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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    I have a Porter-Cable orbital. CQuartz seems DIY friendly. I'm open to suggestions hence this post....

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    @The Guz Portable Cable machine.
    This will be my first prep for a coating.
    I have no compound or polish on hand, only - Jescar Power Lock Plus & 845.
    Will need to purchase everything for - Decon, Iron-x, Clay mitt (dropped too many bars to buy another) polish and coating.

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

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    @The Guz Portable Cable machine.
    This will be my first prep for a coating.
    I have no compound or polish on hand, only - Jescar Power Lock Plus & 845.
    Will need to purchase everything for - Decon, Iron-x, Clay mitt (dropped too many bars to buy another) polish and coating.
    I’ll be interested to see how this goes.

    I recently added:

    Blackfire clay mitt
    Mckees iron remover
    Jescar
    845
    BOSS fast correcting cream
    Meguires #2 fine cut polish


    All of this for the boys accord that doesn’t seem to clean up like I had hoped with Blackfire one step.

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    Quote Originally Posted by kenshotx View Post
    @The Guz Portable Cable machine.
    This will be my first prep for a coating.
    I have no compound or polish on hand, only - Jescar Power Lock Plus & 845.
    Will need to purchase everything for - Decon, Iron-x, Clay mitt (dropped too many bars to buy another) polish and coating.
    Which coating have you chosen or which are you considering?

    I am going to recommend the following. Just be aware that you will receive many recommendations for products.

    Both user friendly.

    Compound: SONAX CutMax Cutting Compound 250 ml.

    Polish: SONAX EX 04-06 250 ml.

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    Quote Originally Posted by The Guz View Post
    Which coating have you chosen or which are you considering?

    I am going to recommend the following. Just be aware that you will receive many recommendations for products.

    Both user friendly.

    Compound: SONAX CutMax Cutting Compound 250 ml.

    Polish: SONAX EX 04-06 250 ml.
    I will say this to the OP:

    As Mike (The Guz) said, you will get a hundred opinions.

    But if you want the best outcome, listen to Mike's advice.

    He has hundreds of real-world posts about products, techniques, preps, and coatings. I read them all, and Mike knows as much as anyone on here about the processes.
    It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    @The Guz I am open to your suggestions for the coating that is weekend warrior friendly, associated pads, and anything other words of advice you'd like to share.

    I am starting with my daily driver the Accord, with the ultimate goal of doing the same for my wife's BLACK '19 Outback in the next few months . Just looking at thing the wrong way leaves marring.

    I appreciate everyone feedback...

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    These are some options for you to choose from

    Prep spray: CarPro Eraser Intense Oil & Polish Cleanser 1 Liter Refill

    Coating option::

    Coating lite: You get the benefit of a coating without the long term protection.

    CarPro CQuartz Lite - 150mL Kit

    Review - CarPro Cquartz Lite

    Full coating options:

    Cquartz UK 3.0 - If you are looking for durability and ease of use this would be it. The 50 ml bottle should be good for both vehicles.

    CarPro Cquartz UK Edition 50 ml. Reload Kit

    The daily with CQUK 3.0 + Gliss V1

    This is optional but you can top CQUK 3.0 with Gliss to add slickness among other qualities

    https://www.autogeek.net/carpro-gliss-v3.html

    Second option for a coating is Adams UV Ceramic Coating. I can not post a link to another manufacturer not sold by Autogeek. It is user friendly with the UV light aspect making it easy for a first timer. Available in 50ml's which should be good for both vehicles. It is slick on its own without the need for a topper.

    https://www.autopia.org/forums/detai...y-coating.html

    Third option would be Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light topped with Exo V4. Both user friendly. Exo does take a little more due diligence to wipe off than CSL.

    https://www.autogeek.net/gtechniq-exo-csl-kit.html

    Pads:

    These are popular https://www.autogeek.net/lc-12-pack-flat-5.html

    Meguiar's pads are also nice. The burgundy foam pad is one of the best foam cutting pads. https://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-da-foam-discs.html

    The sonax yellow pad is a nice polishing pad https://www.autogeek.net/sonax-yellow-da-pad.html

    Get yourself a 5 inch backing plate if you don't already have one.

    How many pads do I need to buff out my car?

    How to Monitor Pad Rotation? Mark Your Buffing Pads

    Update to mention towels. The Rag Company Edgeless 300 work very well to remove coatings. IGL also has some nice towels for coating removal.

    https://www.autogeek.net/igl-coating...al-towels.html

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    If your paint is in pretty good shape, you might not need a compound... you could probably get away with a polish.

    I have to throw Optimum Hyper Polish into the discussion. I used it yesterday to finally polish a door that had some body shop machine marks on it and the rear deck behind the trunk, and this stuff always amazes me. I used a semi aggressive MF pad, and it worked beautifully. The HP really plays to the pad... can be more or less aggressive. And literally zero dust. Given that Carpro is a coating friendly co, I assume it’s good before applying ceramic as well, but you would need a prep agent.

    Anyway my .02.


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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    Alrighty here's how things turned out - pretty good.

    Washed, Iron'x'd - surprised how little 'purple appeared on a 7-year-old car that spends 80% of its life on Texas highways, clayed, not issues.
    I used a Lake Country Orange light cutting pads (4) with the Cut Max. I would say I got 75-80% of the swirls and etching out. I even went over some of the areas a number or times. The pad polish combo wasn't going to get the deeper scratches and clear coat damage. I think a pad with more cut would have brought the finish closer to what I was looking for. However, I also wanted to start with the least aggressive method and work up from there. Then used the EX 4-6 as the final polish with the LC White pads (2). Applied the first Memzerna sealant coat. I'll do the second tomorrow.

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    Re: Compound and Polish recommendations

    I did mine last week when we had a little sun,I used Menzerna 3n1 and think it looks pretty good,as soon as I get some time I will give a bath and put Powerlock plus on it.

    The car is way less then perfect with 150 k+ on it and the fact I live on a dirt rd.

    I don't think you can use 3n1 before a coating though because it has fillers
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