You get what you pay for, One of the worst cars I've ever had to work on!

dwgcmc said:
Hey Eric, was the owner upset that you polished off the cool flames? He spent $250 on that custom paint job!:rofl

Seriously though, awesome job. :bigups :bow





:welcome:I know you were looking for Eric to answer this, but in the meantime;

It is not unusual for paint to appear cloudy or hazy after compounding. 99% of the time it is a result of hundreds of thousands micro scratches created by the abrasives. Sometimes they can be reduced by working the compound/polish longer to break it down or using a less aggressive pad. Depends on the compound used and the paint. The easiest fix, though, would be to simply follow up with a finer polish. Not sure what you have available, but a little research will give you a lot of options. I personally like Menzerna polishes and would try Power Finish first, then perhaps follow up with 85rd or Final Polish II.
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Thanks for the info.
 
Eric_Witt said:
Thanks Everyone!






Hello,

I have never personally used the Ultimate compound and ultimate polish (consumer grade from the automotive stores). But I can say, you can do every bit of what I did in this write up with that PCXP that you have.

the UC and UP you are talking about should be able to handle what you are looking for, but your problem is mostly coming from your pad and how you are using them? what color is your CCS pad and are you only using that one pad for both products?

you will need a cutting/light cutting pad (LC orange or LC cyan) for the ulitmate compound (UC) and you will need a separate pad for the polishing (LC White or LC tangerine). and depending on how soft your clear is, you might have to get a finishing pad such as LC crimson, or LC black and use some finishing polish like Menerna 85rd or Black Fire SRC Finishing polish.

With this you can get your paint to the level you are looking for. and make sure you work your product long enough and let it break down properly, or it will leave the paint hazy.

hope this helps

-ERic
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Eric. Thanks for the respond and sharing your experience. I have yellow,orange, white, and red LC 5.5 pads. 4 of each one. I was thinking about buying the 105, 205 and the black fire. Would you recommend the black fire SRC more than the 105 /205 for my car or can I used those ones. I . When I used the porter cable. I used a orange pad with the UC. Over lapping 4 times. And not a lot of pressure. I heard the black on lexus is really sensitive. Thanks for the help. And I want to thanks everyone who responded. Hopefully I can buy the right products and finish my car.
 
Thos3 50 50 shots are amazing. I have been around body shops since I was a kid and I have seen painters do just what Eric described to a T. Paint job looks acceptable until it is washed a few times.
 
Wow, nice job Eric... That car was hammered!!! Some of the reflection shots are amazing.




By the way. What kin of clouds are those? Lol
 
Eric_Witt said:
Why are you glad you didn't end up buying M105? its the greatest compound on the planet right now?
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It's not that I don't think its absolutely amazing and effective, I just think it might be too abrasive for my swirls. They're pretty noticeable, but not that intense. I figured 105 would eat through my clear pretty quick. I've read that Mitsubishi paint on the Evo's are pretty thin.
 
sc_S13 said:
It's not that I don't think its absolutely amazing and effective, I just think it might be too abrasive for my swirls. They're pretty noticeable, but not that intense. I figured 105 would eat through my clear pretty quick. I've read that Mitsubishi paint on the Evo's are pretty thin.
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M105 wont eat through your clear, you would have to use it with a rotary buffer and wool pad at 3000rpms for that. but if your still worried about that, I would suggest the Microfiber DA system from meguiars. which would be the D300 and the MF cutting disc, it's not as aggressive as M105 but still gives great correction.
 
Eric_Witt said:
M105 wont eat through your clear, you would have to use it with a rotary buffer and wool pad at 3000rpms for that. but if your still worried about that, I would suggest the Microfiber DA system from meguiars. which would be the D300 and the MF cutting disc, it's not as aggressive as M105 but still gives great correction.
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Would you say its more effective than #83? I purchased that and #205 along with several of each meguiar's 2.0 pad. I'm hoping the #205 takes care of most but I wouldn't be surprised if I have to bust out the #83. Admittedly this is going to be my first DA polisher experience (PC 7424xp).
 
Fernandhaya said:
Eric. Thanks for the respond and sharing your experience. I have yellow,orange, white, and red LC 5.5 pads. 4 of each one. I was thinking about buying the 105, 205 and the black fire. Would you recommend the black fire SRC more than the 105 /205 for my car or can I used those ones. I . When I used the porter cable. I used a orange pad with the UC. Over lapping 4 times. And not a lot of pressure. I heard the black on lexus is really sensitive. Thanks for the help. And I want to thanks everyone who responded. Hopefully I can buy the right products and finish my car.
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