Orange Cutting Pad + Not Strong Enough Product = Not good?

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NickMach1

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I've been hard at work practicing with my Rotary here are my latest results..



Being inexperienced with the Rotary and not thinking much at the time I decided to use #80 Speed Glaze on a Orange Pad.. I think this caused a problem.. When I look at the panel under halogen lights or anything but full sun the panel looks fine. When I get it out in the sun I can see what looks like hazing/minor holograms defintely caused by a Rotary. However it also appears that the defects I was trying to move are gone, just I've left another haze to fix. I had the Speed Set to about 1300 RPMS... Do I attempt using a Meguiars Yellow Polishing pad in Combination with a Different Polish?



Any Ideas on this one?
 
if their just minor holograms, speedglaze should fix them. although i dont think you shouldve hazed it that quickly...seems kind of odd. too many variables i guess. you need to keep control of the buffer, and keep it flat. this should avoid holograms all together. back the speed down to about 1200 for buffing with light to medium pressure, and polish it at 1300-1500 with little to no pressure. i highly reccommend that you either go find a spare hood to polish on, or polish on an inconspicuous part of the car where defects wont be easily noticed.
 
Thanks for the response, I've been using my old Jeep as practice.. I'm going to head down and pick up some scrap panels from a body shop I used to work at. Wish I learned how to use the rotary properly back then.
 
no problem. i started to learn how to use a rotary on my honda when it had horrendous defects. there was no way i could make it look worse, so i figured what the hell. ordering a video, or attending a class is completely worth it. a class more-so, but the video shows you the gist of things. rotaries are amazing tools, im sure youll be amazed once you get the skill down pat.
 
Orange pad is too stiff/aggressive to finish down properly (i.e. without halograms) on most colors. Get a final finishing pad - the Propel line is the most user-friendly for beginners (actually, for anyone). But the Meguiars yellow sofbuff pad is pretty good too, though you'll want something softer if you have black paint. And if you want to stay with Meguiars, #9 will finish down better than #80 Speed Glaze...just a little less aggressive.
 
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