Polishing - & - Marring: suggestions

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DuMouixe

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18 towel wazsh and polish - over IP/FPII FMJ the day before



maybe I need a set of polishing mf's.



I have

2 cobra green

1 cobra white

2 blue stars

2 glass mf's





getting hairline marring removing staining/scratches/rotary swirls from hood



maybe I'm just bringing the defects to the surface



- gonna try scratch-x - would have left them but they were pretty bad -

- just doing a small section at a time for defect removal - getting nice clarity but the marring is swirl rific





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left over qd - protect-all from the wash - has some polish in it - going super light at this point.



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I think I need to whispily rotary buff it, but trying to avoid it.

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the scratch-x and a green cobra microfiber are working. using the touchless polish method.



wish list - steam buggy -
 
the scratch-x and a green cobra microfiber are working. using the touchless polish method.



wish list - steam buggy -



theory on what is happening - the RESIDUAL IP/FP under the FMJ is lifting out defects - as long as the pressure is light enough - and there is some mild lubrication to lift stuff out.
 
DuMouixe said:
maybe I need a set of polishing mf's.

I have

2 cobra green

1 cobra white

2 blue stars

2 glass mf's[/IMG]
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also... look into the 16x24 blue Viking drying microfiber towel (excellent for qd'ing, removing polishes/waxes), as it's easily & readily available at you local autozone, kragen, etc.. :xyxthumbs
 
Cobras aren't soft enough for my taste. They left some micromarring on the Jag once.



Not sure I follow the "lifting out defects" bit or the "touchless polish method"....marring is just fine scratches cut in the paint, you abrade them away like sanding a piece of wood.
 
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spent way too much time, but it looks nice

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good thing we take pictures sometimes, oops, gotta go get that wax on the edge....
 
BTW, Final Touch Glaze is a Glaze, there. I said it. It's a Glaze and there's just no way around it. Glaze. Glaze. Glaze. There. I said it again.



Guess I'm not very good at Glazes. I tried a little spot of FTG and opted out. I like #7 better.



No Glaze at all at present. But tomorrow I better put some #7 on there until I get a PC and can massage the marring.
 
Dare I try my new bottle of SpeedShine?



I tried that viking towel for polish removal and it worked well, letting me see I'm in deep doo doo scatch wise.



Darn, missed post #4.



Touchless, where you glaze on the polish and let water break it down, didn't seem to work.

Well, it sorta did, but too much effort.



Yes, abrade, I went super slow and made some headway. Once you get in there, it's amazing how much crap is inbedded in the clear. Very light but it's too time consuming. I didn't put anything new in with the Cobra but had to go so light and carefully, it was a pain.



Yeah, I have to get a PC, and never let anyone wash it ever again.



Wow, at least I learned alot. The PC's a whole other animal, so basically time wasted, but not.
 
Darn, missed post #4.



Touchless, where you glaze on the polish and let water break it down, didn't seem to work.

Well, it sorta did, but too much effort.



Yes, abride, I went super slow and made some headway. Once you get in there, it's amazing how much crap is inbedded in the clear. Very light but it's too time consuming.



Yeah, I have to get a PC, and never let anyone wash it ever again.



Wow, at least I learned alot. The PC's a whole other animal, so basically time wasted, but not.
 
Dare I try my new bottle of SpeedShine?



I tried that viking towel for polish removal and it worked well, letting me see I'm in deep doo doo scratch wise.



Darn, missed post #4.



Touchless, where you glaze on the polish and let water break it down, didn't seem to work.

Well, it sorta did, but too much effort.



Yes, abrade, I went super slow and made some headway. Once you get in there, it's amazing how much crap is inbedded in the clear. Very light but it's too time consuming. I didn't put anything new in with the Cobra but had to go so light and carefully, it was a pain.



Yeah, I have to get a PC, and never let anyone wash it ever again.



Wow, at least I learned alot. The PC's a whole other animal, so basically time
 
Dare I try my new bottle of SpeedShine?



I tried that viking towel for polish removal and it worked well, letting me see I'm in deep doo doo scratch wise.



Darn, missed post #4.



Touchless, where you glaze on the polish and let water break it down, didn't seem to work.

Well, it sorta did, but too much effort.



Yes, abrade, I went super slow and made some headway. Once you get in there, it's amazing how much crap is inbedded in the clear. Very light but it's too time consuming. I didn't put anything new in with the Cobra but had to go so light and carefully, it was a pain.



Yeah, I have to get a PC, and never let anyone wash it ever again.



Wow, at least I learned alot. The PC's a whole other animal, so basically time wasted but not really...
 
as good as it's gonna get for a while.



the hood, roof and trunk are still a mess in spite of all my efforts polishing.



The camera was set on LOW - but since the lighting was decent, I thought I'd share.

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as good as it's gonna get for a while.

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back to work -

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I might pay someone with a PC to massage those areas.

Since I'm short on time.
 
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