#7 very hard to remove, advice?

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Searchin4acoupe

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I apologize if this has been discussed before, I was having trouble with the search feature today (fatal error).



I am using the PC for the second time on my '95 Acura Legend (this is my third time using it since I bought it last year). My car is black with minor spider swirls appearing between details. Below I have listed the full treatment I intend to do this time around. Everything is the same as my last detail on this car about 6 months ago except this time I've added #7 hoping for a slightly deeper / wetter shine:



Dawn Wash

Clay

MPPC (yellow pad)

#9 (white pad)

#7 (black pad)

MPPP (black pad)



Everything has gone very well until I started with #7, It won't completely come off. Most comes off, but it leaves a ton of spears. My method with the PC has been load the pad on the first section and work the product in. Move to my next small section using product sparingly, then return to my first section with a microfiber to buff off dried product etc, etc...



I just got off the phone with Meguiars and they suggest: 1. Even less product than I was using. 2. Never let the product dry on the surface. 3. Perhaps #7 after #9 may be overkill, go straight to MPPP.



I will go give what they suggested a try and check back to this thread in a while.

Thanks for any help you folks may have!



Dave
 
Searchin4acoupe- The smart aleck answer is to use #5/#3/#81 instead of #7 ;)



It does sound like you might have used too much #7 but excess oughta wipe off (might take a few tries- wipe, wait, wipe again, etc.).



#7 never really *dries* the way "normal" products do, and I've found it tricky to use on b/c paint. I've never used MPPP after #7, but when I've used wax (#16) after it the wax seemed to pretty well take care of the smearing. You might want to try the MPPP on a small area where you have smears and see how it comes out.



The first time I used #7 by machine (back in the days of only rotaries and wool pads) I "baked" it onto/into the black lacquer of my car. A truly :eek: experience that sounds similar to what you're dealing. The only things that would take it off were PrepSol (which stripped it down to bare paint) and a *little* more #7. The additional #7 works a solvent-action on the stuff that's already on the paint. I'd try the "little more #7" approach on any spots where it seems thickly "stuck on".



Last idea: some MFs just don't seem to absorb/take off #7, so you might try terry. But of course terry can sometimes mar automotive paint, so it's kinda a catch-22. I dunno....I don't think I'd risk it.
 
Thanks guys, that was a good read by Mike Phillips. I don't think #7 is for me. I tried fixing it with a tad more product, which I think made it worse. I tried moving on to MPPP, better, but still not right. Plus, given the fact that it is not long lasting per Mike P. , I think I'll remove the small areas of #7 with some MPPC, re-apply #9, and just head straight for home with the MPPP.



Thanks again Guys!
 
I recently applied #7 with megs MF applicator. Thin is in, and wipe from one side to the other and start over.



You can do, say, your hood, and start right away removing it.



It doesnt really need to be worked, not any more than a wax does, it just sits ontop of the paint, filling in minor blemishes.



I too had a little smearing that i got bored of trying to remove, so i waxed over it, and that cleared it up.



#7 has no equal. It beat soundly RM on looks, although RM is really easy to use.



It made the surface feel smoother than RM also.
 
I tried to remove #7 with my Autopia concours towel, and that didnt work too well.



It removed alot better with one of my towels with a more "grabby" shorter less plush nap.
 
were you applying by machine or hand ??



i remember using it once before a couple yars ago and it was a pain.



oh well, lots of other products out there :xyxthumbs
 
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