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    Looking for advice on new compound

    I have not compounded a car for a couple years now but looking for advice for what new product advances have come out. I previously have used menzerna heavy cut 400 and liked it at the time.

    I bought a new vehicle but it sat on a dealers lot for about 9 months and the paint has quite a few imperfections because of that. It is white so I am looking for something that can be one step for cut and gloss. I plan on coating with cquartz uk and gliss afterwards.

    The compounds I have been looking at are carpro ultracut and sonax cutmax. I would like something doesnt stain trim if accidentally gets on trim, lower dust level and finishes well so do not have to polish afterwards. I will be using flex 3401 and have LC orange and white hybrid pads on hand so would like to use one of those. I am not set on either of those compounds so if something different would be suggested I am open to suggestions.

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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    Ultra-Cut is my go-to.
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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    Quote Originally Posted by TTQ B4U View Post
    Ultra-Cut is my go-to.
    Really is nothing short of amazing..... cuts insanely good and finishes down unbelievably good.
    Ripping through your mind like a hurricane full of novocaine

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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    It's my only frame of reference but, based on recommendations from people here, I tried Cutmax with a LC orange pad and it worked really well. It took out 5000 grit (hand) wet sanding scratches and finished well enough that I would be comfortable going straight to an LSP. I can't speak to whether it stains trim but the dust was pretty minimal, which was nice.

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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    What type of car is this?

    You may not need something as aggressive as a compound, especially if the car is one with soft paint. I've been able to do some pretty good correcting and one-steps with only a medium cut product on damage I never thought would polish out that easy.

    I like Blackfire's compound. I've also used the Correcting Cream and Perfecting Cream from Griot's BOSS line. Both work very well, so I don't see why their Fast Correcting Cream compound would not be equally good. I haven't tried it due not encountering something require that level of a compound since I bought it.
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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    Quote Originally Posted by Desertnate View Post
    What type of car is this?
    It is a BMW X3M comp my wife is driving

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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    there are folks that really like theGriots Boss fast correcting cream-- it can finish down really good

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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    Quote Originally Posted by luckydawg View Post
    there are folks that really like theGriots Boss fast correcting cream-- it can finish down really good
    I'm one of them. For a "compound", the way it finishes is actually unbelievable.
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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    My go to’s are Ultracut, Jescar, Griots FCC & M101

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    Re: Looking for advice on new compound

    I have used jescar & sonax cut max-- with the jester being better I thought

    Recently obtained the Griots FCC & Megs 105-- plan to give them both a try pretty soon here

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