Let's talk about "Total Cut"

[Garage Troll]

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This is a great write up. So I guess when I get my Soft Buff 2.0 polishing pads I should try some M105 on the deeper clear coat scratches huh? They look like someone rubbed up against the side of the car before I owned it. It wouldn't be such a big deal but since the other side was repainted due to a kid hitting it with a bike it really looks off when looking at it with a flourescent (sic) light.

Would you guys suggest starting with a slower speed on my PC and lighter pressure and then stepping up to a faster speed and more pressure? I'm getting the feeling that that's the way to go.

[Michael Stoops]

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Garage Troll, can you feel any of these deeper scratches with your fingernail? If so, then the best you can generally expect is to perhaps minimize their appearance but you most likely won't get rid of them. If you can not feel them, however, then you should be able to eradicate them.

Starting with too slow a machine speed when defect correction is the aim generally just ends up with a poor result. If you're finding that a product like SwirlX is doing a great job on all but the most stubborn defects, then step up to Ultimate Compound but keep the machine at the same speed and use the same type of pad. Don't change multiple variables at one time as you won't get a true comparison of the two products.

[Kevin Brown]

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Just happened across this thread by way of Mike Phillips' thread about SMAT aggressiveness:

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40514

I think you should make the diagrams on this thread easier to find. These diagrams go a long way towards helping eliminate the confusion that always seems to accompany discussions about aggressiveness, especially when consumer items are compared to professional items.

Way to go, Stoops!

[zaidgreat]

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Maybe we should let consumers products not to be compared to professional products?

Therefore less confusions will arise.

BTW Micheal Stoops, good thread....thanks

[Daniel Kinder]

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Fantastic thread!

Thanks for taking the time.

[B2319]

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I'm a newby and this answered so many of my basic questions. I thank you for all of the effort put into this article. You should have this as the first page in a newby forum.

[FRS]

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Valuable info there.

Thanks!

[Dgioconto]

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Very precise and instructive. Great reading!

So we must be careful to read some "comparative"
spread around the Internet.

Tanks!

[rapport25]

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In a word fantastic.


I have just purchased my first g220 d/a and I love it!!! Can you advise if I can use dc01 paint cleaner with a d/a or am i wasting my time.

I have various from ulitimate compound/scratch x 2.0/swirl x/dc01.

I know everyone keeps saying least aggresive. Please help a meguiars fan from the uk.

Rappy

[Murr1525]

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Yes, DC1 can be used.

It will still be mild, but the pad will allow some minor defect removal, more than by hand.

Still probably not the best choice for defect removal, fine for regular cleaning.

[rapport25]

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Yes, DC1 can be used.

It will still be mild, but the pad will allow some minor defect removal, more than by hand.

Still probably not the best choice for defect removal, fine for regular cleaning.

Great thanks . I was thinking of using it on a new car detail and car that has very fine swirls/cleaning. E.g cars I have detailed in the past that dont need u/c or swirl x but just a very mild cut.

I would imagine as most people suggest do a test spot first then decide. In the uk they still stock dc01 and as I have 4 bottles left I would like to use it up.

Is there anything to be gained by using all 3. starting with u/c/swirl x/dc01 other than more time? I have a friend who wants me to detail his porsche. Its not a daily drive so I have plenty of time to fit it in around my day job.

[Murr1525]

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It would be very rare to need all 3.

You want the cleaner to leave a good finish, and UC may leave some marring on some paints, so you would want a milder cleaner to follow up. But would usually just need one or the other mild cleaners, not both.

SwirlX is a cleaner/polish, so adds some oils that the other products dont. But following up with a proper pure polish (DC2) is going to be the best way to polishing oils on a show car.

[Poki]

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Great write up! Thanks. Now for the embarrassing thing I learned....I really never have purchased Mirror Glaze items but have seen them on the shelves. Never paid any attention to the red arrows....duh...what a neat idea and easily signals the cut of the product. Sure saves reading a lot of fine print and trying to determine exactly what it's trying to tell me.

[rapport25]

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It would be very rare to need all 3.

You want the cleaner to leave a good finish, and UC may leave some marring on some paints, so you would want a milder cleaner to follow up. But would usually just need one or the other mild cleaners, not both.

SwirlX is a cleaner/polish, so adds some oils that the other products dont. But following up with a proper pure polish (DC2) is going to be the best way to polishing oils on a show car.

Thanks for your help, again .

I have heard about that on some paint finishes uc can leave some marring. My plan is to follow with dc02 followed by nxt tech wax 2.0 and gc carnuba plus when it finally lands in the uk!!. For now it will be 2 coats of nxt tech wax 2.0.

I would imagine since the launch of u/c and swirl x there really is no use/need for dc01.

[Murr1525]

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Some people still want something milder that SwirlX, but the 'need' isnt really there.