Newbie with some questions

[FloridaNative]

Thanks for clarifying the remark. I can see why people recommend not to polish by hand. It is very labor intensive and you cannot do any defect correction with the exception of removing oxidation and very minor swirls. The PC is the no brainer choice! But I did find the polishing pal valuable for it's size getting into places where the PC cannot and for use with the PC as spot buffers.

[coondog64]

Jen,

Is it ok to use SSR1 as a 'pre wax cleaner'. I have some swirl marks, but I am not nuts about working them all out by hand at the moment. So I bought SSR1 thinking I could kill two birds with one stone, pre wax clean and remove some swirls. My question is, is SSR1 safe/mild enough to use on the entire car? Or should I buy a seperate non abrasive cleaner to use on for example on the sides where the swirls are not noticible.

I plan to seal after with EX-P and then Natty blue.

[FloridaNative]

Originally Posted by coondog64

Jen,

Is it ok to use SSR1 as a 'pre was cleaner'. I have some swirl marks, but I am not nuts about working them all out by hand at the moment. So I bought SSR1 thinking I could kill two birds with one stone, pre wax clean and remove some swirls. My question is, is SSR1 safe/mild enough to use on the entire car? Or should I buy a seperate non abrasive cleaner to use on for example on the sides where the swirls are not noticible.

I plan to seal after with EX-P and then Natty blue.

SSR 1.0 is a mildly abrasive finishing polish. It will remove whatever products you have on your paint and get you LSP ready, but it may be too mild to remove the swirls that you have. I don't know the condition of your paint and how swirled it is, but the car that I worked on was in horribly neglected condition. It took 2.5 to remove the finer swirls and for the rest of them I filled in what I could with XMT finishing glaze and then finished it off with Souveran and that masked alot of the remaining defects.

[coondog64]

Hmm, ok. Well looks like I'll be getting the PC sooner than expected then. I just couldnt justify buying SSR2 or SSR2.5 and doing a polish for the first time by hand.

Most of the swirls are very minor, so hopefully with some luck (and maybe using the yellow pad that comes with the polishin pal) I will be able to get rid of most of them. EX -P and nattys should take care of the rest for now.

Cant wait to take some pictures! Hopefully it doesnt rain in upstate NY this weekend, at least enough time to get a wash and clay....

[FloridaNative]

Just use some pressure and a back and forth motion. Keep working the polish back and forth with the polishing pal until it starts drying up, then buff off the residue. I can't wait to see your pics. If they are mild you'll probably be fine. The poorboy's polishes are excellent!