CarPro's Denim orange peel removal pad TESTED....WOW!!!!

[allenk4]

3401

Speed 5.5

Light pressure

M100

4 passes

Clean with larger carpet type brush. A small.pad brush takes all day. Clean with machine off, not rotating

Add M100

4 more passes

Buy the 1/8" 3M vinyl tape and use it on body lines

Wet sanding is much faster and the DOI is better, but the Denim has less of a fear factor, but keep in your toes

You will want at least 5 of the 5.3" and a few of the 3" pads. Swap often.

[R/TED]

Thanks allenk4, info is much appreciated.

[DBAILEY]

I did an entire 2013 Ford Taurus with the denim & velvet pads with a GG6 and FG400 (factory paint). I didn't like using M105 at all and found FG400 much easier to work with. I used the trim cleaning brush that comes with that new Mother's Trim Cleaner. It was perfect for that and then rubbed with a MF. Brush with the fabric grain to get the polish out of the grooves. I was too scared to cut until the paint was completely flat. Some panels where the orange peel wasn't too bad came out flat, but there were some panels that had bad orange peel and I just knocked those down significantly. I wanted to preserve as much clear as possible but had to do something about that typical Ford orange peel.

The 3" inch pads were hard to keep flat with a rotary so I used a PC

[pbbraun]

Great pics and results.

I just painted my first car. It is white. Matched the OEM color.
Applied 2K Glamour High Gloss Clear Coat, Aerosol, 11.8-oz.

Boy that stuff is hard. Lots of orange peel.

Would appreciate recommendations on fastest way to get eliminate the orange peel. I used the small CarPro's Denim orange peel removal pad. Seemed to work ok. Used it with the Meguiar's G3501 DA Compound Power Pack. Used Dewalt 18 volt drill. I believe the max rpm is about 1500. It is a heavy drill. Also used it, very carefully, with a Harbor Freight polisher (Max RPM 3500). Also heavy. Very carefully because the pad is much smaller than the velcro mounting.

Would appreciate suggestions on:

Should I get a larger pad and use it with the polisher? What speed should I run it?

Should I use 400 grit wet sandpaper to knock off some of the orange peel and then go to the Demin pad?

Should I continue to use the pad with the Meguiar's G3501 DA Compound Power Pack.

Should I buy a different polisher?

I am very pleased with what I was able to do with the polisher. I also used the purple foam pad with the polisher and that seemed to do any well.

Would very much appreciate recommendations. I still have a lot of clear coat to fix.

Bill

[ESSO]

Nice shot.