Should I keep trying or just give up? Pics.

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Dane Guy

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My wife's hood looks like the moon. Lots of pits. I just hit it with a 4" orange LC and SSR2.5 and didn't even touch them. I did create some nice swirls though and turned my pads black. :hmph:



Should I jump up to a yellow pad and SSR3 (I'll have to go buy them) or am I just not going to be successful with this one?



If you look at the reflection of the light bulb (not the flash) you can see it looks wavy. That's the pitting. It was hard to capture.















Thanks.
 
it could be a lot of things: do you know if the car was repainted (the swirls could be under the clear)

also don't go with yellowLC, if you need step up from orange go PWF (wool foam)
 
although I never trie it on my PC I am Sure it can be done just get the smaller size pad (i forgot around 4)

Also I didn't know you used a PC I have always had a hard time to do heavy correction with it.
 
SpoiledMan said:
Hmm, pads turned black....what kind of car?? It appears that you didn't break down the polish properly.
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if the 4runner is black and the pads turned black then yes I think its SS paint
 
If it's SS paint, it should be very easy to correct.



It's kind of hard to give advise when we don't know your exact process. But if you're creating swirls with the PC, then it's micro marring like in that first pic and you're doing a few things wrong. It's hard to speculate, but you may not be working the polishes in long enough or you could be going to long and abrading the surface with the pad after the polishes have dried or you could be using way too much polish and therefore it cannot break down or dry....



Do not step up to a yellow pad, step down to a white pad and try working the same polish in again, but put just enough on the pad to make on a line around 2/3 of the outer edge of the pad (does that make sense?) Spread it around quickly with a very low setting then turn it up to like 5000 opms and work it in moving over the surface very slowly, like 1 inch per second or slower.



I don't think that will make it perfect but I do think it will really clean it up a bit.



Josh
 
I just find it amazing that car manufacturers today still use SS Paint.....Why dont the manufacturers that still use SS Paint step up to CC paints?
 
JoshVette said:
If it's SS paint, it should be very easy to correct.



It's kind of hard to give advise when we don't know your exact process. But if you're creating swirls with the PC, then it's micro marring like in that first pic and you're doing a few things wrong. It's hard to speculate, but you may not be working the polishes in long enough or you could be going to long and abrading the surface with the pad after the polishes have dried or you could be using way too much polish and therefore it cannot break down or dry....



Do not step up to a yellow pad, step down to a white pad and try working the same polish in again, but put just enough on the pad to make on a line around 2/3 of the outer edge of the pad (does that make sense?) Spread it around quickly with a very low setting then turn it up to like 5000 opms and work it in moving over the surface very slowly, like 1 inch per second or slower.



I don't think that will make it perfect but I do think it will really clean it up a bit.



Josh
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Thanks. It sounds like there's a delicate balance I haven't yet acquired. :buffing:



I'll have to practice some more. I may have been working it too long. Hopefully, I'll get another crack at it soon.



My wife had a long honey do list for me so I couldn't work at it anymore. I put on some Blackhole and then finished with Collinite 845. The car looks reeeeeal nice. . . from about 5 feet away. :rolleyes: She's happy and that's what matters.

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JoshVette said:
If it's SS paint, it should be very easy to correct.



Do not step up to a yellow pad, step down to a white pad and try working the same polish in again, but put just enough on the pad to make on a line around 2/3 of the outer edge of the pad (does that make sense?) Spread it around quickly with a very low setting then turn it up to like 5000 opms and work it in moving over the surface very slowly, like 1 inch per second or slower.



I don't think that will make it perfect but I do think it will really clean it up a bit.



Josh
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Why don't you recommend moving to a yellow cutting pad or more abrasive compound? I worked the SSR2.5 for a pretty long time and moved very slowly at 6,000. I couldn't even touch the pitting. The pictures don't really show how bad it is. I tried to find some other pics online to compare to but haven't found any.



On the swirls: before I put on the Blackhole I used some PwS at 5,000 and most of the swirls were removed. It's just the dang pitting that remains.



Thanks.
 
IME you can't fix pitting with a PC or even a rotary. In some *very rare* cases you can level the paint down to the "bottom" of the pits via wetsanding, but I'd bet on that not being successful in this (or most any other) instance.



I'm with Legacy99, time for a repaint. Having a hood reshot isn't all that big of a deal, and with all the chips/etc. I'd be inclined to do that anyhow.
 
Accumulator said:
IME you can't fix pitting with a PC or even a rotary. In some *very rare* cases you can level the paint down to the "bottom" of the pits via wetsanding, but I'd bet on that not being successful in this (or most any other) instance.



I'm with Legacy99, time for a repaint. Having a hood reshot isn't all that big of a deal, and with all the chips/etc. I'd be inclined to do that anyhow.
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Thanks. If you had to take a guess, how much do you think it would cost?
 
Did you clay first? The pad might be turning black from all the contaminants on the paint tat are getting picked up and those same contaminants could be the ones creating the swirls.
 
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