Need a little help

[maintainin]

OK, I bought a black 2007 Impala SS about a month ago. She is loaded, even came with some swirl marks. So, I purchased a pc 7424 kit form autogeek and some meguiars #9 to see if I could get them out. Well after doing part of the car(thank goodness I didnt do it all) here is the result:



So as you can see some of the swirls are still there, but I also got that haze now. Like I said I ordered a pc 7424 kit form autogeek. It came with the pc, two wolfgang orange light cutting pads, two white polishing pads and two balck finishing pads. I used the orange light cutting pad with the pc set on 4. So what did I do wrong? Did I use the wrong pad? Wrong speed? Too much pressure? Maybe not enough? Not enough #9? I dont know, I'm new at this so any help would be appreciated. I already have some #80 on the way. Would that resolve this? Thanks.

Oh and BTW, I will never, ever buy another black car again. NEVER!!!

[sneek]

Re: Need a little help

2 things
1. you may have used too much #9
2. I think that you used a pad too aggresive for the job and product.

With #9 you want to use a W8006 pad

#80 will do a better job on the swirls, also try it on a W8006 pad. There is a Showcargarage DVD that might help you out with using the PC and #80, just go to showcargarage.com

[kellyinkc]

Re: Need a little help

2 things
1. you may have used too much #9
2. I think that you used a pad too aggresive for the job and product.

With #9 you want to use a W8006 pad

#80 will do a better job on the swirls, also try it on a W8006 pad. There is a Showcargarage DVD that might help you out with using the PC and #80, just go to showcargarage.com

Agree, but is SCG back up?? I went there yesterday and it was down for upgades.

[sneek]

Re: Need a little help

oh ya i forgot about that i am waiting for them to come back up so i can get the rotary dvd!

[maintainin]

Re: Need a little help

Thanks for the replies. I dont think I'm using too much #9. Ive been putting it on pretty thin. I was acutally worried I wasnt using enough. I think the problem was the pad. I went back out and did a small area over again with the less aggresive white polishing pad using the same amount and it looks substantially better. I also turned the polisher up to 4.5 instead of 4. Swirl marks are still there though. I'm gonna wait for the #80 to come in this week and do it over again with the white pads. Thanks for the help.

One more question, how long should you actually work this stuff in? all the way till its dry or just right before?

[Jeepster04]

Re: Need a little help

Your paint may be alittle to hard for #80, may need to try #83. I ordered a sample of #80 and #83 from ADS. If I like them Ill order more when I run out, if i do. They send 12oz which is a purty good lot.

[Power man]

Re: Need a little help

Hallo maintainin

first to MOL !

Now for your help:

#9 is definitely not aggressive enough for these kind of swirls shown on your foto. It's a job for at least #80 better #83 - but follow Meguiar's recommendation: ""Always use the least aggressive product to get the job done !"

For the technic you should read first the following thread:

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2965

Hope this helps