Is it me or is it gm paint ?

[SunnyD]

i used 105 for the first time with a g110 on a yukon i couldent fully remove the scratch i was working on or the light scratches on the fender ethier i was only doing 1 fender not the whole truck i heard gm has hard paint could it be that or do i need practice with 105 ? i followed up with 82

[PursuitSE]

Re: Is it me or is it gm paint ?

What pad are u using ?
For hard polishing, you are generaly better served with 4" and 5,5" pads in my experience. 6,5" and 7" are too big for this work with a DA.

[ShineOCD]

Re: Is it me or is it gm paint ?

What pad were you using? I have a GM. It was somewhat hard. I used Ultimate Compound with a Megs yellow 7" pad. Had to press pretty hard. What 7" didn't get, the 4" did. Many SLOW passes and firm pressure.

[SunnyD]

Re: Is it me or is it gm paint ?

using a 7 inch megs polishing pad the smallest pad i have is the 8006 6inch polishing pad i have a 4 inch lc cutting pad 2 but i dont have the backing plate yet

[CHzo6]

Re: Is it me or is it gm paint ?

You can't make a blanket statement about GM paint. The newer Corvettes I have owned have mostly been hard as a rock, and the Avalanche and Saab I have are fairly soft. The Red colors seem to be harder than the blacks, however.