Whats a good compound I can pick up at a local store...if any.

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imported_Guido

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I scratched up my car pretty good and GSRstiles was nice enough to give me a write up on how to try and band-aid it. I'd like to get cracking at it this weekend inside a heated garage if I could only find a good compound which I can get my hands on within 2 days. I did a search and it seems most people like menzerna power gloss but I doubt any kind of auto store sells that. Any other ones that a local speed shop might have?



thanks
 
Both of the aforementioned products should be easily found locally.



Check out Detailer's product chart to get an idea of the Meg's and 3M line and what you may need to tackle your task.



I did see someone post a comment regarding wearing a mask when using 3M Perfect It II.

Just looking out for you man as you don't need to be breathing the dust.



I saw pics of the damage and it made me cringe. Good luck with the repair and let us know how it comes out.
 
3M rubbing compound is the best over the counter I've used. Their three step did an excellent job on my old Black car. Meguiar's ScratchX is decent, lots of elbow grease though. I worked in a heated parking garage last year too. I bought a power inverter for my PC 7424 and connected it to my trunk battery. A one gallon pesticide sprayer (filled with water) $12 from Lowe's or Home Despot will be my next purchase for the winter garage detailing rountine.
 
Never used it but a lot of people love Mothers PowerPolish. It's supposed to be similar to OCP, a very versatile and easy to use polish, but better with a PC. Forrest (mothers rep) says that even with a yellow LCM cutting pad it should leave no hazing, and you can follow up with a white pad to bring out more gloss.
 
Ask one of the workers at Pepboys...Sometimes they store the stuff in the back or second level in my case. All their pro-detailing products are upstairs and you need to ask them for it. Good luck! :2thumbs:
 
gben said:
That Detailers product chart is pretty handy for comparisons sake...thanks twitch!
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You're welcome. I don't remember who hosts that but it's someone on here. I refer to it often!
 
Look at Meguiar's site and do a dealer find for pro products. I found a body shop supply store around me that I can goto if one of my dozens and dozens of produts on my shelves won't work LOL
 
twitch, thanks for the chart. it really puts things in perspective. and yes, the gashed paint urkes me so much I refuse to drive the car until it's fixed. :)



thanks for the input everybody.
 
I've found my old stand-by, the now-discontinued 3M PI-III RC (05933), on the shelf at an autobody/paint supply place. Going to those stores drastically expands the definition of "OTC product" ;)



I like the PI-III RC better than the PI-II FCRC but they're both good. Just don't breath the carcinogenic dust from the PI-II stuff. Follow either prouduct with something milder, like the equally great (and also discontinued :rolleyes: ) PI-III MG (05937) which was also still on the shelf.



I'd sure stock up on the PI-III stuff while you can still get it.
 
twitch said:
Both of the aforementioned products should be easily found locally.



Check out Detailer's product chart to get an idea of the Meg's and 3M line and what you may need to tackle your task.



I did see someone post a comment regarding wearing a mask when using 3M Perfect It II.

Just looking out for you man as you don't need to be breathing the dust.



I saw pics of the damage and it made me cringe. Good luck with the repair and let us know how it comes out.
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that chart was a pain to work with since it didnt seem to want to print out right and you couldnt save it to a jpeg. I took some screen snap shots and cropped them accordingly. Here is the same chart in jpg form...

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