More cut with AiO or stronger polish?

[Uncbrs]

I was able to come up with a regular Griot's Orange Correcting Foam pad and a Boss Orange Correcting Foam pad. Hopefully will be able to give those a run with the AiO sooner rather than later. I'll share the results. Thanks everyone!

[PaulMys]

I was able to come up with a regular Griot's Orange Correcting Foam pad and a Boss Orange Correcting Foam pad. Hopefully will be able to give those a run with the AiO sooner rather than later. I'll share the results. Thanks everyone!

Just one pad each? I hope they are just for test spots.........

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Just one pad each? I hope they are just for test spots.........

Precisely that. Once I find the right combo, I'll properly stock up. Thankfully, overall, the concern areas are trunk, top of car and hood. Pretty much everywhere a dealership wash came down on.

[Paul A.]

And if you get some correction with an orange pad but you want more...hit it again.

A lot of folks want immediate and final results i.e. "i want a pad and product that will remove all these scratches after i work this section 1 time (4-8+ section passes)".

When I work on my own car i sometimes see new products/pads that "kinda" work...removes some of the marring but not all. I'll hit it again and get some more correction and go from there. I like that because it shows just the right amount of paint removal to level down. Like Mike Phillips has said for a long time there's only so much of that precious OEM paint.

Sometimes our need for a one pass immediate fix results in more paint removal than may have been needed. Especially on fine scratches.

[Uncbrs]

So I think we're getting somewhere! Orange Pad + AiO has removed a good amount of the micro scratch marks on the trunk. I have a feeling I could do even a bit better but hesitant to move beyond this based on 1) I'm happy with how it looks and 2) not wanting to remove too much or even risking it.

The top and hood are probably worse off so those will be the next tests but happy now with the AiO and Orange Pad. This should allow me to prep it until next spring after I finish with the polish/seal. I hear the highest peaks are already due for snow around here...depressing.

I also have PBH Black Hole some Wolfgang SiO2 wash and seal products and Collinite 845 to add to it all as well. Sure seems like taking a day off on Friday is looking more and more worthwhile. I appreciate you all walking the noob through this one - already feels gratifying to accomplish so little. Now to hide the CC bill.

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Hopefully there's two images attached. Finished it out...next time I do it I think I'll use something a little stronger than the AiO but all in all, happy for now. Finished off with some PB BH and a spray SiO2 sealant. A few hours later I added the Collinite 845. No complaints and happy I took the dive into machine polishing. Thanks for the tips and advice!

[chilly]

Nice!!!

[Paul A.]

Beautiful! Glad to hear you're happy with the finish.

Welcome to the wonderful world of machine polishing.

[PaulMys]

Hopefully there's two images attached. Finished it out...next time I do it I think I'll use something a little stronger than the AiO but all in all, happy for now. Finished off with some PB BH and a spray SiO2 sealant. A few hours later I added the Collinite 845. No complaints and happy I took the dive into machine polishing. Thanks for the tips and advice!

VERY NICE!!

[DUBL0WS6]

If you really want faster cut out of an AIO, use a Griots MF Fast Finishing pad.