Questions after my first detail

[Kagey1]

Greetings!

I bought a new porter cable 7346SP buffer/sander and decided to try it out on my 2001 Ford Excursion (Yes it is a lot of vehicle). Anywaway, I washed, clayed, polished with Ultimate Polish and fineshed with NXT 2.0 paste. It looks good, considering that I never waxed it in the eight years that I have owned it, but I have some questions regarding my results. First, the truck is white and I still noticed some water spots on the hood after buffing with ultimate polish twice on speed 3 and using a Meguiar's polishing pad. Secondly I noticed some swirls on the rear pilar with the truck in direct sunlight. Is there something wrong with my technique or am I using the wrong product(s)? Any feedback and or sugggestons would be most appreciated. I would like to figure this out before I detail my 300C.

[CHzo6]

Re: Questions after my first detail

Ultimate polish is fairly mild when it comes to removing swirls and water spots. If you want to remove swirls/water spots, you should try Ultimate compound.

[Murr1525]

Re: Questions after my first detail

What was your technique like?

[Kagey1]

Re: Questions after my first detail

Thanks for the feedback. I placed the polish on the pad per istructional videos online and just poslished a s 2' square at a time with a little presure on the buffer until the pad lightly bulged. I tried to duplicate what I saw online.

[Kagey1]

Re: Questions after my first detail

If at first the ultimate polish does not give the desired results, then go with the ultimate compound?

[Brian Hann]

Re: Questions after my first detail

If at first the ultimate polish does not give the desired results, then go with the ultimate compound?

[Mark58]

Re: Questions after my first detail

Greetings!

I bought a new porter cable 7346SP buffer/sander and decided to try it out on my 2001 Ford Excursion (Yes it is a lot of vehicle). Anywaway, I washed, clayed, polished with Ultimate Polish and fineshed with NXT 2.0 paste. It looks good, considering that I never waxed it in the eight years that I have owned it, but I have some questions regarding my results. First, the truck is white and I still noticed some water spots on the hood after buffing with ultimate polish twice on speed 3 and using a Meguiar's polishing pad. Secondly I noticed some swirls on the rear pilar with the truck in direct sunlight. Is there something wrong with my technique or am I using the wrong product(s)? Any feedback and or sugggestons would be most appreciated. I would like to figure this out before I detail my 300C.

Is your Porter cable rotating or just vibrating? I took mine back to Lowes cause it just wasn't doing the job.

[Kagey1]

Re: Questions after my first detail

It looks like the patterns I've seen on the internet, so I assume iit's working.

[BS MXRacer]

Re: Questions after my first detail

Take a sharpie and mark a nice thick line on either the pad or backing plate, that way when applying pressure you'll be able to watch and make sure the pad is still rotating.

[gmitch23]

Re: Questions after my first detail

Ultimate polish is fairly mild when it comes to removing swirls and water spots. If you want to remove swirls/water spots, you should try Ultimate compound.

Would he not try Swirlx first before moving to a more abrasive compound??