Polishing Only a Small Area?

[derass]

Is this acceptable practice? After learning that the Klasse twins do not do much for scratches, I will now have to address some problem areas on my car separately. Overall, the paint is in good condition but there is light scratching near the door handles and on the bumpers. So, would it be acceptable to polish these trouble areas with something like Meguiar's ScratchX, UC or UW, and then proceed to the Klasse application? Or if I am polishing a few small areas, should I do the rest of the car? I'm concerned that a single polished area may stand out noticeably from its surrounding paint.

[Don M]

Polishing small areas is usually what we call "doing a test spot." Which is where you experiment and find out just what process you need to correct the flaws specific to the vehicle you are working on. You could just buff out the individual areas you mentioned, but likely you will find that afterwards the rest of the car looks "bad" in comparison.

It's just my personal opinion, but I think that you will be much more satisfied in the end if you go ahead and polish out the whole car before applying the Klasse Twins.

[Desertnate]

I agree.

While you might think the paint is in pretty good condition, you'll quickly realize how much better it can look once you've polished the problem areas. This will be especially true if the car has never been machine polished before; even more so if we're talking about a darker colored vehicle.

[LSNAutoDetailing]

This same question came up on another thread where Mike Phillips answered (paraphrasing); It's best to polish the entire car so you have uniformity and consistency throughout the surface.

IMO, I would polish the entire car before going to LSP.

[Paul A.]

I couldn't agree more with member's opinions so far. I need my car and all of my work to be consistent 100%. I strive to get the entire vehicle to look consistently flat. And for those customer's who aren't paying for full correction, at least the entire vehicle looks about the same all around.