Difference Between 82 and 09

[SMRcalidiv]

What is the main diff between these two products when used with the rotary and a finishing pad (9006)? I recently used M80 with a 9006 and got good results, basically hologram free on black paint, but I wouldn't mind any added insurance/ease. I have been seeing people talk about these products and it has made me curious as to how similar they are.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Difference Between 82 and 09

Hang tight...

There's a thread about this in Hot Topics

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Difference Between 82 and 09

Here you go...

What's the difference between #9 #82 and #80


and here's a quote from that thread...

Re: Difference between #9,#82,#80

All three are cleaner/polishes, that means each one of these product has the ability to remove a little paint in an effort to remove defects and leave a flat/smooth surface behind perfect for applying a wax afterwards.

M09 and M82 are VERY MILD or GENTLE in their abrading ability, so gentle in fact they are really only good for final polishing or the removal of very very light swirls. Best results for removing swirls is when they are applied by machine, either a rotary buffer or a dual action polisher.

M80 is quite a bit more aggressive than M82 and M09 but less aggressive than M83. M80 is aggressive enough that it will tackle removing swirls using a DA Polisher and a polishing pad on a large percentage of cars/paint systems and that's one of the reasons you'll see a lot of threads on this forum and other forums about it's use.

If you're doing a lot of paint polishing, then you should have M80 in your collection and either M82 or M09 but you usually don't need both of the latter as they both give you about the same results.

[SMRcalidiv]

Re: Difference Between 82 and 09

Sounds good, which one would you recoomend for a black car?

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Difference Between 82 and 09

Sounds good, which one would you recoomend for a black car?

They'll both work equally well on any color paint, if you're working on a car with a clear coat then you're not working on black paint you're working on clear paint and the same things you would a product to do for a single stage paint are the same things you would want to do for a clear coat finish and that's to remove the defects to the best of your ability and leave the smoothest surface behind in preparation for application of wax or a paint sealant.

The one we would choose would probably be the closest one to us when moving on to the polishing step.