If my Menzerna and makita had a face Id punch it!

[Lasthope05]

Well you could us 85rd/white if you wanted to for a little more bite like if you had light surface marring or light holograms. 85rd has some cut and can remove some very light defects but just not a lot. My usual is 85rd/black or blue. For me, I only use a finishing polish to amp up the gloss on dark color cars as I'm not necessarily looking for correction.

Yes this technique helps a lot in eliminating possible holograms. You are not only working in the polish to remove defects but when the polish has broken down you are basically using those broken down particles as a finishing polish to burnish and refine the paint. When you use this technique just remember to clean your pad often to remove spent polish residue and paint on the pad.

[ASPHALT ROCKET]

Last hope, that's awesome info. That could easily explain whee most of my problems are starting. Looks like that technique would eliminate holograms possibly.

So why not usE 85rd with white? A polish with no cut and a red pad with no cut.....just don't get what it's supposed to do.

You have a pad with cut and polish with very little cut so the end result is going to be a filling effect. When using a finishing polish with a no cut pad you are letting the polish do what little work it needs to do and there will be next to no chance of filling unless the marring or holograms are that bad.

[Kris R]

ok that makes sense about the finishing polish and the filling. thanks guys...and thanks for that great chart!

[le chim]

I have no problems with the Menzerna finishing polishes like RD and even 203s is fine with the rotary.
But with RD3.02 I experience the same problems as the topic starter. Polish dries very quick.