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The vehicle I've been working on lately is a Yamaha V-Star Motorcycle. In case you don't know what that motorcycle is like, it is mostly chrome with paint only on the tank and the tail. It is a cruiser. Anyways, on to my question. The paint had some pretty bad swirls, so I got out my trusty ScratchX. The area I did was about 1/4 of the tank, and I hit it with passion about 6-8 times. There are still swirls, so I guess it's hard paint. Is there any other product I can use by hand that would work a little bit quicker, or is ScratchX the best thing for the job? The paint has a clear coat as far as I know (the cloth I was using didn't turn purple so it must be clear coat). Or is it possible my technique is wrong? I've had excellent results with ScratchX before but this motorcycle is kicking my butt. The swirls are much dimished, but there are still some there.
The technique I've been using is put some ScratchX on a 100% cotton terry cloth or an MF, rub it hard on the paint until it is almost all the way gone (just barely a haze left), then wipe it off with a clean section of cloth. Each time I put on another application, I turn to a new section of cloth. Should I maybe be using a different kind of cloth? The terry towels are actually just some old (but clean) hand towels. The MFs are just a brand I got from Walmart. I'm going to try to order from ADS tomorrow, so if there is something that Meg's makes that works better, I can probably order it tomorrow if it's not really
expensive.
Also, one more question. The motorcycle paint has some decals on it, but what's weird is they don't seem to feel any different than the paint at all....is it possible that they put the decals on and then clear-coated over them, or is that only something Meguiar's does for their big rig? If they aren't clear-coated over, would it be OK to just put a layer of NXT wax over them?
Sorry about these stupid questions, but this paint just doesn't seem to want to look as good as I want it to. I want it to be swirl-free since it's such a beautiful paint job (and it's nice to work on some paint that actually CAN look nice without a re-paint).
Thanks y'all!
-Lydia
The technique I've been using is put some ScratchX on a 100% cotton terry cloth or an MF, rub it hard on the paint until it is almost all the way gone (just barely a haze left), then wipe it off with a clean section of cloth. Each time I put on another application, I turn to a new section of cloth. Should I maybe be using a different kind of cloth? The terry towels are actually just some old (but clean) hand towels. The MFs are just a brand I got from Walmart. I'm going to try to order from ADS tomorrow, so if there is something that Meg's makes that works better, I can probably order it tomorrow if it's not really
expensive.
Also, one more question. The motorcycle paint has some decals on it, but what's weird is they don't seem to feel any different than the paint at all....is it possible that they put the decals on and then clear-coated over them, or is that only something Meguiar's does for their big rig? If they aren't clear-coated over, would it be OK to just put a layer of NXT wax over them?
Sorry about these stupid questions, but this paint just doesn't seem to want to look as good as I want it to. I want it to be swirl-free since it's such a beautiful paint job (and it's nice to work on some paint that actually CAN look nice without a re-paint).
Thanks y'all!
-Lydia
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