'06 Honda Paint

[Vettefan]

Hello,

I have heard two opinions. '06 Honda factory paint is very soft and/or very hard. Which is more accurate? If using pro line products and a DA Polisher, is M09 or M205 still the best way to attack light to moderate swirls & paint defects in the clear coat?

Thanks!!!!

[Dellinger]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

Usually Honda paint tends to be 'soft' comparatively... however, there are exceptions... as with any manufacture's paint system.

Which Honda model?
What is the base color?
What machine are you working with?
What pads are at your disposal?

[Vettefan]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

Honda Accord, dark blue/grey metallic color base coat - clear coat. Using P-C 7424XP and Meguiar's Yellow Pad

[Dellinger]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

Being a dark blue metallic it should be fairly soft... you can use either polish you have but I would lean to M205.

Do a test spot with each product to see which one you prefer.

With M205-
I would use machine speed 5, moderate pressure, and slow, slow arm speed... especially for the heavier defects. If what you have "isn't cutting it"... slow down your arm speed MORE!

Hopefully, you have more than 1 pad... you'll need it.

I have a Nighthawk Black Pearl, '02 Accord and the paint is super soft... it would be a long-shot to finish down with a yellow Meg's pad (to my preference anyway) on my Accord.

If you are getting some micro-marring or haze... keep slowing the machine speed and removing pressure until you get the results you are looking for.

[Detailing by M]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

just do a test spot. Every car is different.
I never go into any job thinking I know how the paint will react
test always test

[h_bomm]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

just do a test spot. Every car is different.
I never go into any job thinking I know how the paint will react
test always test

Could not agree more. A test spot is probably the single most important thing you can do when trying to remove defects. It is something that should NEVER be overlooked or skipped to save a couple minutes.

[ClearlyCoated]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

I formerly owned a 2008 Accord with Royal Blue Pearl (Navy) paint. M205 will work well, but my go-to combination was D300 and a microfiber pad

[greg0303]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

I echo what others said: do a test spot. It's better to learn that the pad/product combo doesn't work on 2'x2' area than detail entire car getting disappointing final results.

[Detailing by M]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

I formerly owned a 2008 Accord with Royal Blue Pearl (Navy) paint. M205 will work well, but my go-to combination was D300 and a microfiber pad

I have to agree with this guy
The DAMF System is my go to on almost 99% of my details and most pros out there.
It's almost flawless if you use it correctly.

[Vettefan]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

Thank you so much everyone....

I appreciate the help and advice.

Vettefan!!!!

[oneway]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

test test test my friend, and if you so choose write down your findings in a journal. pad/product combinations, machine you used, speed setting arm speed, I write all of that stuff down because it may be useful in the future. the cars you worked on, the color, because not everything is concrete. take nothing for granted and have fun my friend...

[Eldorado2k]

Smart man^

[Michael Stoops]

Re: '06 Honda Paint

Hello,

I have heard two opinions. '06 Honda factory paint is very soft and/or very hard. Which is more accurate?

Though contradictory, both statements are true. The people offering the information were most likely speaking from experience on a car or two and that's fine, but it doesn't tell the story about the specific car you are going to be working on. And your specific car can pose almost any scenario with regard to the paint hardness, softness, ease of hazing, etc. As others have suggested, do a test spot. In fact, the first time you touch any given car, do a test spot. All the information you read on line regarding paint hardness is merely a generalized guide. For example, two of the most common things we hear are A) BMW Jet Black is some of the softest, most haze prone paint you'll ever encounter and B) C6 Corvettes have crazy hard paint that is a total pain to correct. But in my own real world experience, the single hardest paint I've ever encountered was on a Jet Black BMW 3 Series, and I've worked on C6 Corvettes that were a breeze to correct. Now, those two generalized statements may actually be fairly accurate most of the time, but on the specific vehicles I mentioned, the complete opposite was true.