Lake Country Hybrid Heavy Cut Pads

[bym007]

Hi,

First time detailer here. I am working on my wife's Black VW Polo. It's a fairly new car late 2017 with 24,000 kms on it. So paint condition is not too shabby.

I am using Flex 3401 with LC Hybrid HC orange pads & Menzerna AIO. The pads are coming out pretty dark after a panel, when I discard them and move onto a fresh orange pad. However is this normal ?

[bym007]

Here is an example.

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[SWETM]

How did you prep the paint before starting to polishing it?

It looks like the paint is very dirty and that is picked up by the pad.

/ Tony

[bym007]

The paint was washed and clayyed a day before cutting.

I had used Megs D155 Last Touch to wipe the panels before polishing. And noticed the pads don't come out as dark, when I didn't apply the QD for some reason.

[bym007]

[SWETM]

Are there any difference from panel to panel? Could it be that there some repainted areas?

I think it's just imbedded grime that the pad and Menzerna AIO is desolveing and gets into the pad. How is the polishing results on the paint?

[jolo]

Prep is key....I do Chemical decon on every vehicle I touch for the the first time.

[Breese147]

My best guess is that It may be overspray from a repainted panel.


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[bym007]

Whatever it was, it was mainly the door panels on both sides. The roof and hood wasn't suffering.

Anyway, it's been cleaned. And sadly I had to put more effort in.

[cwp2016nd]

To avoid staining like that on your pads I try to decontaminate the paint best as possible before polishing.

I presoak with an APC diluted 10:1 and then wash with a high PH soap to help strip old layers of protection as well as clean the paint nicely.

After I rinse, I will do an iron decon with your favorite product of choice (Adams, IronX, Griots etc.). Right after the iron decon I rinse and then spray my clay lube down to clay the vehicle. After claying, I give the paint a quick wipe to dry most of the clay lube. My last step before polishing is spraying a paint prep/isopropyl alcohol/body solvent etc. on the paint to remove any residue from all the other processes.

I have found doing this thorough but necessary process helps keep my pads clean and improves the polishing cycle.