Will Menzerna Final Polish II on an orange light cut correct this?

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calvin

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followed by klasse sealant glaze and megs #16 pro paste?



Few diff pix with diff levels on the photo



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And a pic of my naked 996 while I finish it up:)



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Those scratches appear pretty deep. I'd say that it might take wool/rotary and a compound with decent cut to completely remove them. They may just be too deep to be completely removed.
 
If anything you probably will need Power Gloss as it has the most cut of the Menz line. It will remove 1000 grit sanding marks.
 
The scratches in the first picture look bad. I doubt you'll be able to completely remove them with anything. They almost look like rough sanding on the primer. Has this been repainted?
 
calvin- Yeah, I'd aim for "better" as opposed to "perfect", those do look mighty deep.



The FPII/orange combo isn't good...that pad is way too aggressive to be matched with such a mild polish. And FPII is a *finishing* polish, literally; you use it *after* you have done all the correction with something much more aggressive.



If working by PC, I'd use 3.5" LC PFW pads for that and then do a follow up or two with some milder combo(s). Might even wetsand it first, but that's just *me* and I hesitate to recommend wetsanding to others.
 
Accumulator said:
Might even wetsand it first, but that's just *me* and I hesitate to recommend wetsanding to others.
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I feel as long as they know the difficulties involved, emphasis on professional guidance, and the risks(that only come from inexperience, not the process) then I see no problem.



It's immediately what I thought when I saw those pics as well.



calvin said:
And a pic of my naked 996 while I finish it up:)



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First of all, damn good combo, klasse + 26, I'll bet it glows!



Anyways, I hate you - that's an absolutely gorgeous bike... I'm jealous.

Is that an E34 5 series there too? I think I see a corner light... :woot2:
 
As others have stated, there's no way FPII will touch those scratches. Per Accumulator's posts, I decided to try 1Z Intensive Paste w/the smaller spot buffs pads on the PC, and it works wonders on scratches like this. You'll haze the finish pretty bad, so you'll want to follow up with something like IP (or any other medium abrasive swirl remover) + FPII
 
Matt@Autogeek said:
.. I decided to try 1Z Intensive Paste w/the smaller spot buffs pads on the PC, and it works wonders on scratches like this. You'll haze the finish pretty bad..
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I bet there's *some* 4" pad that'll do the work without all the hazing, but I haven't found it yet; PFW hazes, orange hazes less but corrects less, green (Cyclo) doesn't haze all that badly but it doesn't correct as well either :think:
 
First thing is you should not be using any sort of final polish with any sort of cutting pad!! That's a no no.



Use a final polish with a polishing pad not a cutting pad.



Secondly, those are scratches and not micro marring or buffer trails, so I say no way your pad/polish combo left marks like that.



Josh
 
Accumulator said:
I bet there's *some* 4" pad that'll do the work without all the hazing, but I haven't found it yet; PFW hazes, orange hazes less but corrects less, green (Cyclo) doesn't haze all that badly but it doesn't correct as well either :think:
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I've just learned to accept the hazing as part of using such a strong, gritty compound. I don't think there can be a way of skipping the middle step and going straight to a finishing polish, at least not with the technology we currently have.
 
JoshVette- Seems like I've seen many recent references to the "finishing polish with an aggressive pad" thing and it kinda makes me :hairpull Not sure how it got started but I wish we could put it to rest once and for all.



Matt@Autogeek- People claim to use very aggressive stuff and just one follow up product, but, well...that's them and I always need that intermediate step.
 
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