#80 too mild?

[96Lude]

I recently purchased some #80 to polish my car. I have the usual micro-marring that comes from washing. They are very light scratches. I had tried #9 on my dad's car which has more severe defects and it was able to remove quite a bit. From reading previous posts, I know that #9 is very mild. What I don't understand is why my #80 didn't remove any defects at all on my car. I did a test spot on my hood and I wasn't very pleased at all. It's as if I hadn't even applied it. The worst part is that when I had used #9 it wasn't even with a Meguiar's pad. I used #80 with the yellow 8006 pad. If my technique was not up to par, then when I had used #9 I would not have seen any difference. However, it did remove quite a few scratches.

I really don't understand. The next step will be to try #9 on my car and see what happens.

Every Meguiar's product I have tried until now has been great, except for #80.

Am I doing something wrong?

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

Your paint on your car may be much harder than on your dad's. Therefore, you may need to step up to #83 DACP. Also, some swirls may require a rotary to remove them. So the difference in paint hardness can make a huge diiference.

Here are a couple of links that you should take a look at:

A Lesson From White Paint

Using the G-100 to remove swirls with the Professional Line

I have also included the following link as in some situations, even #83 with the PC may not remove the swirls.

PC + #83 not "Cutting" it! - The Limits of the Dual Action Polisher

So to answer your other question, it may have nothing to do with your technique but rather your paint's hardness. Give the #83 a try and then report back!

Tim

[96Lude]

Tim,

My car was repainted last October and I know that it is not a single stage paint that they sprayed.

I was thinking about purchasing a rotary for quite a while and my dad's car has a lot of paint defects that need to be removed. It is a black car so the difference should really be noticeable if I can remove the defects.

I know someone that has an older hood lying around that they want to get rid of. I will see if I can get my hands on it so that I practice with the rotary.

Thanks for your help.

[sneek]

this sounds weird but sometimes i find that #82 does a better job getting rid of swirls than #80

i don't know how or why, but i am guessing #80 is more geared twards removing swirls and #82 to remove light swirls and fill the swirls???

[Tim Lingor]

Originally posted by 96Lude
Tim,

My car was repainted last October and I know that it is not a single stage paint that they sprayed.

I was thinking about purchasing a rotary for quite a while and my dad's car has a lot of paint defects that need to be removed. It is a black car so the difference should really be noticeable if I can remove the defects.

I know someone that has an older hood lying around that they want to get rid of. I will see if I can get my hands on it so that I practice with the rotary.

Thanks for your help.

Hey,

Since it was repainted, I wonder if your paint is soft. I have dealt with paints where using something like #80 was not fine enough and I needed to step further down to #82 or #9 to remove any hazzing from the #80. I am starting to think that this may be the case here. Try using #82 with a clean W-9006 Finishing Pad. If that does the trick then we know what it is.

As for trying the rotary, let's put it this way... I LOVE my rotaries and would never give them up...ever! If you can get a practice hood, I would try it! Once you get the hang of the rotary, you will see why I love it so much. But be patient, learning to use the rotary can be frustrating at times!

Tim

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by 2hotford
Hey,

But be patient, learning to use the rotary can be frustrating at times!

Tim

I find the Rotary FUN!!!! But, the one thing I find is that as I can't get any hands on training, I have confidence enough in myself that I am not to worried about boogaring up the paint. But I do have my doubts at times as to whether I am getting the maximum benefit out of the Rotary. Practice and patience will lick that problem though.