Help with Finishing Down 59 RR Silver Cloud

[LeMarque]

Has been repainted. But for the life of me I can't get this to finish down.


 


It looked like this when it came in:


 





 


After 105 with a Megs lite cutting wool on a Flex 3401, I went to 205 and a B&S Green then Menz 4500 on A B&S Blue


 


and it still has this:


 





 


If you look closely where the three led lites hit the paint you can see, what? marring, swirls?


 


I'm about to give up and go to work @ WallyWorld.

 

[LeMarque]

Well I hit it one more time with 4500 and it cleaned up but I'm still interested in others techniques for finishing down. I realize all paints are differnent but still ...

 

[Dellinger]

LeMarque-


 


No experience with the paint system you were working on, however, if I'm pulling out wool (which I have been quite a bit lately) I always follow with 2 more steps.  So... it would go something like this for me... wool/ compound, orange/ compound, black/ polish.


 


When I'm 'lost' ... I'll just pull out every pad and every bottle of product, put them on a small bench beside me, and start dreaming up combos.  A person is only limited by their imagination.


 


For what it's worth,


-Gabe

 

[LeMarque]

Well, on another forum (lack of feedback here makes me feel anathematized) it was suggested that a red pad with 4500 would be the way to finish down.


 


Anyway, here's the result. Finished with Poxy


 





 





 


Those white spots are not wax. Paint's chipped.


 





 





 

 

[Accumulator]

LeMarque- Glad you got it sorted out.  My guess is that the issues you struggled with were quite possibly from the M105 step, maybe a combo of that and the M205.  I've had some issues that sure resembled that and that's what it was in my case.  I too sorted it out via lots of "final finishing"-level work with very mild stuff.

 

[LeMarque]

LeMarque- Glad you got it sorted out.  My guess is that the issues you struggled with were quite possibly from the M105 step, maybe a combo of that and the M205.  I've had some issues that sure resembled that and that's what it was in my case.  I too sorted it out via lots of "final finishing"-level work with very mild stuff.

 


Thanks for the reply Accumulator.


 


I tried every combo of pad and compound - including the new Adapt - and the only satisfactory initial cut was with wool. Admittedly, I'm some distance from an Autopian ability to finish down on certain paint. But I feel I'm getting very close.


 


Have a great Holiday and New Year all.

 

[Envious Eric]

swap 205 out for menzerna powerfinish and you will be good to go!  also, if you have defects still to be removed, 4500 will not cut it, but 4000 might do the trick.  Sonax perfect finish is a really good medium between powerfinish and 4500..

 

[tssdetailing]

Give this a shot sometime after your wool pass, MFDA cutting pad, primed with D300. Once primed, use two dots of M105 and  two dots of D300.  I use that with my 3401 all the time. It wipes off with ease and cuts very nicely. On soft paint you'll want to follow it up with tangerine and 205 as it still micro-mars

 

[LeMarque]

Give this a shot sometime after your wool pass, MFDA cutting pad, primed with D300. Once primed, use two dots of M105 and  two dots of D300.  I use that with my 3401 all the time. It wipes off with ease and cuts very nicely. On soft paint you'll want to follow it up with tangerine and 205 as it still micro-mars

 


Sorry for not responding sooner, but as all those who detail full time know, this is a bear of a business to run and manage. So much time with work, customers and employees ...


 


Anyway TS!S, I have tried that or a similar combo in the past. The Rolls in particular was a real challenge, and for me, while I'm not downplaying the proper technique to correct, it's finishing down on certain paints where I need more experience.