My first real experience with the Rotary

[NickJRE]

By the way, I appreciate you taking your time to help me out!

[zey]

You're most welcome!

[NickJRE]

What are holograms like that generally caused from?

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by wetlook
Mike, surely you don't mean #80 Speed Glaze? From the Meg's video, it has some protectants and is actually recommended for newly painted surfaces. Did I remember it right?

M80 Does contain a polymer that is body shop safe and does offer the paint some protection, but it's not like it's a dedicated wax or paint protectant.

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by NickJRE
What are holograms like that generally caused from?

Anytime you touch the paint the potential exists to instill a scratch. Your job is to do everything you can to reduce the potential.

When you bring a buffing pad, spinning under the action of a direct drive rotary buffer, the rotating pad and the chemical of your choice is touching the paint. Thus the potential exists to instill swirls and holograms.

Your job is to use all of your skills and abilities along with your choice of pad and product to reduce the potential to instill swirls and scratches.

Don't forget where the finish started at.

[NickJRE]

Ok it's making more sense to me now

So what would you recommend to remove the holograms?

A little background about the pad I used.. I feel it may be the source of the problem. I bought it from a Local Place, It was orange in color which to me that always usually means a cutting-light cutting pad. He swear it was not a cutting pad yet a polishing pad.

Do I try #80 speed glaze again with a Yellow Meguairs Polishing Pad via the Rotary or should I go to the PC? I'd really like to use the rotary again but i'm not sure if that is the proper way to go?

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by NickJRE

So what would you recommend to remove the holograms?

Change the action of how you touch the paint. Switch from Rotary Direct Drive Action, to Oscillating Action

[Mike Phillips]

From Hot Topics


Read through this for process...

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6224

[Mike Phillips]

READ through both of these to bring your understanding of what can, and what cannot be done with a rotary buffer...

Again... from Hot Topics

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4929

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4966

[NickJRE]

Mike, I thank you!! This makes perfect sense and you know what the more I think about this it makes even more sense to me! Thanks for those threads they were a huge help so now critique this...

Since the hood is very bad here is my plan of attack,

#83 DACP on a Polishing Pad @ 1500 RPMs making extra sure not buff too dry.
#80 Speed Glaze on a Polishing pad @ 1500 RPMs (to clean up any marring left by #83)
#82 Swirl Free Polish on a Finishing Pad via PC at about 4-5
Finish with M21 or NXT

[Estranged]

Re: My first real experience with the Rotary

I would skip #80 and go right to the PC with #82 and a POLISHING pad - you should be able to remove any marring the #83 and rotary left behind. To me the polishing pad is the best of both worlds - when used with a mild to light polish it doesn't marr, yet is still effective in cleaning up hazing/light hologramming.

[zey]

Re: My first real experience with the Rotary

The method which I prefer most is...

M83/W8006/RB
M82/W9006/RB

Pretty much perfect combi...