Megquires Swirl Remover

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IppoJ

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I know (now) that this is not a favorite product but it's what I have right now for my son's '92 SVX.

How do I remove the stuff? I Put it on a 2'x2' area of the car that had already been washed, clayed, and hit with Meg's Fine-Cut.

I wiped it off right away per the instructions and it left a oily film so,

I let it sit for a long time thinking that it needed to haze. Still filmy. Finally just went over the film with DG aquawax.

I know that Tort warned me it was oily but, criminy, it's like the E.Valdez :shrug:
 
Coupe said:
Its not a wipe on wipe off product, you have to work it.
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Sorry about the omission, I worked it in, per instructions, with an orbital.

The instructions are roughly: work until nearly dry then wipe off remaining product with 100% cotton terry.
 
What kind of orbital?

It its the cheapy ones then it most likely did not break down the polish.

What swirl remover are we talking about? #9?



Either way just wipe off the residue with a QD
 
Coupe said:
What kind of orbital?

It its the cheapy ones then it most likely did not break down the polish.

What swirl remover are we talking about? #9?



Either way just wipe off the residue with a QD
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#2.0

It's not a cheap one. I don't have the model # here but it is the Ryobi version of this:

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with a white Griot's pad. The orbital has plenty of torque and opm, it doesn't bog.



edit: I used the white pad with the Fine-Cut and a black 3M convoluted with the 9.0
 
Sounds like too much product. With the high oil Meg's products (#9 and #7 come to mind) you want to use very little product and spread it THIN. Think Sealant thin. I use about 4 pea sized drops on a 6" pad working a 3' X 3' area for #9 and 4 drops that EQUAL a pea for the same area of #7. Products like #80 and #83 are more easy to work with if you are attempting defect removal. #9 on a PC like machine won't do much defect removal on all but the softest paints. I have seen #9 do some work on older black single stage paints but that's about it. If you are using it on a BC/CC paint then it's best used as a cleaning product pre LSP on well prepared paint to make sure the surface is good and ready for LSP.
 
Jason M said:
Sounds like too much product.
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After thinking about this way too much I'm certain that you are correct. I used a full perimeter of the #9 on the pad which seemed to be the correct amount for the #2.
 
After giving up on the Meg's stuff I pulled it out a while back and tried it on a section of my M3's hood. Worked great!

So, for some reason the paint on my son's SVX doesn't like Meg's.
 
Accumulator said:
A white Griot's? :think: Isn't that made for polishing bare metal?
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No, this is a Griots pad from a loooong time ago. Back when they had two pads, a thin orange pad and a thick white pad.
 
IppoJ said:
No, this is a Griots pad from a loooong time ago. Back when they had two pads, a thin orange pad and a thick white pad.
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Ah, OK, *now* I'm with you. Yeah, I have some of those older pads too...even have some of the ~5" old convoluted white and yellow ones from his first generation of machine polishing setups. Heh heh, it never occurred to me that anybody else would still have one of those :D



Those white pads are mighty gentle for use with that compound (though I too often use aggressive products on mild pads) but hey, if it works it works :xyxthumbs
 
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