Blackfire SRC Compound

I experimented with it a little over the weekend . . . Cyclo, orange pads on a black Mazda 3. Although the resulting finish looked good, my pads were gummed up pretty badly after doing just 1/2 the hood. Maybe orange pads aren't a good choice with this polish, but I didn't have the time (or the extra pads on hand) to try to finish out the car with BF-SRC, so I switched back to my old standby, HTEC.



Another thing, BF-SRC residue is a bit of a pain to remove. I ended up wiping off the majority with a dry MF, then QDed with ONR and a clean towel; that cleaned up the rest.



I think there's a great polish hiding in that bottle somewhere . . . I just need to figure out a pad/technique combo that works for me.



Tort
 
rydawg: Skip the Blackfire SRC compound, I have one bottle of Menzerna RD3.02 for you if you want it.
 
TortoiseAWD said:
I experimented with it a little over the weekend . . . Cyclo, orange pads on a black Mazda 3. Although the resulting finish looked good, my pads were gummed up pretty badly after doing just 1/2 the hood. Maybe orange pads aren't a good choice with this polish, but I didn't have the time (or the extra pads on hand) to try to finish out the car with BF-SRC, so I switched back to my old standby, HTEC.



Another thing, BF-SRC residue is a bit of a pain to remove. I ended up wiping off the majority with a dry MF, then QDed with ONR and a clean towel; that cleaned up the rest.



I think there's a great polish hiding in that bottle somewhere . . . I just need to figure out a pad/technique combo that works for me.



Tort
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Thanks for the reply Tort! I know it does have a learning curve. I guess I am just gonna stick with the 3.02.:2thumbs:
 
TortoiseAWD said:
I experimented with it a little over the weekend . . . Cyclo, orange pads on a black Mazda 3. Although the resulting finish looked good, my pads were gummed up pretty badly after doing just 1/2 the hood. Maybe orange pads aren't a good choice with this polish, but I didn't have the time (or the extra pads on hand) to try to finish out the car with BF-SRC, so I switched back to my old standby, HTEC.



Another thing, BF-SRC residue is a bit of a pain to remove. I ended up wiping off the majority with a dry MF, then QDed with ONR and a clean towel; that cleaned up the rest.



I think there's a great polish hiding in that bottle somewhere . . . I just need to figure out a pad/technique combo that works for me.



Tort
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Just in time, I was getting ready to order it, whoever your mini review made me change my mind. Do you mind my asking what you were trying to accomplish with this compound?

Changeling
 
Changeling said:
Just in time, I was getting ready to order it, whoever your mini review made me change my mind. Do you mind my asking what you were trying to accomplish with this compound?

Changeling
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I occasionally run across some pretty hard clearcoats (in particular, a '95 BMW M3 owned by a friend) . . . that's the biggest reason I picked up the BF-SRC. I wanted a polish that would work for those occasionally-stubborn hard paints. Applying it on the Mazda was just an experiment to see how the polish worked.



Tort
 
I am getting ready to place an order for some more polish and I don't know if I should get the Menzerna IP, FPII or the Blackfire SRC compound, polish? I mostly use a PC and do own a rotary and use LC pads for both. I have been using the poorboy and XMT line and both work okay but I want to use something without a filler since I am about to Zaino my vehicles. So any suggestions and advice is much appreciated and thanks in advance. Mike...
 
Isn't the cut the same with IP and SRC polish? Should I maybe get Menzerna PG and Blackfire SRC polish as a combo? Mike...
 
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