Help with finishing Polish!!

[mcpp66]

The lovely GM clearcoat. SIP is Menzerna Super Intensive Polish.

How many IPA wipedowns did you do and did you use 91%?

Do about 2, 91% IPA wipedowns. Go over it with 205 one more time with a white pad. Do an IPA wipedown. If there are still swirls and you don't see much change, you'll have to go back to scratch x steps and then repeat all steps. If there are still swirls after that, get a better polish.

I think the ScratchX 2.0 did its job, it's just that the Menzerna 85rd either left some of its own marring behind or it didn't entirely clean up the ScratchX 2.0-induced marring.

[CTS-Veo]

I'm certainly no profesional, so you probably want to wait for more advice. Just from reading what you describe, and not seeing any pictures, it sounds like the jump from scratch-x to 85rd was too big of a jump. I would imagine the scratches left after you worked the 85rd where left over scratches that the 85rd couldn't remove. Assuming proper polishing techniques were used, I can't imagine the 85rd removing the scratch-x marks, then creating some new ones...

I would:
m205 with a white pad
IPA
Menz 85rd with a gray pad
IPA

Then see what you're left with...

This is where the test spot is nice, because you don't need to experiment with different processes on the whole car; just to find out they don't yeald the results you want.

[mcpp66]

I'm certainly no profesional, so you probably want to wait for more advice. Just from reading what you describe, and not seeing any pictures, it sounds like the jump from scratch-x to 85rd was too big of a jump. I would imagine the scratches left after you worked the 85rd where left over scratches that the 85rd couldn't remove. Assuming proper polishing techniques were used, I can't imagine the 85rd removing the scratch-x marks, then creating some new ones...

I would:
m205 with a white pad
IPA
Menz 85rd with a gray pad
IPA

Then see what you're left with...

This is where the test spot is nice, because you don't need to experiment with different processes on the whole car; just to find out they don't yeald the results you want.

This is pretty much my plan........except I'll start least aggressive and do a test spot with 85rd on a gray pad first. If that doesn't do the job, then I'll go to 205 on a white pad.