Eliminating scratches with W-7006 + #83

[Tanat198]

Hi everybody..Need advice
I was working on my car with #83 and w-8006. This combo gives me a glossy and smooth surface.Swirlmarks are 90% gone. But I have to deal with several of long scratches..Will a combination of #83 and W-7006 get rid of them?
THks..

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

It depends on how deep the scratch is. It also depends on what buffer you are using. For example, Meguiar's does not recommend using the W-7006 Cutting Pad with the PC.

If using a rotary, and you can not remove it with a couple of passes with #83/ W-8006 Combo, then I would normally go more aggressive using #84 Compound Power Cleaner and a W-7006 Cutting Pad. However, I have used the W-7006/#83 and a rotary on scratches that just did not quite come out with the 83/W-8006 combo.


Here is a link that may also help:

#83 + PC Not Cutting It

Tim

[Tanat198]

Tim
Thanks again for you advice.
I'll try first thing in the morning.

[Mike Phillips]

Just to add on to what Tim said,

1) One of the reasons Meguiar's never recommends using a cutting pad on the dual action polisher is because while it may remove the defects, the aggressive nature of the cutting pad when used with the oscillating action of the dual action polisher will haze the finish and it will often times require a rotary buffer to remove the haze. Using a rotary buffer correctly requires experince, knowledge and skill, and projects requiring the use of the rotary buffer should be performed by a experienced professional.

Conversely, the same pad used with a rotary buffer will create a clear, high gloss finish. It has to do with the action of the machine and how it works the diminishing abrasives against the finish.


2) After you finished cleaning the surface with the #83/W-8006 polishing pad, you had removed the lightest swirls and now the deeper swirls and scratches remain. These deeper scratches probably stand out better and now and are easier to see because you have removed all of the lighter swirls, scratches, oxidation, and other surface imperfections the would tend to camouflage the deeper defects just by their presence. Remove the light scratches and the deeper scratches will more easily capture your eye's attention.

Use caution when going after the random, isolated, deeper scratches remaining in the finish. You are limited in how deep of a scratch you can remove by the thickness, or film-build of your car's paint. If you remove too much paint you will expose the color coat on basecoat/clear coat finish and if you're working on a non-clear coat finish you will expose the primer.

Remember Sometimes you are better of to merely improve the appearance of a scratch, to make it less noticeable, than to try to completely remove it and risk removing too much paint.

You can't alway remove a scratch, but you can almost always improve a scratch.

Hope this helps...

Mike

[Tanat198]

Mike
Thanks again for your advice.
I tried #83 and W-8006 using rotary buffer this morning and was able to remove most light scratches and swirls. I was pleased with the result. But I looked closely and found many scratches were there. Perhaps I'll just leave them there.
Don't want to risk exposing the primer though..