Ultimate Compound / Swirl X, how to know which to use?

[Marc Hufnagel]

Right now I'm going to start on a 2006 Dodge Dakota, Flame Red clearcoat. It has no real scratches to speak of , (well, 2 that even UC couldn't get out), but lots of micro-marring and swirls.

2 part question here:

1. Starting with least agressive, that would be swirl-x, correct?

if so..

2. I see mentions of '1 pass, 2 passes, etc', is there a set timeframe that constitutes a 'pass' or is it less concrete than a time period?

I'd be using the PC w/ 8006 pad.

[Carfire]

Re: Ultimate Compound / Swirl X, how to know which to use?

Product Aggressiveness

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Ultimate Compound / Swirl X, how to know which to use?

IF you worked a 20" square area, a Pass would be the the motion of your hand or a machine after it has went over each square inch of this 20" inch section.

So 2 passes would be if you went over this 20" square section twice.


Are you working by hand or machine, if by machine what kind of machine?

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[Mike Phillips]

Re: Ultimate Compound / Swirl X, how to know which to use?

Here's a thread that shows with pictures the order of aggressiveness in some of our more commonly used products...

Aggressiveness Order for New Consumer Products - This will surprise you!

Since we introduced these 3 new swirl and scratch removers in our Consumer Line and our new M205 Ultra Finishing Polish in our Professional line, many people have asked how aggressive these new products are as compared to some of our existing products that our forum members are already familiar with to help them understand the cleaning and/or abrading ability of these new products I've listed them in order of most aggressive to least aggressive reading from left to right.

(Apologies ahead of time if you have to horizontal scroll)

Most aggressive to least aggressive -->




That would be from most to least aggressive,

• M105 Ultra Cut Compound
• Ultimate Compound
• ScratchX 2.0
• SwirlX
• M83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish
• M205 Ultra Finishing Polish - M80 Speed Glaze (Different types of abrasives but close in cut ability)
• ScratchX (Current Version being discontinued)

If you click the link above there's actually MORE information to read besides what was copied and pasted above...

[Marc Hufnagel]

Re: Ultimate Compound / Swirl X, how to know which to use?

As I mentioned I'm using the PC w/ the 8006, thinking about selling it off and getting maybe a 110 as I like the handle design better and mine is also out of warranty anyway.

That way of describing a 'pass' helps greatly, thank you. I was pretty sure the aggressiveness was UC>SWX but wanted to make sure.

thanks!

IF you worked a 20" square area, a Pass would be the the motion of your hand or a machine after it has went over each square inch of this 20" inch section.

So 2 passes would be if you went over this 20" square section twice.


Are you working by hand or machine, if by machine what kind of machine?

Machine Photos - DA Polishers - Rotary Buffers - Traditional Orbital Buffers


If you scroll down the forum homepage you'll find this in the center column, it's there so a guy like me can quickly click to either the hot topics forum or the how to forum to snag the code to threads like the above but anyone can click to these two forums and in them you'll find a wealth of information.


Have Questions? Looking for Answers?
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