Joshua Centanni
10-08-2010, 11:46 AM
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I didn't have to go into work today, so I figured I'd do a little bit of experimenting with some products I recently obtained.
My goal was to see what 1 step pad/product combination would best remove the swirls on my mom's van.
Swirls
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5062105167_a50e3df548_z.jpg
Products Used
Buffer:
DeWalt 849 Rotary Buffer
Pads:
Grey Foam Finishing Pad
White Lake Country CCS Polishing Pad
Polishes:
Optimum Spray Hyper Polish
M205
D151
M09
First I sectioned off the left half of the hood (I had already done some experimenting on the right half).
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5062756604_8f5a2c6441_z.jpg
Then I buffed 4 of the areas using the different products on the gray finishing pad. I cleaned the pad with Meguiar's APC+ diluted 10:1 after using each product. I was running the buffer at 1800 rpm. I also wiped down the buffed areas with isopropyl alcohol before taking the pictures. Here are the results.
Optimum Hyper Polish
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5062782126_6cc2547536_z.jpg
M205
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5062171839_4a6d7be448_z.jpg
D151
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5062783180_0ea199bd23_z.jpg
M09
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5062784068_59d81a1e66_z.jpg
The pictures do a decent job at reproducing how the paint actually looked.
I was really impressed with M205, it removed most of the swirls and left the paint looking really nice. Honestly, I was a bit disappointed with the Optimum Hyper Polish as it didn't remove nearly as many swirls as M205 did.
Then I repeated the same steps using the LC CCS white polishing pad instead of the finishing pad (I also excluded M09 this time).
Here are the results:
Optimum Hyper Polish
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5062835948_0b955c9fc5_z.jpg
M205
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5062836606_cbd89c088f_z.jpg
D151
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5062845014_7fbbe98ff7_z.jpg
Again, M205 worked the best and I was disappointed by Optimum Hyper Polish.
Take away:
The finishing pad created better results than the polishing pad. This surprised me a bit as I thought that the polishing pad would yield better results than the finishing pad. I also thought that Optimum Hyper Polish would work better than it did, however, seeing some of the results that others have gotten with Optimum Hyper Polish I'm not giving up on it yet!
I was really impressed with how well M205 on the finishing pad worked. For my mom's van, that's the winning combination.
I didn't have to go into work today, so I figured I'd do a little bit of experimenting with some products I recently obtained.
My goal was to see what 1 step pad/product combination would best remove the swirls on my mom's van.
Swirls
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5062105167_a50e3df548_z.jpg
Products Used
Buffer:
DeWalt 849 Rotary Buffer
Pads:
Grey Foam Finishing Pad
White Lake Country CCS Polishing Pad
Polishes:
Optimum Spray Hyper Polish
M205
D151
M09
First I sectioned off the left half of the hood (I had already done some experimenting on the right half).
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5062756604_8f5a2c6441_z.jpg
Then I buffed 4 of the areas using the different products on the gray finishing pad. I cleaned the pad with Meguiar's APC+ diluted 10:1 after using each product. I was running the buffer at 1800 rpm. I also wiped down the buffed areas with isopropyl alcohol before taking the pictures. Here are the results.
Optimum Hyper Polish
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5062782126_6cc2547536_z.jpg
M205
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5062171839_4a6d7be448_z.jpg
D151
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5062783180_0ea199bd23_z.jpg
M09
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5062784068_59d81a1e66_z.jpg
The pictures do a decent job at reproducing how the paint actually looked.
I was really impressed with M205, it removed most of the swirls and left the paint looking really nice. Honestly, I was a bit disappointed with the Optimum Hyper Polish as it didn't remove nearly as many swirls as M205 did.
Then I repeated the same steps using the LC CCS white polishing pad instead of the finishing pad (I also excluded M09 this time).
Here are the results:
Optimum Hyper Polish
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5062835948_0b955c9fc5_z.jpg
M205
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5062836606_cbd89c088f_z.jpg
D151
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5062845014_7fbbe98ff7_z.jpg
Again, M205 worked the best and I was disappointed by Optimum Hyper Polish.
Take away:
The finishing pad created better results than the polishing pad. This surprised me a bit as I thought that the polishing pad would yield better results than the finishing pad. I also thought that Optimum Hyper Polish would work better than it did, however, seeing some of the results that others have gotten with Optimum Hyper Polish I'm not giving up on it yet!
I was really impressed with how well M205 on the finishing pad worked. For my mom's van, that's the winning combination.