removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

[bheiser]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

which yellow pad did you use? Meguiar's?

I'm using the Lake Country 4" pads. Even with the yellow pad & the Ultra Compound, it still takes at least a couple passes to remove the swirls. I'm taking care to move the polisher very slowly, keeping it aligned with the surface, and applying quite a bit of force but still keeping the pad rotating.

I spent about 3 hours yesterday + about 8 hours today, and still have to do the lower part of one front door, one back door, a rear quarter panel, the tailgate, and the roof. I expect it'll take me a couple more days just to finish this phase (Ultra Compound) before I can move on to the next phase. Whew!

But, wow, even after just the Ultra Compound, it's looking like a new vehicle!

[bheiser]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

Hi All, I wanted to follow up now that I've made some good progress, after you were all good enough to lend some very useful advice.

I have finished the following on all but the roof & doorjambs, and I still need to poke at the areas around the emblems. But all the rest is "done". I'm using a 7424XP with 4" pads.

1. Ultimate Compound, LC Yellow Pads
2. Swirl Remover 2.0, LC Orange Pads
3. Show Car Glaze, LC Black Pads
4. NXT Tech Wax 2.0, LC Blue Pads

So far I have spent about 7 (long) days of work on this.

Here are a few shots showing the results. I'm curious what you'all think .

Here's what it looked like before I started. OK from a distance, but up close, swirl city... and in hindsight, pretty dull





Then after:


And a couple close-ups:

[CSI K-9]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

Ooooooo, VERY nice indeed!!!! You really made that blue pop!!!!

I recently ordered some 4" LC pads and I'm anxious to start using them!

Keep up the great work!!! Lookin' great!

[rcktpwrd]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

looks great! nice job

[hoghead00]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

Nice job on the Liberty! The blue really jumps out!

[tomsteve]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

great work! i am a user of the m105. i dont have the experience with a rotary and dont mind the time it takes. and i have yet messed up a paint job with it. i personally like to follow up with m205, as that is what the pros here recommended and it worked great.

[bheiser]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

Thanks, everyone, for the feedback! It's been a huge job - and there's still more to go .

Tomsteve, just to clarify, I used Ultimate Compound, as was recommended here (not to be confused with M105 Ultra Cut). I used Swirl Remover 2.0 as opposed to M205 Ultra Finishing Polish. I'm actually very please with how the Swirl Remover worked... it took out some light scratches that were still left after the Ultimate Compound, as well as some holograms that were created while using the UC.

The only problem is since it's a Jeep, I'll be taking it out to get really dirty before long, and the whole time I'll be paranoid about new scratches & swirls...

[tomsteve]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

i'm gonna have to try that swirl remover. you could always get some masking film and mask the whole jeep off before you hit the trails!!

[bheiser]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

Hmmm, yeah, that's an idea

[OBSSEST]

Re: removing swirls & scratches on '06 Jeep Liberty

Nice results.

After running around in the dirt, use a pressure washer and then wash with a proper "2 bucket" method, and you'll really minimize new scratches.