1995 Brilliant Black Mazda paint woes

[Twister]

Step up to 3000 grit, 2000 is hard to remove with a DA.

I think Mazda paint is on the hard side so the defects like swirls will be a little harder to remove. Just take your time

[Jumbosrule]

I prefer to remove my wax by hand. Gone are the days of tonnes of chalky residue (read turtle wax), especially if you put on a thin coat of wax by machine to start.

with a MF folded in half twice, you have 8 clean sides with which to remove wax residue. Once the bonnet gets filled up with residue, you'll have to stop, possibly turn it inside out, or put on a fresh one otherwise your ability to remove wax will be diminished.

just grabbing a fresh mf and refolding it is faster imo.

Guess I am going to have to learn this one for myself. The apple of my detailing eye is an SUV and there is just a lot of surface area to cover. I've been using the 1/8 microfiber buffing method till now - trying to speed up the process since I already have a DA.

Last weekend I did clay, compound, polish & seal with my DA, then applied wax and buffed by hand. This weekend I'm going to try to use the machine for everything - polish, seal, glaze, wax, buff.