Subject Vehicle: 2001 Jaguar S-Type 3.0
Paint: Black with Gold Metallic Flakes
Paint Condition: Heavy Swirls and moderate to heavy Scratches
Products Used:
Dewalt 849 Rotary
Optimum Car Polish
Hi-Temp Heavy Cut Leveler
Meguiars 8" Wool Cutting Pad (W-4000)
Sm Arnold SINGLE-PLY MICRO POLISHING PAD (Spot)
3M Black Polishing Pad (Waffle)
Optimum Spray Wax
I wanted to find a car to test the top end of Optimum's Car Polish in the area of defect removal. This car was the right choice as the previous owner spent years going to automatic carwashes and or washing it by hand with god knows what
Some before shots taken with a 70-200mm zoom lens while standing next to the car so I could dial in the defects. Almost every inch of the car was covered in swirls and/or scratches
And now after before applying any LSP's
I did the work on Saturday but had access to the car duing the week to try some things and it quickly became apparent that the LC Orange VC pad alone was not going to cut it. I let the machine do all the work and applied only enough pressure to the head of the machine to make it go where I wanted it to.
All in all I can say I'm still impressed with this product. Not just because of the shine but because of the limited/no dusting (which saves on clean-up time) and the long working time (which meant I didn't have to pick up the pad as often and could really work the panels.
There are some defects (water spots) on the roof that OCP couldn't get out, but I wanted to wait till my sample of the Compound got here (DHL dropped it off today) instead of using the HCL.
Paint: Black with Gold Metallic Flakes
Paint Condition: Heavy Swirls and moderate to heavy Scratches
Products Used:
Dewalt 849 Rotary
Optimum Car Polish
Hi-Temp Heavy Cut Leveler
Meguiars 8" Wool Cutting Pad (W-4000)
Sm Arnold SINGLE-PLY MICRO POLISHING PAD (Spot)
3M Black Polishing Pad (Waffle)
Optimum Spray Wax
I wanted to find a car to test the top end of Optimum's Car Polish in the area of defect removal. This car was the right choice as the previous owner spent years going to automatic carwashes and or washing it by hand with god knows what
Some before shots taken with a 70-200mm zoom lens while standing next to the car so I could dial in the defects. Almost every inch of the car was covered in swirls and/or scratches
And now after before applying any LSP's
I did the work on Saturday but had access to the car duing the week to try some things and it quickly became apparent that the LC Orange VC pad alone was not going to cut it. I let the machine do all the work and applied only enough pressure to the head of the machine to make it go where I wanted it to.
All in all I can say I'm still impressed with this product. Not just because of the shine but because of the limited/no dusting (which saves on clean-up time) and the long working time (which meant I didn't have to pick up the pad as often and could really work the panels.
There are some defects (water spots) on the roof that OCP couldn't get out, but I wanted to wait till my sample of the Compound got here (DHL dropped it off today) instead of using the HCL.
