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imported_donavin629

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Hi guys,



I had a question that's been on my mind..



the majority of my swirls are on my hood/fenders/trunk...

I corrected these specific panels and I'm satisfied with the result I've achieved using M105 with a PC....





now, is it normal practice to continue using M105 on the entire vehicle for a "uniform" polish, even though I don't see any major swirls or defects on the other panels (such as doors, rear quarter panels, etc)?



or should I just go ahead and use a finishing polish like M205 on the complete vehicle, then seal it?



basically...do you normally polish only panels which need it, or are you "uniform" in polishing the entire vehicle?



Thanks!
 
Once a vehicle has been corrected the first time (Assuming before that it was never washed properly) 95% of "damage" should be uniform across the entire body (because your washing technique will be uniform at that point), so I'd just use the same polish (e.g., 106) throughout to save time.



However, if for some reason one panel is hammered and another isn't, just use the least aggressive polish needed to save clearcoat.



Anybody who claims they can see a difference between one panel done with 105 then 205, versus just 205 on another, is smoking crack.
 
If there's swirls on the hood, fenders and trunk, what makes you think there aren't any on the rest of the car? Have you inspected these panesl under good light?
 
IF (and as David Fermani noted, that could be a mighty big "if" ) the rest of the panels don't require the same degree of correction, then don't do it to them.



efnfast has the right idea. The final look will be primarily dependent on the follow up products anyhow; it's the finishing polishes/etc. that determine the final outcome if you take the marring issue out of the equation. The aggressive stuff just gets it ready for that finishing polish and unmarred panels are already at that point.



Don't compound away paint unless you absolutely have to.
 
Now that I have a kid, I often polish my car a panel or two at a time. Sometimes I only get enough time to ONR + polish a single panel so the rest of the car is salty with a single perfect polish + waxed panel.



Sure my car looks funny for a few weeks every spring until I finish it but by the time summer hits it looks good.
 
thanks for the advice, and since I didn't really see the responses in time, I followed natural logic anyway....use only what's necessary to remove the swirls. If there are no swirls, save the paint over trying to be "uniform" on the vehicle...



so far so good...got about 90% of swirls out with just some minor lines here and there....



so will M205 improve clarity after doing the whole vehicle with M105 (which I just finished today)? I intended to use 205 just to round off any remaining scrathes...looks pretty good as is.
 
TurDz said:
..so will M205 improve clarity after doing the whole vehicle with M105 (which I just finished today)? I intended to use 205 just to round off any remaining scrathes...looks pretty good as is.
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Yeah, it really will. The M105 doesn't leave things as nice as you'd think; inspection under certain lighting conditions shows nasty micromarring that you simply don't see most of the time. You wouldn't want that to show up after you think things are OK (say, when the sun hits it just right) and IMO that micromarring takes a lot away from how the car looks, you just don't realize it (especially if you didn't IPA/PrepWash away the M105's oils).



It's like you think it's OK, then you do more with the M205, and "hey, wow, it *really* looks nice now!". Always follow the M105 with M205/etc. ;)
 
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