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I would try the new meguiars 210 it's made to finish soft paint. I'm always leery when people say they used something that came out great because u dont know what kind of light they are using to judge.
To me great means under a powerful color match light.
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Thank you guys. Appreciate the support and feedback.
I'll see what can be sourced in sydney, or from overseas. I know m210 is not available in australia yet. I'll see if I can find Essence or Wolfgang. I did some reading and I'm leaning towards CarPro essence. If anyone has other ideas please share. I'm all ears, or eyes...
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Originally Posted by ozzywannabe
Thank you guys. Appreciate the support and feedback.
I'll see what can be sourced in sydney, or from overseas. I know m210 is not available in australia yet. I'll see if I can find Essence or Wolfgang. I did some reading and I'm leaning towards CarPro essence. If anyone has other ideas please share. I'm all ears, or eyes...
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Menzerna SF3500 is what the Wolfgang product is based off of.
I believe you have access to that polish.
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Originally Posted by dlc95
Menzerna SF3500 is what the Wolfgang product is based off of.
I believe you have access to that polish.
Good call. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by ozzywannabe
Shoot an email to Nick from Detailing Shed, he’s in Sydney and has a load of global product beyond what’s on his store.
If you go the Essence route, do it prior to ceramic coating in the same session.
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Originally Posted by WristyManchego
Shoot an email to Nick from Detailing Shed, he’s in Sydney and has a load of global product beyond what’s on his store.
If you go the Essence route, do it prior to ceramic coating in the same session.
Thanks. I will look into DetailingShed.
The only thing i am worried about with Ceramic Coating is it is essentially permanent. If i still have swirls that i dont notice, i am locking them in for at least a year. I am in no rush to ceramic coat... I think i can live with Essence + Reload for a bit...Unless from more experienced members this is not recommended?
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Re: Soft black paint for Noobs
Originally Posted by ozzywannabe
GDay Autogeeks
I have recently acquired a new Holden SSV (essentially a Chev SS) in the soft GM black colour. Phantom Metalic. I have it a once over with Ultimate Compound than Ultimate Polish. No matter how much I work the paint, in the sun there are still very minor swirl marks. I am very new to machine polishing, and with the exception of a hyper blue WRX, all the cars I have ever done are white or silver so UC has always been enough.
My question here.. Is there a beginner one step that may work here, or even a two step system other than the meguiars consumer range? Am I missing something as a beginner? I know the hardest combination is Soft paint and Black paint. I want to get it 95% there so I can ceramic coat the beast.
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If your paint is super soft, you might be putting the swirl marks in when you buff out the polish. Next time you do it, try spaying a liquid on if first (spray wax, APC, ONR, etc) and buff super lightly, not putting any pressure on if you can. See if that leaves you with a swirl free finish.
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Coating is not permanent.
If it bugs you---break out the polisher and take off the offending section and re-coat.
Essence with a hit of reload is fine too...
Main thing...don't over think or get too uptight. Just get it done. If not happy, do it again with something different. You learn a lot from each session!
Tom
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An other thing. If you can't manage to finish without swirl or haze with Ultimate Polish, try mixing in some water. I would start at 50% water, 50% UP. See if it changes anything. You can also try with a different pad, sometimes the foam is too soft want it rolls over itself to damage the paint. So a harder pad could work better.
As someone said, try working the product less. Doing 1 or 2 passes instead of 4 or 5.
Keep you pads clean. Try cleaning them twice as much as you are doing now and see if it solves it.
The very last thing you should try is changing products. There is almost always a solution with the product you are already using.
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