Oxidation, Compounding, and 1st PC Experience

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iulery

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Hello Everyone,



Yesterday, after having received my armada of detailing supplies in the mail, I quickly went to work on my car. I have a '96 Range Rover, with mild oxidation on the hood, water spotting, and moderate oxidation on the roof. I followed the compounding steps provided by properautocare.com, but alas, the compounding process did absolutely nothing.



In my armory:

Meguiars Premium Paint Cleaner

Meguiars #9 Swirl Remover

Meguiars # 7 Show Car Glaze

Meguiars #27 Hi-Gloss Wax (or something like that)

Wool, Yellow, White, Gray Pads, Cloth Bonnets

Porter Cable 7424

50/50 Alcohol/Water



I began compounding using Premium Paint Cleaner and a yellow pad, but after 10 minutes of "compounding," I switched to the wool pad, and continued "compounding" for another 20 minutes.



*edit* polisher speed was 3.5 *edit*



Am I supposed to throw all my weight into the polisher or something? For the most part, I just let it polish under its own weight... perhaps I need a stronger compound?



Thanks for your suggestions guys
 
I think some pictures of what type of defects you are trying to fix would certainly help, as well as something more aggressive than MPPC or #9, as well as bumping the PC up to 6.
 
Unfortunately I don't have a digital camera, but the best definition of the defects is very "chalky".. The oxidation is not smooth across the entire panels, but focused in certain areas, like the dead center of my hood and around the windshield sprayers.



Do you have any suggestions for more abrasive compounds?
 
I use DACP on speed 6 all the time.



If you don't have it locally, and you really don't want to order it online, you can go to any local place like Pep Boys and buy 3M Fine Cut Cleaner. It is a little less abrasive but certainly stronger than #9



Try that on speed 6 with a yellow pad and a little pressure. Work it in well. Maybe do it twice, the second time with less pressure. Then follow with #9 and a white polish pad, then #7 by hand, then #26 by hand.
 
for DACP, go to meguiar's online and to a dealer search for professional products. lota paint dealers that supply the body shops in town carry meg's line.



and as everyone is saying, 9 is def too weak. when you say chalky, i get the impression that the paint is in pretty bad shape. so yeh, get something stronger.
 
I'm not compounding with the swirl remover, I'm using Meguiars Medallion Premium Paint Cleaner... which I thought would be abrasive enough. I tried again today using the PC at the 5.5 speed setting, but alas, it's not doing much (or anything) from what I can see.
 
iulery said:
...but the best definition of the defects is very "chalky".. The oxidation is not smooth across the entire panels, but focused in certain areas, like the dead center of my hood and around the windshield sprayers.
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Hard to say, for sure, without pictures, but are you certain you've got oxidation and not clear-coat failure? It's just hard to imagine that what you did had no effect at all.



It's always been my understanding that MPPC had chemical cleaning abilities--rather than abrasives, like DACP--and was a good product to use on oxidation.
 
Definitely use DACP with a orange or yellow pad on a higher speed. THE MPPC is a chemical cleaner, not really designed for heavy removal IMO, good luck!
 
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