OMG Rubbing Compound!

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My friend ask me to detail his car this weekend and I noticed he had alot of swirls, hazing, lines, etc. I asked him what happened and he told me he used rubbing compound by hand to take out some scratches. Can I use PB SSR or Menzerna IP, FPII, line up to fix this via PC? This is on a black car. Thanks
 
Sure, hand installed swirls are the easiest to remove, just start with the least aggresive product and work your way up if needed.
 
buellwinkle said:
Sure, hand installed swirls are the easiest to remove, just start with the least aggresive product and work your way up if needed.
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That's only half the story, though, right? Don't you need to work back from the most aggressive product you've used to the least to get out the small ("micro") scratches left by the more aggressive product?



Man, that could be a lot of bonnets/pads...



- Arved
 
Not necessarily, products like Meguiars #80 and #83 uses diminishing abbrasives so as you buff, even with the more aggresive product like #83, it breaks down to smaller abbrasive granules to provide the finer results as though you used the finer polish afterwards. This is why it's important to spread the product first before turning on the buffer so that you don't reduce the abbrasives in one spot. If you need to use a more aggresive product than that you will likely need a rotary buffer and then yes, after buffing with a compound you will have to buff with a milder polish but I don't think you will have to go to that level unless your paint is very hard and if it was it wouldn't have neen easily swirled by hand. Since you have a PC, if the paint is that hard, try using a more aggresive cutting pad before going to a rotary. I personally wouldn't use a more aggresive product than #83 with a PC but would do multiple applications to get the desired results. Mike Phillips of Meguiars has a good post here - http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7034
 
You only need to do 2x2 areas to see what combo will give satisfactory results, then do the whole car...
 
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