Uc & w8207

[EPHIOS]

I just bought a 2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser for my wife, and the paint is OK. The major problem it had was scratches and swirls from the AUTOMATIC car wash (brushes). You can tell it's from the automatic car wash, because 90% of it was PARALLEL to the car.

Yesterday, I used UC & W8207 via G110v2. I removed 90% of the defects from the hood, however, it took me four (4) times of six (6) passes each to get that result.

I worked on no more than 2' x 2', with moderate pressure at all times. Now, I just searched the forum, and it is not recommended to use the W7207 with my G110v2, because of the hazing it produces.

Is there a more a effective way (or products) I can use to decrease my effort? Doing the hood by itself took me nearly 3 hours: clay>UC>SwirlX>TechWax 2.0.

Thanks!

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Uc & w8207

Try increasing the pressure on the pad and slowing down your passes. Stick with the UC and W8207 pad when doing this.

Paint systems, even within a given model, can vary pretty dramatically but from personal experience I've never worked on a PT that didn't have pretty easily worked paint. And I've worked on literally dozens of them. Granted, more than a million were made so percentage wise.... well, you get the idea! But still, even M80 and M83 used to be more than sufficient and UC is far more aggressive than either.

Now, it sounds like you've got some pretty serious marring present, but if you're only using moderate pressure then it sounds like UC has more to give here. If you mark the back of your backing plate or even the pads themselves with a Sharpie you can see a slow rotation of the pad a bit easier. Apply enough pressure to stop that rotation, then ease up a bit just to get the pad spinning again. It will spin pretty slowly at this point, but it will still spin, and you do want at least some rotation. Slow down the movement across the paint too, and work a bit smaller area.

Yes, you could step up to M105 on your G110v2 but it will create a lot more dust and won't give you as long a buffing cycle as UC will. Overall, the trade off between dealing with the dust and shorter buffing cycle versus the lower dust, longer buffing cycle and easier wipe off of UC probably isn't worth it. The overall user experience with UC is most likely going to be better than with M105 in this case.

Whether you need to follow with SwirlX is up to you, but it can impart a nice level of clarity as a follow up, even with a W8207 pad.

[EPHIOS]

Re: Uc & w8207

Thanks, Michael! I will try to increase the pressure when I am doing my passes. I will stick with UC and W8207. The paint is not BAD, BAD, it has moderate clear coat defects.

[EPHIOS]

Re: Uc & w8207

I increased the pressure on my passes last night, and I got better results. I used UC again with the polishing pad at speed 5 (moderate pressure), followed by M205 (just purchased) with the polishing pad as well at speed 4 (light pressure). Great results!

[rapport25]

Re: Uc & w8207

Try increasing the pressure on the pad and slowing down your passes. Stick with the UC and W8207 pad when doing this.

Paint systems, even within a given model, can vary pretty dramatically but from personal experience I've never worked on a PT that didn't have pretty easily worked paint. And I've worked on literally dozens of them. Granted, more than a million were made so percentage wise.... well, you get the idea! But still, even M80 and M83 used to be more than sufficient and UC is far more aggressive than either.

Now, it sounds like you've got some pretty serious marring present, but if you're only using moderate pressure then it sounds like UC has more to give here. If you mark the back of your backing plate or even the pads themselves with a Sharpie you can see a slow rotation of the pad a bit easier. Apply enough pressure to stop that rotation, then ease up a bit just to get the pad spinning again. It will spin pretty slowly at this point, but it will still spin, and you do want at least some rotation. Slow down the movement across the paint too, and work a bit smaller area.

Yes, you could step up to M105 on your G110v2 but it will create a lot more dust and won't give you as long a buffing cycle as UC will. Overall, the trade off between dealing with the dust and shorter buffing cycle versus the lower dust, longer buffing cycle and easier wipe off of UC probably isn't worth it. The overall user experience with UC is most likely going to be better than with M105 in this case.

Whether you need to follow with SwirlX is up to you, but it can impart a nice level of clarity as a follow up, even with a W8207 pad.

x2 great reply Michael . I have used SwirlX as follow up. This has given greater clarity than just UC especially with a swirl finder light . Also used a permanent mark on the backing plate to see the rotation speed.