First attempt at detailing my car's paint... a few comments

Ditto on what the above ppl say.



eh I got a 2003 Black A4 Cab. I seen a ton of pictures on here and polished mine. It looked great. then i put it under other lighting than sun and seen some swirls still. everyone on here just post pics of it in the sun. If I took a halogen or fluroscent at certain angles I would see swirls in even the pros work.



You did fine!
 
Yeah, flouresent lights are the great humbler. After spending

a lot of time on a job, admiring it in the sunlight, i just roll the

car in the shop, hit it with the lights, just to remind myself of

how far i still have to go i perfecting the craft.
 
stevet said:
gto78,



I don't interpret ricastm8's first post the same as you. It looks like he used a white pad and didn't get the results he wanted than moved up to the next level to an orange and still did not get the results he wanted. He then moved up an another level to yellow. Useing the least abrasive combo of pads and product needed to do the job and moving up to a more abrasive combo if you are not getting the results you want is the right thing to be doing.



You also recomend using PF II- Fine Cut with an orange pad or wool. Why would you recomend wool and not a yellow pad?



Also you recomend using SMR on a white pad followed by AIO or Machine Glaze on a finishing pad. Machine Glaze is more abrasive than SMR. Machine glaze should be used before SMR. You want to step down the abrasive level.
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stevet: Your interpretation is correct, I tried first with white, then orange and finally did the whole car with the yellow pad. As for the MG I used the orange pad, I know I should have tried the white pad first but I was too lazy to do it:nono .



If I do SMR after glaze won't the fillers in SMR help hide more defects, or maybe I should use PI-III Final Glaze, wich I beleive is all fillers and no abrasives?



Thanks to all for the kudos, you are giving me hope and pushing me to try and try again. I do enjoy caring for my car It's just that sometimes I'm too lazy:p . As for lighting I want to get some work lights but I'm waiting just a bit, this hobby is becoming very expensive:cool: .



Thanks

Ricardo:D
 
ricastm8- Not too much I can add to what's already been posted. You'll get better results as you gain experience :xyxthumbs



I too think you have to be willing to settle for *near* perfection when trying to fix a black car with a PC. You don't want to run out of clearcoat.



Speed the PC up to 6 for your aggressive polishing. It *does* make a difference. I dunno if I'd go much more aggressive than the PI-II FCRC with a PC. Most more abrasive products really require the heat of a rotary to break down. But you might consider PI-III Extra Cut RC (05936) with a yellow pad.
 
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