Polish break down time.

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Neofate

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Going to use my UDM with XMT polish tommorow for the first time.



I know it is a lengthy and 'slow' process to work in polish, but does it typically take this long to break down polish?



Meg #83 was used here.



YouTube - Meguiar's Dual Action Cleaner Polish



Just curious as to what to expect time wise tommorow for the following products:



XMT Intermediate Swirl Remover #3



XMT Ultra Fine Swirl Remover #1



XMT Carnauba Finishing Glaze





If it takes roughly 6 minutes per 18 inch section, I can see 2-3 hours or more for Intermediate swirl remover, 2-3 hours for Ultra fine swirl remover, and 2-3 hours for Carnuba Finishing Glaze. 8 hours of polishing with 2 polishes and 1 glaze. That sound long for the products I'm listing?



Also,.. this is my plan, tell me (other than to change products hehe) if its right, and/or what steps to move around.



1) Wash



2) Dry



3) Put on Orange LLC pad, apply some QD spray on pad, put on XMT Intermediate polish.



** Continue for the next x hours **



4) Same method of application for Ultra fine swirl remover.



5) Wipe down car well with clean microfiber.



6) Apply the glaze.. (Is this product faster to apply with UDM? Or still have to be worked in for hours?)



7) Apply NXT 2.0 wax (I know its cheap, but I like it). :)



Confused about glaze before or after wax. -- Then of course the original polish break down time.



Thanks,
 
He used too much polish, that's why it took so long to break it all down. It should have taken 2 or 3 minutes to polish that section.
 
General rule of thumb on polish application? He made a cross in the video which didn't look like tooo excessive. I've seen make a circle around the pad, about an inch in.. Which is close to what he had on his.



What do you do?
 
I would have used about half as much polish.



He might have used the large amount of polish to get the extra correction needed to remove the wet-sanding marks. I suppose that might work, but really not the right tool for the job.
 
Gotcha, I guess I'll watch a few more videos to see the correct amount of polish to put on a pad. Your wasting your time with too much it seems. I plan on making several passes on the entire car with several polishes/products so time is of the essence of course.



I'm hoping I can get this complete in 8 hours or so.
 
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