Need to be more aggressive than DACP

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jcattarulla

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I have some scratches on my rear deck that wouldn't come out this weekend, even after twice using DACP, then #9, all with my PC. So I need to get more aggressive, obviously.



What would y'all suggest: switching from the yellow cutting pad with DACP to a lambswool pad with DACP, or moving on to a fine cut compound?

:nixweiss



By the way, I was REALLY impressed with how safe and effective the DACP was on the minor swirls:xyxthumbs
 
Yes lambswool pad would be the next step. Since you have one right?



If not, try some more applications with the DACP and foam cutting pad, remember to work it in throughly. More applications will remove the light swirls and make heavy swirls appear lighter...



Jason
 
Dude be careful with the Wool Pad. I have seen people do some nasty things with that pad.



I would get some 3m perfect it III compound and use the red PC pad. That would work.



It is does not work you may want to swing buy and i will try it with the rotary for you.



NYD
 
What about meguiars diamond cut 2.0? I stress 2.0 cause I found out that it's has a better abrasive in it that will actually start to break down as you work. Maybe a red (meguiars #7006) cutting foam pad.
 
I've been in your situation before, and I've had to resort to a few different approaches:



(My experience, listed safest (1) to most aggressive)



1) 3M FI-II with Yellow pad, speed around 5, mist a little water on the FI-II while "working it" with the buffer.



2) Wool pad with DACP, speed 4 - 6; depends on what you need to accomplish.



3) 3M Pefect It-Fine Cut Compound with Yellow pad, speed around 4 - 4.5. Will definitely require follow-up with a less abrasive compound.



4) 3M PI-FCC with wool pad, speed around 4 - 6. Same follow-up as #3.



5) Repeat 1-4 with Rotary instead of PC.



I rarely have to go to #4; I've only had a handful of cars that required #4 or some verison of #5... :)



Also, be sure you determine the "risk vs. reward" associated with repairing the scratching. If you absolutely can't live with it knowing it's there, then I'd say you could go fairly aggressive with it. But as you're well aware, you can only remove so much paint/clear before it becomes necessary to add new paint/clear... :eek:
 
Shouldn't No. 2 and 3 be switches on the abrasiveness ladder?



The Fine Cut/ yellowpad option should definitely be less abrasive than the DACP/Wool pad.



Paco
 
Oddly, they're so close (from my experiences) that I'd have to say the Fine Cut Compound from 3M is just a tad more aggressive.



I flipped those back-and-forth a few times while preparing the post; it's so close, it's tough to call... :)
 
paco said:
Shouldn't No. 2 and 3 be switches on the abrasiveness ladder?



The Fine Cut/ yellowpad option should definitely be less abrasive than the DACP/Wool pad.



Paco
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Like Steve said, not necessarily. DACP has diminishing abrasives that reduce a great deal as you work it into the paint, so it ends up similar to a swirl remover instead of a paint cleaner.
 
about the DACP < Fine Cut as it diminishes much quicker. I would have thought the wool pad though would be much more severe than a cutting pad and hence the DACP/Wooly being more severe that the FC/Yello Pad option.



Granted, it's probably even.



Personally, I'd go FC/Yellow over using a wooly. May take a bit longer to work the product but I'm still wooly gunshy.
 
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