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Ok folks I am stumped why is my beloved #45 doing this to me??
As I mentioned in this post:
I used #49 with great success using a 7006 cutting pad with PC 7424. I proceeded with #45 and #63 during a early morning session (no halogen lights required).... tonight I was out doing more under halogen lights and I noticed that the area I just finished with did not look as good as I remember it the other morning.... so I begin testing. I go back over the area with #49 and sure enough there is improvement in how "crisp" the reflection is in the gel coat.
Why would #49 improve clarity over an area that was #49/7006 --> #45/8006 --> #63 9006???
I begin to test. I take #45 and 8006 to the area just completed with #49. Sure enough it produces a haze that reduces the clarity (crisp-ness) of the reflection in the gelcoat. Something is wrong as #45 has never let me down. I begin to think it may be contamination so I open a brand new 8006 pad, new bottle of #45 and new megs microfiber and try again. Sure enough it produces a haze again. The haze seems to worsen with each pass over the area. Ok... maybe the polisher is spitting out sand (impossible as I clean regularly) but... I try with a new high tech applicator.... same story.... #45 is making the surface worse..... I expected it to take my the gel coat after #49 up a level with all those great polishing oils
I have many years under my belt with the PC and #45.... it has worked flawlessly for me as seen here
I then tried to see if the #63 is also detracting from the surface... I try #63 of the an area only done with #49 no change other than deepening the shine (the wet look we all know and love)
So I am stumped guys.... why do you think the #45 could be doing this?
I knew you all would ask for pictures.... so here they are..... note that it is 1AM so the camera did it's best. I roped off an area with blue tape... the area had been #49'd only. I then took a piece of blue tape down the middle and did #45 over the #49 are on the left... as you can see from below the left is blurry.... the right is much more crisp.
Thanks everyone in advance for the help and your thoughts.
An additional note is that this only seems to be happening to the areas that I used #49 first.... as noted in the post above the same #45 bottle returned amazing clarity on the black portion of my hull but it did not need any compounding.
As I mentioned in this post:
I used #49 with great success using a 7006 cutting pad with PC 7424. I proceeded with #45 and #63 during a early morning session (no halogen lights required).... tonight I was out doing more under halogen lights and I noticed that the area I just finished with did not look as good as I remember it the other morning.... so I begin testing. I go back over the area with #49 and sure enough there is improvement in how "crisp" the reflection is in the gel coat.
Why would #49 improve clarity over an area that was #49/7006 --> #45/8006 --> #63 9006???
I begin to test. I take #45 and 8006 to the area just completed with #49. Sure enough it produces a haze that reduces the clarity (crisp-ness) of the reflection in the gelcoat. Something is wrong as #45 has never let me down. I begin to think it may be contamination so I open a brand new 8006 pad, new bottle of #45 and new megs microfiber and try again. Sure enough it produces a haze again. The haze seems to worsen with each pass over the area. Ok... maybe the polisher is spitting out sand (impossible as I clean regularly) but... I try with a new high tech applicator.... same story.... #45 is making the surface worse..... I expected it to take my the gel coat after #49 up a level with all those great polishing oils
I have many years under my belt with the PC and #45.... it has worked flawlessly for me as seen here
I then tried to see if the #63 is also detracting from the surface... I try #63 of the an area only done with #49 no change other than deepening the shine (the wet look we all know and love)
So I am stumped guys.... why do you think the #45 could be doing this?
I knew you all would ask for pictures.... so here they are..... note that it is 1AM so the camera did it's best.
I roped off an area with blue tape... the area had been #49'd only. I then took a piece of blue tape down the middle and did #45 over the #49 are on the left... as you can see from below the left is blurry.... the right is much more crisp. Thanks everyone in advance for the help and your thoughts.
An additional note is that this only seems to be happening to the areas that I used #49 first.... as noted in the post above the same #45 bottle returned amazing clarity on the black portion of my hull but it did not need any compounding.
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