Help and advice needed for Maguiar's 105 and 205

[ShaneB]

I had a similar issue when polishing a Harley a few weeks ago. I was using 3D products but I believe had the same issue, paint was very soft and it just didn't like 501/502. Switched to Cut/polish and worked perfectly.

[WilliamSit]

I am open to other brands, it's good idea to have a few different on hand. Will go to get the M100 and M101 and some Menzerna to try. Any recommendations for which Menzerna to get? For the 2-3 cars I polish M205 was powerful enough most of the time, so I need a good final polish and one stronger polish with similar cutting power as M105.

I also need to polish more often

[dlc95]

I am open to other brands, it's good idea to have a few different on hand. Will go to get the M100 and M101 and some Menzerna to try. Any recommendations for which Menzerna to get? For the 2-3 cars I polish M205 was powerful enough most of the time, so I need a good final polish and one stronger polish with similar cutting power as M105.

I also need to polish more often

With Menzerna I use three different polishes.

HC400 for heavy cutting/compounding
PF2500 for medium defects. It's actually the workhorse of my menzerna selection.
SF3500 is my finishing polish. It has very little cut, and excellent gloss.

I use a lot of the medium cut on customer cars. If I was just taking care of mine and a few others, I would get the 400/3500 to cut the defects once and for all, and do maintenance polishing with the 3500. Once you get it corrected, the 3500 "should" be all you need when the time comes to polish again.

I love these polishes paired with Lake Country Hydrotech pads on a PC. When I used them with the Rupes, I used the Lake Country HD Orbitals.