I originally posted this over on MOL but thought some here might also like it. Their is a link at the bottom to my follow up post for those interested.
Well I finally got around to compounding my GF's new car today. Compound a new car you ask!?! Well yes! It's a 2008 Subaru Impreza. We bought it 4 months ago with 11k miles....as the sun was going down...stupid! We owned the car for less than 12 hours when I had it in the garage to buff it out. I noticed lots of buffer induced swirls and halos. It also had the deepest wash brush marks I have ever seen. It also was COVERED in white overspray. It's a charcoal metallic so the tiny over spray spots where not easily noticed even in direct sunlight. I was time limited and knew that I had hours of work ahead of me to remove the over spray. So instead I just gave it a quick clay with blue mild to make the surface smooth and followed that with 83/rotary/7006 and 80/DA/8006. Topped it with some 21 and called it a day.
Fast forward to last week and I finally have time to remove the over spray. It took about 6 hours with red aggressive to remove all of it. Looking over the results of my last buff session on it I knew I was going to need something a lot stronger than 83 to get the job done. I did test spots with SOLO on various pads first and then moved on to 105. 105 at 1000rpms/7006pad did the trick in one pass. That followed with 80/8006/DA left a finish free of any swirls, halo's, or the earlier mentioned wash scratches.
Just for fun I did some test spots with 105 and a few different pads on my DA. Here is what I found:
DA/8006 pad/105/speed 5
This did a fair amount of defect removal and left a nice, yet slightly hazy finish that cleaned up with 80/8006/DA. Work time was similar to what I see with 83. This would be a great first step for somebody not quite comfortable with a rotary yet but still needs more cut than 83/8006/DA. I only tried it on this paint though, so YMMV.
DA/Cutting pad 2.0/105/Speed 5
This combo proved too aggressive for the DA. With moderate pressure the machine would bog so I had to use light pressure. The finish left was more hazy than with the polishing pad and less correction was done. I assume this is due to the light pressure dragging the abrasives over the paint rather than being worked into the paint and having a chance to cut Again, this was on one particular paint. It may work better on others and I wouldn't be scared to try it again. #80/8006/DA was NOT able to remove the haze in one pass. So I tried 83 on a 2.0 cutting pad at speed 5 and that did the trick. The wash scratches where however deeper than on the section that just had 105/8006/DA. So it wouldn't be worth the extra step IMO. Maybe a G110 with it's more powerful motor might do a better job with this combo? Maybe I should pony up and buy one to see!
DA/Cutting pad 2.0/83/DA
Not much to say here. The cutting pad worked great and left no haze. No where near the correction of 105 on an 8006 pad though. I would say it had more cut than the 8006 pad. I didn't do a side by side so can't say for sure but that would make sense. I'm sure this combo has it's place somewhere on some paint in some detail though! I won't hesitate to try it again in the future.
I know some pics would be nice but I didn't take any sorry!
I will post up some pics of the full detail though in the coming days.
Here is a link to the follow up with some pics:
PC + #9 + Finishing pad 2.0 - Car Care Forums: Meguiar's Online
Well I finally got around to compounding my GF's new car today. Compound a new car you ask!?! Well yes! It's a 2008 Subaru Impreza. We bought it 4 months ago with 11k miles....as the sun was going down...stupid! We owned the car for less than 12 hours when I had it in the garage to buff it out. I noticed lots of buffer induced swirls and halos. It also had the deepest wash brush marks I have ever seen. It also was COVERED in white overspray. It's a charcoal metallic so the tiny over spray spots where not easily noticed even in direct sunlight. I was time limited and knew that I had hours of work ahead of me to remove the over spray. So instead I just gave it a quick clay with blue mild to make the surface smooth and followed that with 83/rotary/7006 and 80/DA/8006. Topped it with some 21 and called it a day.
Fast forward to last week and I finally have time to remove the over spray. It took about 6 hours with red aggressive to remove all of it. Looking over the results of my last buff session on it I knew I was going to need something a lot stronger than 83 to get the job done. I did test spots with SOLO on various pads first and then moved on to 105. 105 at 1000rpms/7006pad did the trick in one pass. That followed with 80/8006/DA left a finish free of any swirls, halo's, or the earlier mentioned wash scratches.
Just for fun I did some test spots with 105 and a few different pads on my DA. Here is what I found:
DA/8006 pad/105/speed 5
This did a fair amount of defect removal and left a nice, yet slightly hazy finish that cleaned up with 80/8006/DA. Work time was similar to what I see with 83. This would be a great first step for somebody not quite comfortable with a rotary yet but still needs more cut than 83/8006/DA. I only tried it on this paint though, so YMMV.
DA/Cutting pad 2.0/105/Speed 5
This combo proved too aggressive for the DA. With moderate pressure the machine would bog so I had to use light pressure. The finish left was more hazy than with the polishing pad and less correction was done. I assume this is due to the light pressure dragging the abrasives over the paint rather than being worked into the paint and having a chance to cut Again, this was on one particular paint. It may work better on others and I wouldn't be scared to try it again. #80/8006/DA was NOT able to remove the haze in one pass. So I tried 83 on a 2.0 cutting pad at speed 5 and that did the trick. The wash scratches where however deeper than on the section that just had 105/8006/DA. So it wouldn't be worth the extra step IMO. Maybe a G110 with it's more powerful motor might do a better job with this combo? Maybe I should pony up and buy one to see!
DA/Cutting pad 2.0/83/DA
Not much to say here. The cutting pad worked great and left no haze. No where near the correction of 105 on an 8006 pad though. I would say it had more cut than the 8006 pad. I didn't do a side by side so can't say for sure but that would make sense. I'm sure this combo has it's place somewhere on some paint in some detail though! I won't hesitate to try it again in the future.
I know some pics would be nice but I didn't take any sorry!
I will post up some pics of the full detail though in the coming days.
Here is a link to the follow up with some pics:
PC + #9 + Finishing pad 2.0 - Car Care Forums: Meguiar's Online
