Not happy with results...

**jeffs42885** · 08-12-2011, 12:09 PM

I just tried the following on my hood:

Wash with Chemical Guys Citrus wash
Clay with Adams Clay / Spray Detail
Dry off residue with microfiber towel
1 pass M105 + Surbuf (Porter Cable)
1 pass M2015 + White adams polishing pad (Porter Cable)
Buff off with adams doublesoft towel

There are still TONS of scratches, the gloss looks good, the color looks good, but I still see lots of swirls and scratches. Can someone please tell me what i MIGHT be doing wrong. I can try to get pics..

**flamed03vert** · 08-12-2011, 12:15 PM

Some one is going to chime in here... first thing I notice is you did one pass with the Megs 105 and 205 and not 4-6 passes. Also how deep are the swirls? What kind of car is it? Some cars have a tougher clear coat than others.

**rider9195** · 08-12-2011, 12:22 PM

Did you prime the pad? You should do at least 4-6 section passes. You might want to try slowing your arm speed down some. What speed were you using?

**jeffs42885** · 08-12-2011, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by rider9195

Did you prime the pad? You should do at least 4-6 section passes. You might want to try slowing your arm speed down some. What speed were you using?

6 on the PC. Sorry, when I say passes I mean 1 application.

In terms of actual passes, I'd maybe do 3 passes, overlapping...

I primed the pad by putting 3 small pea sized dots of the polish at 12 oclock, 4 oclock, and 8 oclock like i saw in a video.

**jeffs42885** · 08-12-2011, 12:28 PM

And its a 2009 Pontiac G8 GT, Red

**rider9195** · 08-12-2011, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by jeffs42885

6 on the PC. Sorry, when I say passes I mean 1 application.

In terms of actual passes, I'd maybe do 3 passes, overlapping...

I primed the pad by putting 3 small pea sized dots of the polish at 12 oclock, 4 oclock, and 8 oclock like i saw in a video.

Try doing 6 passes with slow arm movement. You want the pad and product to have time to work on the defects.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...-polisher.html

This should help out

**jeffs42885** · 08-12-2011, 12:49 PM

Should I layer the product- I've seen some videos where you put on the swirl remover, and then layer the polish over it, and remove them both at the same time.

**rider9195** · 08-12-2011, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by jeffs42885

Should I layer the product- I've seen some videos where you put on the swirl remover, and then layer the polish over it, and remove them both at the same time.

I would not do that..especially with M105. After doing 6 section passes with M105 wipe the product off. Inspect the results and then go to your finishing polish. M105 is a compound and does not need to be left on the paint. M205 is a polish and that does not need to be left on the paint either.

**jeffs42885** · 08-12-2011, 01:09 PM

Let me ask this.

Is it possible that there is so much wax on the car (from me waxing it throughout the years) that the compound isnt getting through? Just a thought

**Y2KSVT** · 08-12-2011, 01:11 PM

Also, you won't necessarily want to move onto M205 and the white pad until you're happy with the amount of swirls and scratches you removed with M105 and the surbuf pad. The M205 and white pad are used to refine your paint after using M105 as you will probably have a little bit of hazing or marring left to clean up.

By scratches, are you sure they aren't RIDS (Randomly Isolated Deeper Scratches)? Some of these won't come out without jeopardizing your paint. Some things you just need to say "good enough" and move on. If you can post some quality pictures (non camera phone), you'll get some better answers.