Abrasiveness of Meguiar's #2 Fine Cut Cleaner?

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Logik

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My friend recently picked up a bottle of this product, and I've never tried using a buffer; just hand applications of various other products with decent success. However, I have some swirls on my car from washing, and was wondering if the abrasiveness would be too little or too great.



My friend said that it didn't take the swirls out on his car, but I'm not sure if that's because it's not aggressive enough or if it's too aggressive and leaving its own swirls. What's a good speed and pad type to use with this kind of product?



For reading this thread, you can have a cool reflective picture of the side of my car :cool:



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acrl said:
is this the integra in your avatar? looks nice
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Actually, it's not. The Integra in my avatar is my old 1997 Integra LS automatic. That got stolen, recovered, fixed, then I sold it. I bought a 2001 Acura Integra Type-R to replace it.



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This was my old LS:

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stevet said:
Megs #2 is for use with a rotary. It's not recomended for use with a PC or hand.
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I actually believe he has a rotary. What kinds of jobs is this product designed to tackle, anyway?
 
Yeah, the #2 is supposed to be a rotary-only product. It's primarily for single-stage paint, too. It's used to remove sorta-serious marring (scratches, bad swirls, etc.). Although some people use it as a very aggressive polish, with a PC, on basecoat/clear, it'll almost certainly leave its own marring.



This is one product I'd really *not* recommend for outside-the-box applications. There are just too many good alternatives you can use instead. I sure wouldn't use it on that Acura....
 
Logik said:
Actually, it's not. The Integra in my avatar is my old 1997 Integra LS automatic. That got stolen, recovered, fixed, then I sold it. I bought a 2001 Acura Integra Type-R to replace it.



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This was my old LS:

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I actually believe he has a rotary. What kinds of jobs is this product designed to tackle, anyway?
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Better choice of a car imo.
 
A Type-R over a LS? You don't say... :P



I love the fact that the ITR is a manual and now can never go back to automatic.
 
If you look at the meguiars abravsiveness scale it tells you that it is a 6 if I remember right. That is the same as they say for DACP. And both claim to have "diminishing abrasives". I would think it would not be much more than DACP if any. I recently tried the medium cut on a very bad waterspotted clearcoated truck and a PC. Seemed to work good as I had to do it twice to get the spots out. Didnt see much marring but followed with merzerna, VM, #16 and it came out great. I think #2 is safe with PC just use when it is really needed.
 
Bean: Integra Type-R have excellent factory paintjobs. There was no orange peel at all. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Integra LS.



Here's a picture of my Integra LS hood (click, large size). The orange peel isn't horrible, but it's pretty noticable.



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Compared to the ITR (had a little bit of dirt on the car, should have wiped it off prior)

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The abrasiveness rating on the bottles of FCC says 5, whike DACP is 6. But I remember a thread where Mike Phillips of Meguiars said this is a marketing mistake and the actual rating should be a 7. DACP gets great all-around reviews here, maybe try that first and if it doesnt get the results, try FCC. I have FCC and use it with a PC and like it alot.
 
Given the pictures that you show of your car, I think that fine-cut is more aggressive than necessary. I'd suggest to first try #83 DACP with a cutting pad.



Where are you in the bay area? Going by your pictures I'm guessing east bay ... say danville/san ramon?
 
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