P/c Removing To Much Clear?????really

[trhland]

from what ive heard from guys is that you can use the p/c and polish your paint once or twice a year for many years. but isnt removing even a little clear every year take away from the gloss ??? or no??

[sparkie]

Good Questing! Don't know what to tell you.

[Nuke33]

I heard that evenm useing that many times it takes a very long time for there to be even a mesuarable differance in paint level

[Whitethunder46]

I certainly can be wrong, but I don't think having a thinner layer of clear vs a slightly thicker is going to cause a noticeable difference in gloss?

I too have heard you can polish for many many years with PC.

[BetaB]

sure, 15 years of bi anual polishing/cleaning will decrease the depth of shine. So if you are keeping a show car, it most likely will not be polished that often. If you keep your daily driver for more than 15 years, congratulations as most of us aren't that patient or lucky.

[supercharged]

It really depends on how often you polish, what products you use, and how bad is your paint prior to polishing.

[nick19]

Originally Posted by supercharged

It really depends on how often you polish, what products you use, and how bad is your paint prior to polishing.

Yep!

[Grimm]

From a few posts I've seen, you can easily polish like 25 times with a PC and not worry about compromising the clear. But that being said, when people do a high dollar paint job on a car, they typically add several coats of clear because it adds more depth to the color than you would get with just a couple. So I suppose you could be hurting the look over several years as it thins.

[Gary Sword]

I think a lot depends on the product you are using. There are some pretty agressive polishes out there that I would not want to use on my personel cars to often. From reading a lot of different threads on different detailing forums I think a lot of professional detailers care more about using something that will get the job done fast then how much clear cloat they are taking off on someone's elses car. I also don't hear to many detailers talk about using a paint gauge. They usually just start going at someone's elses car with not really knowing anything about how much clear coat the have to work with or worry about how much they take off. Starting out was the least agressive polish is always the best choice if you care about the car being polished. Personally I would rather use something that might take a little longer and is less aggressive on my own cars.

[P1et]

I don't know if this is true or not, but I heard that you can use an aggressive polish on an orange pad about 15-20 times before you need to start worrying.

However, I think that once a car is polished with the orange pad and is well taken care of, you can polish with a white pad once or twice a year and not worry about anything...