veeko
10-05-2010, 01:45 PM
This past weekend I had my first customer car which was a platinum grey 2006 VW Jetta. The car was just recently purchased as a pre-owned vehicle and seemed to have been severely neglected over the years. The new owner was looking to remove swirls and scratches. Upon assessing the paint with the customer, I pointed out all of defects. Just about the entire car was covered in moderate swirls and scratches, some scratches much deeper than others. I explained how a multi-step approach works and even did a test spot right in the front of the customer. The customer was instantly sold.
The polishing products I used consisted of Optimum Compound II and Optimum Polish. I currently only have 6.5" pads and a few 4" pads. I wasn't too impressed with how the compound was working with the orange pad and felt the need to step it up to the yellow. The results were good but i found it took a lot of time switching between 3 pads (yellow, orange, white) to get the results I was after (approx 30+ mins per panel) and even still I felt it could have been better. The clear-coat on the VW definitely seemed like a tough one to work with.
I'm definitely going to be picking up some 5.5" flat pads in hopes of improving the over-all process. I keep reading the 5.5" pads are much better for paint correction. I spent a total of 12 hours on the car from start to finish and I would really like to find a way to kind of speed things up.
Aside from that, does anyone have any recommendations on a compound that works quicker and better than Optimum Compound II and still finishes as nicely? Is Megs #105 any better or about the same?
Any suggestions or feedback on any of the info above is greatly appreciated.
Here's a couple of pics of the customers car finished off with some WG DGPS.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa178/veeko_81/Detailing/IMG_2875.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa178/veeko_81/Detailing/IMG_2877.jpg
Thanks,
Lu.
The polishing products I used consisted of Optimum Compound II and Optimum Polish. I currently only have 6.5" pads and a few 4" pads. I wasn't too impressed with how the compound was working with the orange pad and felt the need to step it up to the yellow. The results were good but i found it took a lot of time switching between 3 pads (yellow, orange, white) to get the results I was after (approx 30+ mins per panel) and even still I felt it could have been better. The clear-coat on the VW definitely seemed like a tough one to work with.
I'm definitely going to be picking up some 5.5" flat pads in hopes of improving the over-all process. I keep reading the 5.5" pads are much better for paint correction. I spent a total of 12 hours on the car from start to finish and I would really like to find a way to kind of speed things up.
Aside from that, does anyone have any recommendations on a compound that works quicker and better than Optimum Compound II and still finishes as nicely? Is Megs #105 any better or about the same?
Any suggestions or feedback on any of the info above is greatly appreciated.
Here's a couple of pics of the customers car finished off with some WG DGPS.
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa178/veeko_81/Detailing/IMG_2875.jpg
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa178/veeko_81/Detailing/IMG_2877.jpg
Thanks,
Lu.