pads, and it took a fairly long time (maybe shoulda used a rotary).



Oh, and IMO just because a scratch doesn't catch your nail, that doesn't mean it's necessarily OK to completely remove it. I'd rather err on the side of caution and have flawed, but thick, clear. There's stuff on both my Audis that a quick wetsand and/or a bit more (very aggressive) rotary work woulda removed, but after a few hard passes with the rotary I decided to live with it.



Once you get a rotary, I bet you'll seldom use the PC except for hologram removal, but I still use mine for spot correction as I did yesterday.
 
A rotary would be a good investment. You can find inexpensive ones at Trader Horn, PepBoys or even a paint supply shop. Even using a mild pad and polish should be easier and quicker than using a PC. Work smarter not harder.
 
A rotary will do the job, but there's a bigger learning curve on that machine than it does on a PC and you're only hearing this from a beginning learner on a rotary and long time user on a rotary...
 
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