SuperBee364
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So yesterday, while I was wiping the egg off my face from mis-quoting Kevin Brown, I started looking for the source of my "use moderate pressure for the first few passes, then light pressure for the last few passes" advice I had been giving people, and erroneously quoted my source as being Kevin Brown.
I couldn't find it.
So today, I did the unthinkable: I read the instructions on the back of the M205 bottle. Imagine my shock when it says, right there in black and white under the "Tips" section: "To achieve swirl free finish, apply moderate pressure on initial passes, reducing pressure gradually with very light pressure on final passes."
This same piece of advice is given on the back of the M105 bottle, but it is specifically listed as an instruction under the DA section. It doesn't say anything about decreasing pressure under the rotary instructions. Regardless, I have gotten best results from M105 by decreasing pressure on the last few passes.
On the 205 bottle, it does give this as a specific instruction under the DA section, then it does NOT say to do it under the rotary instructions, but yet it *does* say it under the general "Tips" section. Got that??
OK, Supe, shut up and sum it up....
I just went out and did a couple panels with M205. I stuck with the moderate pressure followed by light pressure technique, but I did do one thing differently. Yesterday, someone (and I need to go back and look for the name to give proper credit) said something about possibly working it too long. That kinda stuck in my thick head. So I decreased my working time a lot. I did two passes with moderate pressure, and two with just the weight of the buffer. I followed up with three 91% IPA wipedowns, using a new Eurow MF for each IPA application. I feel confident in saying there are *no* remaining oils. Squeaky clean. I then used every light source I have available for inspection. The finish was beautiful. The sun isn't going to be available to check for holos until tomorrow, but I'm pretty confident that even the sun isn't gonna out any defects in this finish.
My paint is pretty hard; it's not especially difficult to get even some pretty aggressive polishes to finish down very well and holo free. So while it is definite progress in the right direction, I still need to try it on some softer clear.
But at least it's a start.
I couldn't find it.
So today, I did the unthinkable: I read the instructions on the back of the M205 bottle. Imagine my shock when it says, right there in black and white under the "Tips" section: "To achieve swirl free finish, apply moderate pressure on initial passes, reducing pressure gradually with very light pressure on final passes."
This same piece of advice is given on the back of the M105 bottle, but it is specifically listed as an instruction under the DA section. It doesn't say anything about decreasing pressure under the rotary instructions. Regardless, I have gotten best results from M105 by decreasing pressure on the last few passes.
On the 205 bottle, it does give this as a specific instruction under the DA section, then it does NOT say to do it under the rotary instructions, but yet it *does* say it under the general "Tips" section. Got that??
OK, Supe, shut up and sum it up....
I just went out and did a couple panels with M205. I stuck with the moderate pressure followed by light pressure technique, but I did do one thing differently. Yesterday, someone (and I need to go back and look for the name to give proper credit) said something about possibly working it too long. That kinda stuck in my thick head. So I decreased my working time a lot. I did two passes with moderate pressure, and two with just the weight of the buffer. I followed up with three 91% IPA wipedowns, using a new Eurow MF for each IPA application. I feel confident in saying there are *no* remaining oils. Squeaky clean. I then used every light source I have available for inspection. The finish was beautiful. The sun isn't going to be available to check for holos until tomorrow, but I'm pretty confident that even the sun isn't gonna out any defects in this finish.
My paint is pretty hard; it's not especially difficult to get even some pretty aggressive polishes to finish down very well and holo free. So while it is definite progress in the right direction, I still need to try it on some softer clear.
But at least it's a start.
I can't wait to get my M205 finally and use it even more (tried it for 10 mins the other day but didn't really get a chance to work with it at all)
Sometimes it pays off to RTFM.
