Swirls & Scratches Renoval procedure (again)

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mschuyler

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I've gone back 15 pages reading everything I could see on the topic, so I figure I can start again. Wife has a black 2004 Acura RL. It has been washed with terry cloth bath towel rejects for 2.5 years. I've told her that we cannot do that any more and have introduced her to the two bucket, Grit Guard, MF, blot don't rub philosophy. There are swirl and scratch marks on the paint (of course, you say). In this new enlightened age I'd like to try to recover. Although I have some Z5 I figure that cannot possibly cut it, so to speak. I tried Meguiar's Swirl Remover by hand on a patch. Better, but nowhere near good enough. I guess at this point I don't expect to get to virgin paint, but can you give me a product and/or technique or doc to read that might work under these circumstances? I have an ACDelco PC, but I must admit I'm a little afraid of it and I suspect it is too cheap a tool for a good job. Any help appreciated. Thanks very much.
 
I was in the same boat your in with my 06 Black Range Rover. It had cowebbing with medium scrathes in it. I first tried Scratch X by hand on a door panel. It improved it slightly. Since then and after a ton of research I purchased a Portal Cable 7424, 3 6.5" Lake County Pads (Yellow (cut), Orange(Light cut) and White (polishing pad), 5" backing plate, Poorboys SSR2.5 , Optimum Compound and Menzerna FPII.



I spent about a total of 3 hrs per panel but the result was a huge, huge difference. I'm still tyring to perfect it. You can take a look at my previous post which has before and after pics. Do a search on Rover06.



After polishing it, I topped it with a glaze (Clearkote Red Moooze Machine glaze) and S100 wax.



I did end up with one small side effect which I'm still tyring to work thru it, 1 door panel has light holograms in it.
 
mschuyler- I almost always recommend 1Z brand polishes topped with a good carnauba, such as Collinite.



The 1Z stuff is *extremely* user-friendly and should work well both by hand and with your polisher. It leaves wax behind and thus you don't have to spend more time waxing if you're pooped at the end of your polishing session (you can just wax it after the next wash).



There are a zillion ways you can go and I have scads of different product lines on the shelf to choose from. But when it comes to recommending something for people just starting out, the answer IMO is: 1Z polishes topped with Collinite.



I dunno if I'd be so quick to blow off your ACDelco polisher. No, it's not a PC..but then a PC isn't a Cyclo and a Cyclo isn't a rotary so it's all relative. With a suitably soft foam pad it might save you some elbow grease :nixweiss
 
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