Help selecting pads and product

[allnitro]

Hi guys. I'm new to the detailing game and want to ask for assistance with my approach.

I want to use #9 followed by #26 on my dark vehicles to remove small scratches and swirls. I plan to use a random orbit polisher to apply and take off. My thought is to use the 8006 pad to apply the #9 and the 9006 to apply the 26. Does this approach make sense? Do I need to apply another product in between these two? My vehicles are in pretty good shape, but I do have some hefty swirl marks to remove.

Any advice is most welcome.

[CWM3]

Re: Help selecting pads and product

Looks good but you may need to purchase something (#80 or #83) that is stronger to remove deeper scratches and swirls. But the process looks good.

[Ivan Rajic]

Re: Help selecting pads and product

I agree with above... you should get a few 8006 pads and 1 or 2 9006. Then get 83, 80 and 82 for polishes, or maybe 9 instead of 82. From my experience, 9 has more fillers and I like to keep the finish as clean of fillers as possible, so I like 82 more to finish down with 9006 pad.

[Murr1525]

Re: Help selecting pads and product

Dont worry about the filler stuff.... if you want some polishing oils left behind on the surface (which you do), then some people call that a filler.

At any rate, I would at least look at #80 for your swirl removal, then #9 in the future. You may need #83, but check #80 first.

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[Mike Phillips]

Re: Help selecting pads and product

Not another filler concern...

They're not fillers, the oils in M09 and our other polishes LUBRICATE the surface to BUFFER the abrading process.

Remember the idea is to create beauty, not SCOUR the finish. Motor oil lubricates the bearings in your engine so your engine doesn't seize up, don't let what you read on other forums about fillers cloud your thought process as the entire idea behind all of us polishing paint is to create a beautiful finish, not merely abrade the paint.


To the OP, M09 is a very, very non-aggressive cleaner/polish, if you look at the picture on the bottle it shows a guy using a rotary buffer, that's where this product has the most cleaning power to remove swirls is when it's used with a tool with some power behind the pad.

With a DA Polisher you're going to get a lot less abrading power.

So before you spend a lot of time going over then entire car with M09, do a TEST SPOT to a small area with your products and process of choice and then inspect the results. If it looks good and meets you're expectation, the do the entire car. If it doesn't... you'll be glad you didn't go over the entire car and you can start testing some other products with more cleaning ability.

Test Spot... it's your friend.