Polish removal woes

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YukonG

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I've been using both Meguiars #9 swirl remover and Griots Garage Machine Polish #3 with a PC 7424 and Griots orange foam polishing pad on my wifes black ML350. Although I work in the products until nearly dry, as both manufacturers recommend, I still find it difficult to remove. I usually wind up spending an exessive amount of time removing the haze that always seems to linger. I use both cotton towels and MF towels. Although the MF towels do a better job at removing the haze, I still think that it's taking longer than it should. I sometimes spray some QD on the vehicle which also helps. Does anyone have any application or removal tips that may help?
 
Sounds like maybe you need to adjust qty levels? Does that orange pad have a polish pocket ? Sometimes when using those pads, the product concentrates in the center,and doesnt dispurse equally, leaving the user to keep adding product, you eventually end up having too much product in the end.
 
Who recommended that you work #9 until it dries? I don't believe that is correct. I would only work it until it begins to dry and then stop and wipe it off. Are you working one 2'x2' section at a time wiping it off as you finish buffing each section?
 
Thanks Stevet and a.k.a. Patrick for your quick respones.

I am usually careful not to apply to much product, as I know that the foam pads can hold a lot. Is there such a thing as working the polish in too much? Maybe I should try letting the product dry more?
 
Bob, the labels on both products actually state "work in product until nearly dry". I don't actually work in the product until it's chalky. I try do work it in basically until it stops spreading and is visibly begining to dry. I then let it dry for another minute or so and then begin to remove. I work in small sections. I wouldn't attempt at doing the whole vehicle or even a whole side of the vehicle. I know that thats just asking for hard removal.
 
Sounds like we are on the same page, just wanted to make sure you weren't working it until it was completely dry. In my experience with #9 I have had the best luck working it only until it begins to dry. Have you tried stopping a bit sooner and wiping it off imediately? Any particular reason you wait that 1 minute after stopping before wiping it off?



A lot of people call the oils in products like #9 "fillers" but, their actual purpose is to buffer the abrassives in the polish, controlling how abrassive the particular product is. As you work the product when it starts to dry those buffers go away and you get more friction between the pad and the paint and if you let it get too dry you might actually cause marring.
 
I haven't used #9 in ages, but I'm more familiar with the Griot's #3. Sometimes it's just a pain to buff off, more so than many other products. I've never found a real way around it or a reason why it sometimes is/isn't tough to buff off :nixweiss



But yeah, IMO most people use way too much product.



When I get this problem, I'll either use some Meg's #34/FI or remove the residue with AIO.
 
Bob, Thanks for the info. I'll try buffing the polish out before it dries completely.



Accumulator, I'm glad to hear that it's not just me with Griot's 3.

I guess I'll continue to use QD and several towels to remove.



Thanks, George
 
the 50/50 water/isopropyl alcohol mix does it for me but that would likely strip the fillers in the #9
 
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