hey guys, im detailing my friends mr2 with red single stage paint, and am in need of some advice. ill get some pictures up later!
first off the swirls are bad. real bad. like he washed and dryed it with a coarse gym towel. he also has alot of oxidation. so, we wash and clay it, and i begin to polish with OP and a green cutting pad. not enough cut - so i bump up to yellow, then yellow with compound. most swirls are gone, but the paint looks hazy, and has some dot looking things that resemble pinholes(i know, not a good description). i polish down to green, and then orange pads with minimal improvement.
what are some possible problems that this could be? i suggested they might be small rock chips, and couldn't be taken out. the spot i polished looked okay - especially after wax - but not a high shine like it should. could my pads have gotten too crummed up to polish effectively? :think:
also, i know ssp like oils in products like meguiars - would glaze be a good idea to fill in some of those scratches/holes and oil/brighten the paint? how is 3M glaze?
sorry for the long post, and i will try and get some pics up tonight. thanks in advance for any help!
first off the swirls are bad. real bad. like he washed and dryed it with a coarse gym towel. he also has alot of oxidation. so, we wash and clay it, and i begin to polish with OP and a green cutting pad. not enough cut - so i bump up to yellow, then yellow with compound. most swirls are gone, but the paint looks hazy, and has some dot looking things that resemble pinholes(i know, not a good description). i polish down to green, and then orange pads with minimal improvement.
what are some possible problems that this could be? i suggested they might be small rock chips, and couldn't be taken out. the spot i polished looked okay - especially after wax - but not a high shine like it should. could my pads have gotten too crummed up to polish effectively? :think:
also, i know ssp like oils in products like meguiars - would glaze be a good idea to fill in some of those scratches/holes and oil/brighten the paint? how is 3M glaze?
sorry for the long post, and i will try and get some pics up tonight. thanks in advance for any help!