Removing rotary trails

[SPiN]

My buddy took his C5 corvette to a "detailer". The guy hit it up with a rotary and then used a filler to hide everything.

A week later when the filler came off, its ALL SWIRLS AND BUFFER TRAILS.

his main thing he wants to get rid of are the rotary trails/holograms.

I told him id help, can i tackle these with my UDM?

I was thinking maybe an orange pad and some optimum polish can get rid of them?

What do you guys think? The trails are horrible.

[AeroCleanse]

UDM should be able to take them out, but the orange pad might be too aggressive.

[karburn]

I've read elsewhere that the new Mequiar's 105 on a white polishing pad does a good job on the Vette clearcoat, but you might want to do a search to confirm it. Your optimum on a white pad would be good, too. I agree that an orange pad might be too much. Sorry that your friend had to learn such a hard lesson about hack detailers. Good luck.

[Jimmie]

Your plan will do the job perfectly. I'd start with a white pad and move to an orange pad if necessary.

Note: I've removed some horrible trails with Optimum Polish.

[Matt S.]

OP isn't going to do a whole lot on a C5 or C6, but it's worth a shot..it all depends on how bad the swirls and holograms really are. If it works with the orange pad, just follow with a gray pad to restore a higher gloss.

[Derrick]

OP isn't going to do a whole lot on a C5 or C6, but it's worth a shot..it all depends on how bad the swirls and holograms really are. If it works with the orange pad, just follow with a gray pad to restore a higher gloss.


I thought the new optimum polish has better cutting ability?

Derrick