Pad Marring

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dschiller

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I removed swirl marks on my dark blue Lexus IS350 using SSR2.5 and an orange pad using firm pressure, speed 6, and moving about 1 inch/sec. However, the pad has left a lot of micro-marring. Could this be due to me allowing the SSR2.5 to breakdown (dust) too much prior to wiping it off? I followed with Sonus SFX-2 and green pad with firm pressure (product didn't dust as much), and this helped reduce the marring, but it's still there. What should I try next? This is frustrating...



-David
 
Nothing wrong with you, you need to finish down with a finer product.



Drop to 2.5/white polishing pad, then SSR 1/white polishing pad and see if you don't get a LOT happier.



Follow with 1/black finishing pad for finer results.



IF you have another fine polish available, like Menzerna, 3M Perfect IT III, or PB Pro-polish, it would likely finish down a bit better.



At any rate, the orange/2.5 WILL leave visible hazing on black, so go to something finer.



Good luck.
 
is it advisable to go to ssr2.5/white before ssr1/white? Or can I skip right to ssr1/white and still have enough cut to remove the hazing?



I am using ssr2.5/yellow (only way to get results on my black VW clear) and want to know what is best. Thanks/1
 
bpfoley said:
is it advisable to go to ssr2.5/white before ssr1/white? Or can I skip right to ssr1/white and still have enough cut to remove the hazing?



I am using ssr2.5/yellow (only way to get results on my black VW clear) and want to know what is best. Thanks/1
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You can jump to 1/white, but it will probably take you a bit longer than using the middle step.



If you're facing hard clear, then the 2.5/white might be the middleground that you need.
 
How big the jumps from aggressive to mild can be will depend on the paint. No way for anybody to really predict it unless they've worked on *that* paint. I'm a fan of gradual increments myself.
 
dschiller said:
I removed swirl marks on my dark blue Lexus IS350 using SSR2.5 and an orange pad using firm pressure, speed 6, and moving about 1 inch/sec. However, the pad has left a lot of micro-marring. Could this be due to me allowing the SSR2.5 to breakdown (dust) too much prior to wiping it off? I followed with Sonus SFX-2 and green pad with firm pressure (product didn't dust as much), and this helped reduce the marring, but it's still there. What should I try next? This is frustrating...



-David
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David,



I have to chime in again to clear up a possible misinterpretation: Dusting is NOT equal with polish breakdown. A polish can not break down "too much". Breaking down means that the abrasives in the given stuff are diminishing; their size getting smaller and smaller, and after they performed the initial cut (while being in their original size), they break down into finer particles and do the final fine polishing of the surface.

As you watch the trace of the polish, you can see that gets finer as you progress with the procedure. When the polish is so fine that it is almost translucent, opaque - because the particles in it are now ever soooo small - this is the final state of its working cycle - the polish has broken down.



Otherwise I agree with the other people above. You can try SSR2.5 with almost no pressure and then following it with SSR1.

When it starts to dust, it just mean that it is getting dryer, and this dust can mar the finish.
 
Thanks for explaining the difference between polish breakdown and dusting. Very helpful. Poorboy also gave me a couple of other pieces of advice that others might want to read: (1) don't apply too much pressure with the PC - the PC needs to be able to rotate randomly; (2) use speed 5-6 instead of 6 all the time; and (3) as mblgjr recommended, finish with SSR1 and a black finishing pad (I ordered one from Lake Country) at speed 5.



I'll try this this weekend. I bought some other PB products, too (Polish w/ Carnuba and Nutty's Blue), so I can go completely overboard.
 
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