Beane71884
New member
Hello all,
I recently did my first, full exterior detail on my pearl white TSX, and have since done the hood on my brother's 2010 Civic with a GG DA with LC CCS orange and white pads for cutting/polishing. For my TSX, I started with the orange pad and Wolfgang TSR, but that didn't seem to touch any of the light swirls and scratches I had. So, I stayed with the orange pad, but switched over to Megs 105. This seems to improve cutting ability a little bit, but still not as much as I would have thought out of 105. I then did a small section with the CCS yellow pad, but this didn't seem to do much better than the orange, only left more of a haze. Now I know deep scratches won't come out, but all my swirls seemed to be fairly shallow and, what I thought, should have come out with at least the 105 using the GG DA. I finished the rest of the car with 105/orange pad followed by Wolfgang finishing glaze/white pad and my last step was BFWD on a red finishing pad. The car turned out ok, but I think it could be better, and I want more!
I kind of let things go until today when I tried to buff a spot out on my brother's civic. He and I decided to order of HD Uno a week or so ago, so this was my first attempt with it. Same story with the Uno, regardless of the CCS pad used, it just didn't seem to have much bite even on what I thought was supposed to be soft Honda paint. He had a few swirls in the paint that looked to be from a rotorary that I thought would come out no problem, but once again, no luck regardless of pad, speed, and pressure.
Am I missing or doing something wrong with these CCS pads, or are there much better alternatives out? If it helps, the products I currently use are 105, Wolfgang TSR, WG finishing glaze, and especially the HD Uno because this is what I would like to use primarily.
Thanks!
I recently did my first, full exterior detail on my pearl white TSX, and have since done the hood on my brother's 2010 Civic with a GG DA with LC CCS orange and white pads for cutting/polishing. For my TSX, I started with the orange pad and Wolfgang TSR, but that didn't seem to touch any of the light swirls and scratches I had. So, I stayed with the orange pad, but switched over to Megs 105. This seems to improve cutting ability a little bit, but still not as much as I would have thought out of 105. I then did a small section with the CCS yellow pad, but this didn't seem to do much better than the orange, only left more of a haze. Now I know deep scratches won't come out, but all my swirls seemed to be fairly shallow and, what I thought, should have come out with at least the 105 using the GG DA. I finished the rest of the car with 105/orange pad followed by Wolfgang finishing glaze/white pad and my last step was BFWD on a red finishing pad. The car turned out ok, but I think it could be better, and I want more!
I kind of let things go until today when I tried to buff a spot out on my brother's civic. He and I decided to order of HD Uno a week or so ago, so this was my first attempt with it. Same story with the Uno, regardless of the CCS pad used, it just didn't seem to have much bite even on what I thought was supposed to be soft Honda paint. He had a few swirls in the paint that looked to be from a rotorary that I thought would come out no problem, but once again, no luck regardless of pad, speed, and pressure.
Am I missing or doing something wrong with these CCS pads, or are there much better alternatives out? If it helps, the products I currently use are 105, Wolfgang TSR, WG finishing glaze, and especially the HD Uno because this is what I would like to use primarily.
Thanks!