Paint Correction On Harley Davidson Street Glide

[SuperGlide]

This newer Harley Davidson Street Glide was traded in at a local Harley Davidson dealer I do a lot of work for.
I was contracted to fix all of the paint and light touch up on the rest. It appears that the previous owner tried to
wet sand it, probably to try and remove the factory orange peel.

Polishing Process:

1. Compounded with Dewalt 849X Rotary with white 3" wool pad and Menzerna FG400

2. Second polish with Porter Cable 7424XP DA with Menzerna 2500 and 3" orange cut pad

3. Final polish was with Menzerna Final Polish using Porter Cable 7424XP DA and 3" black finish pad

*GG 3" Polisher was also used in some thin areas
to reduce the risk of going through the clear.

*I have done this process numerous times on different bikes in the past and the 3" pads seem
to do the best, due to tight areas and rounded edges.

4. Protected with DP Sealant



BEFORE:

Deep scratches, swirls and wet sanding marks...















AFTER:

[HateSwirls]

Well, it does look better but not perfect as you'd like it I'm sure.
If it was me I'd test a small area using your GG3 along with a 3 inch foam polishing 3k sanding disk, you can find them at a paint supply shop.
Then polish it out, see if it made any difference, if not I'd stop right there.

I've had great success using these polishing sanding disk, not very aggressive , just enough that it may remove the defects.
You could also first try the 5k disk.

Good luck!

[SuperGlide]

Well, it does look better but not perfect as you'd like it I'm sure.
If it was me I'd test a small area using your GG3 along with a 3 inch foam polishing 3k sanding disk, you can find them at a paint supply shop.
Then polish it out, see if it made any difference, if not I'd stop right there.

I've had great success using these polishing sanding disk, not very aggressive , just enough that it may remove the defects.
You could also first try the 5k disk.

Good luck!

I didn't do the wet sanding, the paint was already like that.
They hired me to fix the damage that was already done.

[HateSwirls]

I didn't do the wet sanding, the paint was already like that.
They hired me to fix the damage that was already done.

I understand that

What I'm suggesting is to NOW use a fine, 3k polishing sanding disk, not aggressive, just enough to remove the left over defects from whoever sanded the bike down.
From only looking at the pictures the compounding and polishing you used made for a big improvement.

I worked on a truck last week, pretty much the same problem, they had lines in the paint , no matter what pad combo and products I used didn't completely remove them.
The polishing disk cut just enough to remove them but not over doing it.
After I polished it out afterwards it looked great.