Need help: polishing super sticky paint.

[choijw2]

I need help with polishing sticky paints.

Compound/ polish were drying almost instantly and I thought it was due to humility
but now I think it's because paint is super sticky/ soft, absorbing polishing oils, causing me to dry buff.

I ended up using carpro essence with a LOTTTTTTTTT of water,
made huge mess.

There gotta be easier way....

[james751993]

Is this a single stage paint you're referring to?

James

[choijw2]

Is this a single stage paint you're referring to?

James

no, its super soft paint, it like to absorb polishing oil/ lubricant
causing it to feel "sticky" and dry buff.

[lawrenceSA]

What machine are you using? anything forced rotation is probably only going to exacerbate the heat problem. A free spinning DA is probably your best bet. Reduce pressure and machine speed if you can.

You can also try to cool the panel down prior to polishing - I once soaked a bunch of MF towels in a cooler box with ice water, then would lay a couple of towels out flat over the section I was about to correct and let it cool the panel down for a few minutes.

I have never tried Essence on stick paint so don't know if it will help or not, but I have always had good success with Menzerna polishes on sticky paint.

[choijw2]

I tried all the combination possible with what I have

Rupes 21es, PC 7424xp, griots 3", flex pe-8

[RaskyR1]

I've had success using M205, but you may or may not have the same results. I worked the section as normal, don't try and wipe off, clean your pad on the fly, apply a few more drops of M205 and short cycle the polish, one pass and wipe off right away.


It's been several years since I had to deal with one of these. On the Forester I last did I cut with Megs D300 using their MF pads and followed with M205 and foam pads. D300 dried up a little but wasn't near as bad as some other compounds.

[WillSports3]

I'd suggest hyper polish or Sonax cut and finish. It seems thinner water based leveling fluids work better on sticky paint or super oily polishes.

[choijw2]

I read something about "wet buffing" or w.e it calls

But looks like prime your pad and use extra extra polish to get it more saturated.
But I dont know how about this option.

[choijw2]

I've had success using M205, but you may or may not have the same results. I worked the section as normal, don't try and wipe off, clean your pad on the fly, apply a few more drops of M205 and short cycle the polish, one pass and wipe off right away.

thats smiliar to what I did,
instead of adding products, I sprayed water on surface, pass couple times and buffed.

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Scholl S30+ or S40

Britemax Black Max Ultra Fine Polish is BY FARRRR the easiest polish I've ever used to wipe off. Not enough experience yet to determine it's finishing abilities, however.