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Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
I thought I was content with the results, but of course the more and more I thought about it, the more I suffered from detail-itis!!!
My car is 09' Honda Accord mystic green metallic. Also was told it's soft paint whatever that means.
My question is, the following:
Purchased a brand new Griots Garage 6 along with Meguiars cutting pad which is the burgundy looking one 6", the yellow polishing pad and the black finishing pad. Product I bought are ultimate compound, ultimate polish and ultimate liquid wax
My goal is to do I believe is called a paint correction. I had white looking scratches that I seemed to get out but I still see swirl marks on the car. I'll try to add pictures soon.
Till then, question is, is it possible to cause more swirl marks or have permanent swirl marks in general?
In daylight it looks like a majority of it is gone, but at night under the parking lighting say at Home Depot, I can see signs of scratches. Those scratches are nowhere close to nail deep by the way. If I am causing more problems I would like to know if I dug myself too deep and can still fix it!!
The first time I did the correction swirls were for the most part taken out after two passes. Do I need more passes.? I use pressure about 5-10 pounds. Should I more so let the machines weight do all the work on a flat surface or should I add more downward force?
Do I need more of an aggressive approach like different pads and products?? Is there no such thing as perfection??
( I understand there are limitations to what a product can do but if it can be better I would like to know)
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
So many details that need to be known to know what you are doing, right or wrong. Products probably are not your problem. Most likely process and technique are.
Welcome to AG btw!
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
I'll need to wait on the pictures because right now it's raining out and the lighting situation is horrible. Ergo, pictures make my car look like a superstar.
In the meantime here's what i did.
The first step that I did, I took the ultimate compound I put about 5 pea size drops of product on to the correcting pad. I smudged the product around the pad and I started buffing the car in hatch patterns with two passes. After, the initial step, I believe is called priming the pad, I would only dab 2 pea size of product each and every time after.
I did everything in sections with about palm pressure which is about 10 pounds of downward force. Each section I did in 2 feet by 2 feet areas give or take at a time. After each pass, I would wipe with Meguiars ultimate shine micro fiber towels.
I repeated process for the following:
I started with the horizontal panels, the hood, trunk, roof.
Then I moved onto the vertical panels, front side panels, doors, and rear panels.
Lastly, I did the front and rear bumpers
All of this at about a #5 setting on the DA
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Moving onto ultimate polish with the yellow pad from Meguiars , I used in the same manner as ultimate compound also in the same pressure and speed.
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Finally onto ultimate wax with the black finishing pad from Meguiars also in the same method, but this time I did at a #2 speed
To be very clear, every product was cross hatched
Ultimate compound and polish I passed through twice and the wax once
Passes were made slow, almost felt like I was just allowing the machine to walk across the surface on its own if that makes sense.
When I use the micro fiber towels tri-fold the edges inward vertically, then same again but vertically.
What other detail can I share with you???
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
Did you clean the pads as you went along?
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
How many pads do you have of each color? It sounds by your post just one of each?
2013 Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track Edition
2015 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 2016 Pearl White Nissan Altima SR
2019 Nissan Rogue SL
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
One of each pad. I am not blaming anybody (cough, salesperson) but I didn't know any better
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
Yeah, you need to get more pads, I use atelast 3-4 per vehicle per each step.
The Buff and Shine pads would be a good starting point.
Get 3 orange and 3 white, you can do a great job with these two pads.
Buff and Shine 5.5 Inch Flat Foam Pads
2013 Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track Edition
2015 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 2016 Pearl White Nissan Altima SR
2019 Nissan Rogue SL
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Re: Paint Correction issues after my first attempt...
Don't forget to get a matching backing plate for the smaller pads.
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