2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

[Detale]

Car is black. It will be polished via DA and finishing pad. Which product is less aggresive, M205 or SwirlX? I want to start with the least aggressive of the two.

Thanks

[Murr1525]

Re: 2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

#205 is a bit milder, but nothing drastic.

[imacarnut]

Re: 2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

Car is black. It will be polished via DA and finishing pad. Which product is less aggresive, M205 or SwirlX? I want to start with the least aggressive of the two.

Thanks

You should get some polishing pads, as the finishing pads may not have enough bite to completely remove the defects. Do a test spot first and go from there.

[yalerd]

Re: 2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

What do you want to achieve?

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: 2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

You definitely want to do a test spot. Then proceed from there.

[Detale]

Re: 2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

What do you want to achieve?

It's a brand new car with mild swirls. I'd like to remove them with the least aggressive method. I will do a test spot.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: 2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

These two are close enough to call 'em even, when looking strictly at "cut". But there is soooo much more to this picture than simply the amount of "cut". M205 generally yields a very high level of clarity to a finish, but ultimately the paint will tell you if you need a polishing pad or a finishing pad. M205, SwirlX and D151 can all do some great stuff with a D/A and a polishing pad, but their level of cut is so similar that it really is going to come down to the paint.

Honestly though, even then it's bound to be a very fine distinction between the three. That might prompt a noob (not that we're calling of you that, but you never know who's going to read this) to ask "well, if they're all the same why do you have all three?" Because they're all similar, but all different:

• M205 was designed as a follow up finishing polish to M105, to be primarily used via rotary buffer and a finishing pad to clear up light holograms, etc following the compounding step. It happens to do a wonderful job via D/A to remove these same holograms, light swirls, etc
• D151 was designed as an all-in-one type product for high volume reconditioning shops. It can be used via rotary buffer with a wool pad for very heavy defect correction, all the way down to a D/A and a finishing pad for a final finishing polish and wax in one.
• SwirlX was designed as a consumer friendly, hand or D/A applied product for removing very light swirls from cured paint. It is not, technically, a rotary approved product.

All three utilize SMAT technology and provide similar cut (in the context of using the same pad, same tool, same speed, same pressure, same paint), but each also carries properties unique to it that sets it apart from the other two.

[Detale]

Re: 2010 Acura TL. Polish question...

These two are close enough to call 'em even, when looking strictly at "cut". But there is soooo much more to this picture than simply the amount of "cut". M205 generally yields a very high level of clarity to a finish, but ultimately the paint will tell you if you need a polishing pad or a finishing pad. M205, SwirlX and D151 can all do some great stuff with a D/A and a polishing pad, but their level of cut is so similar that it really is going to come down to the paint.

Honestly though, even then it's bound to be a very fine distinction between the three. That might prompt a noob (not that we're calling of you that, but you never know who's going to read this) to ask "well, if they're all the same why do you have all three?" Because they're all similar, but all different:

• M205 was designed as a follow up finishing polish to M105, to be primarily used via rotary buffer and a finishing pad to clear up light holograms, etc following the compounding step. It happens to do a wonderful job via D/A to remove these same holograms, light swirls, etc
• D151 was designed as an all-in-one type product for high volume reconditioning shops. It can be used via rotary buffer with a wool pad for very heavy defect correction, all the way down to a D/A and a finishing pad for a final finishing polish and wax in one.
• SwirlX was designed as a consumer friendly, hand or D/A applied product for removing very light swirls from cured paint. It is not, technically, a rotary approved product.

All three utilize SMAT technology and provide similar cut (in the context of using the same pad, same tool, same speed, same pressure, same paint), but each also carries properties unique to it that sets it apart from the other two.

Awesome information. Thanks Mike!!