Paint Leveling with HD UNO

tdekany said:
It is different from everything I have ever used
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Well, that's saying something, huh? I've never been all that intrigued by the "single product, different pads" approach, but this does pique my interest.
 
OK, sort of thread jack. I promise I will read the entire thing later. I just got some UNO, of course had to try it immediately on a car I was working on. Used it via DA on an MF cutting disc, nice cut...similar finish to D300 I found, little more cut. Then went to an orange LC flat pad, cleaned up the micromarring nicely but left some finer marring behind. Went to a white LC, same thing....still some marring, blue, same, black, same. Which trick am I missing? I am sure there is one? :D



Editting my own post. Heed my warning new UNO users, it is easy to use too much. I was using way too much, basically it wasn't do anything and just kept leaving the same finish. I switched to another black flat lc pad, two little dots, whamo, perfect finish. Not bad so far. I like messing with new stuff, it's definitely a different working method than what I am used to with 105/205/8rd etc tho.
 
tdekany said:
Nothing wrong with 205, but next time use UNO for all steps. You will like it.
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So are you saying for the noob here that UNO is the type that will finish differently with different Pads?



IE Orange/MF cutting pad with Uno will be very aggressive but if I step it down to say a white pad I would still get cutting action but a better finish?



Start with Meguiar's MF Cutting Pad with Uno > than finish with Meguiar's MF Finishing Pad with Uno?
 
I tried my first attempt with Uno with an orange LC CCS pad yesterday on a 2010 Civic hood, and I am pretty sure I used too much. I will give it another shot this weekend and see if I can get some better results as it wasn't cutting near as much as I thought it should.
 
Beane71884 said:
I tried my first attempt with Uno with an orange LC CCS pad yesterday on a 2010 Civic hood, and I am pretty sure I used too much. I will give it another shot this weekend and see if I can get some better results as it wasn't cutting near as much as I thought it should.
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06 Black Yukon - Orange pad and two drops of UNO did wonders. IPA wipedown and it left very little mar, just a very slight mar. White pad cleaned it up nicely and then I jeweled it to a brilliant shine.
 
so is it recommended to use different cutting and finishing pads with UNO instead of just buying the UNOPAD?



I just got my GG machine in and I've never polished anything. UNO on an UNOPAD sounded like a great way to really simplify the polishing process. Is that not the preferred method anymore? I'm looking for 80-90% correction that finishes out perfectly.
 
Not sure what you mean my "UNOPAD"(singular), because they offer several different ones for cutting & finishing. You can use any pad you'd like as it's a very versatile product. UNO works great with MicroFiber pads too btw.
 
Weird - but I can finish out 95% of the time with just the MF cutting pads. And that's with a PCXP. Now, these are daily drivers, not show cars, but I still don't see any swirls/marring.
 
JuneBug said:
Weird - but I can finish out 95% of the time with just the MF cutting pads. And that's with a PCXP. Now, these are daily drivers, not show cars, but I still don't see any swirls/marring.
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Is there a certain technique to getting it to finish out? Different speeds for correcting and finishing?
 
someidiot said:
Is there a certain technique to getting it to finish out? Different speeds for correcting and finishing?
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With the MF pads, you only need 3-4 small drops. Work the product in @ speed 4 to an 18/18 inch area. Then raise the machine speed to 6 and apply medium pressure with slow overlapping passes. Spur/brush/blow off you pad and apply 1 small drop to the pad and then apply firm pressure at speed 4 for 1-2 very slow passes. This will refine the pad/product marring from the cutting phase and usually leave a very nice finish.
 
I was just messing with the new 3d pads (all three flat 5.5 inches) on my DA, I like them. I really like the stiffness of the interface pad; keeps a nice flat surface in contact with the paint and doesn't soften up a lot as the pad warms. Hard to tell how they compare to the mf discs (which ive been using like 99% of the time lately) yet, but so far so good.
 
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