mpmiller37
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So is there some product to reduce the visibility of those pits ?
First PC try with #80 and results.
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Accumulator
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Not really. A glaze, not Speed Glaze/#80, but a real glaze like Meg's #3/#5/#7/#81 or something like RMG, might help a bit. But generally it's the sort of damage you have to live with.
Try going over with speed 6. It makes a big difference for me. A regular sized car, with decent amount of swirls will take me about 2 to 2.5 hours to polish, using #83/#80 or IP/FPII. With a PC, on speed 6, if that marring/swirls haven't come out by 3 passes, it probably won't come out, so just move on. Btw, 1/3 a bottle is way too much product for just the trunk. It would even be alot for the entire car.
I have those pin sized specks in my black paint, also. Initially, they weren't visible, but revealed themselves after I did some prep polishing with my PC. They were so bad in some areas, that I was forced to polish them out. Mine were somewhere within the clear layer because they did eventually come out. I left them in less obvious areas like vertical surfaces, lower areas, etc. God knows how much clear I removed from the hood, but the specks were so visible in the sunlight, I had to remove them.
mpmiller37
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I thought it was beneficial to use a good amount of polish when polishing? The polish needs to stay wet for a while while the area is being worked, right? The #80 stayed wet for a good amount of time. If the polish gets dry too quickly then I would need to apply more anyway, right? The bottle I was using was a 32oz, so is 1/3 of that still too much for 2 passes over the trunk?
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Accumulator
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On the specks, I'd inspect with maginfication. The standard recommendation is the 30ZX lighted magnifier from Radio Shack, but IMO that's a bit much for paint inspection. A 15X or so would probably be better.
The amount of polish to use varies with the product in question. You don't need all that much polish when using something like #80 and using more than you need will only retard the breaking down, which will make the process less efficient and generally less effective.
I only use enough to keep the pad well loaded while I do a portion of a panel at a time. I'll keep adding more product and cleaning the pad as needed. I couldn't use a third of a bottle on one panel if I tried
and I've spent hours polishing on a single panel.
I've used my 32 oz bottle of #80 to do a number of vehicles, including the black rent-a-Suburban. Even after all those jobs, I've used less than half of the bottle.
The amount of polish to use varies with the product in question. You don't need all that much polish when using something like #80 and using more than you need will only retard the breaking down, which will make the process less efficient and generally less effective.
I only use enough to keep the pad well loaded while I do a portion of a panel at a time. I'll keep adding more product and cleaning the pad as needed. I couldn't use a third of a bottle on one panel if I tried
and I've spent hours polishing on a single panel.I've used my 32 oz bottle of #80 to do a number of vehicles, including the black rent-a-Suburban. Even after all those jobs, I've used less than half of the bottle.