Removing Scratches from Green Scrubbing Side of Dish Washing Sponge

[Robby144]

Im gonna be working on a black ford Ranger pickup. The paint had been cleaned using the green scratchy side of the dish sponge to remove spray paint left by vandals. Im trying to launch my little one man detail business.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Removing Scratches from Green Scrubbing Side of Dish Washing Sponge

Hi Robby,

We moved your follow up post from this thread and created you're own dedicated thread for your question and detailing project as it deserves it's own dedicated discussion.

I'm gonna be working on a black ford Ranger pickup.

The paint had been cleaned using the green scratchy side of the dish sponge to remove spray paint left by vandals.

If the thread where you first posted you were asking about the different machine polishing pads Meguiar's offers, so it sounds like you're working by machine, can you share which type of machine?

Rotary Buffer?
Dual Action Polisher?

Regardless, the green scrubbing side of a common household dish-washing sponge is very scratchy when used on paint especially if the person using it is really scrubbing the paint hard to remove spray paint.

So chances are you're going to want to use either Ultimate Compound or the new M105 Ultra Cut Compound to remove all the scouring and scratches instilled by this kind of scrubbing pad.

Rotary Buffer
IF you're using a rotary buffer you can use a wool pad, foam cutting pad or polishing pad. If you've never used a rotary buffer then let us know and we'll provide some how-to information to help you.


DA Polisher
If you're using a DA Polisher, Meguiar's doesn't recommend using our foam cutting pads with DA Polishers so you'll want to get a couple of our yellow foam buffing pads, either the W-8207 7" Washable Soft Buff Foam pads or the W-8006 6" foam polishing pads. Both use the same kind of foam and both can be used with either UC or M105

After washing and claying the paint really well, you'll want to read the below thread and follow the tips and techniques

Tips & Techniques for using the G110, G100, G220 and the PC Dual Action Polisher
(These are all similar tools)

And if the scouring and scratches are really bad then shrink the size of your work area down to a small size to focus more cleaning attention to the paint to thoroughly remove the swirls and scratches.

I'm trying to launch my little one man detail business.

Whatever we can do to help you success just ask and we'll do our best to help you.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Removing Scratches from Green Scrubbing Side of Dish Washing Sponge

You can click on the links or the pictures to learn more about Ultimate Compound and M105 Ultra Cut Compound


Swirl and Scratch Removers
Ultimate Compound
ScratchX 2.0
SwirlX


Most aggressive to least aggressive -->



M205 Ultra Finishing Polish & **NEW** M105 Ultra Cut Compound now for DA Polishers!
M205 Ultra Finishing Polish
M105 Ultra-Cut Compound - New Formula DA Polisher Approved




Washable 7" Soft Buff 2.0 Foam Pads
W7207 Washable Foam Cutting Pad
W8207 - Washable Foam Polishing Pad
W9207 - Washable Foam Finishing Pad

[Robby144]

Re: Removing Scratches from Green Scrubbing Side of Dish Washing Sponge

Yes it is a polisher. Not quite sure if this particular polisher is a dual or single action. Its not the Meguiar's polisher, though. I did buy the yellow and dark red foam pads but I haven't used them yet. I gotta wait till the owner's schedule and mine have a weekend where I can work on the truck. I will try to post before and after pics when I get started.

BTW-Sorry about posting in the wrong place-

I have the Mirror Glaze 1,2,3,9 products and have been experimenting by hand and buffer applications on junkyard body panels.