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    Compound ?s for hard clear

    Compound ?s for hard clear

    Ok I have a 2007 corvette and I hear it has hard clear.
    I have used HF polisher with 5.5" pads
    Ive used mf cutting pads by Meg and CG
    As well as foam cutting pads
    The compounds and polish I have tried is all CG v line v34/36/38

    I have tried all the tips about small work areas, .slow arm speed, clean pads, the results look better but I dont seem to be getting enough cut/correction

    Do I need a more aggressive setup??

    Should I look into the surbuf pads? Or look into a better compound/polish like menzerna?



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    Re: Compound ?s for hard clear

    I would give m105 a try or menzerna fg400. I prefer menz fg400, but you can get m105 at your local auto parts store.
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    Re: Compound ?s for hard clear

    If it looks better hit it again with M105 and then again if need be. I personally like to see improvement and use it as a gauge to stay "the least aggressive" as possible. Far too often we are tempted to reach for something that gets it all and NOW which may be more aggressive than you need to level the paint to just the right point. Maybe a wool pad if you haven't tried that.

    If your results were minimal i would consider stepping it up but if it's say 50-60% better, i like to stick with it and get the remaining with the same approach.

    (whoops...i misunderstood that you were already using M105. That's my go to product and vary the pad choice at times).
    Last edited by Paul A.; 05-25-2014 at 02:14 PM. Reason: Clarification

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    It looks better in the area that I spent an hour on (1/3 of hatch) not much area at all. I originally polished with a light polish and use blacklight and it looked good but I think I just filled in everything as it soon started looking like before the blacklight

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    Re: Compound ?s for hard clear

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    Re: Compound ?s for hard clear

    Should I try
    FG 400
    Or the
    SI 1500? (1 review even said this was perfect on his corvette hard clear)
    I've read tons of great stuff on Menzerna. I wish I hadn't bought all 3 of the CG polishes :-(. They did work good on a honda recently though

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    Re: Compound ?s for hard clear

    Quote Originally Posted by Daviddear30 View Post
    Should I try
    FG 400
    Or the
    SI 1500? (1 review even said this was perfect on his corvette hard clear)
    I've read tons of great stuff on Menzerna. I wish I hadn't bought all 3 of the CG polishes :-(. They did work good on a honda recently though
    Always try to do the "Test Spot"...along with keeping
    the "least aggressive first" processes in mind.




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    Re: Compound ?s for hard clear

    Ha,
    that chart caused the confusion to start with.

    I would have to buy one as I don't have any. Can't buy several more just to try. :-( so I was looking for opinions on them. I see that fg400 is pretty aggressive and the corvette is my personal car so I want to get something to get it back to newish paint condition. I bought it used and has plenty of defects

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    I use both with great results on all corvettes I do to include my own 2008. White polishing pad for most sometimes orange pad. Only once have I usef the yellow componding pad but with great results. I always followed with sf4500 to top it off.

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