Application for Ultimate Compound

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Application for Ultimate Compound

Will UC give a great result when using Hand Use? Will UC give a better result than SwirlX?

Because SwirlX only made the swirl "vanish" a bit and light swirl, but deeper swirl/hologram can't leave from the paint.

Thanks

UC is a lot more aggressive than SwirlX, this mean it will provide more cleaning or abrading power to remove some paint off your car which is how you remove swirls and scratches.

Because UX is more aggressive you might have to follow it with something less aggressive like SwirlX to get the best appearance results before applying a wax or paint sealant.

Rubbing out a clear coat by hand is more than just smearing a product onto the paint, you have to work a small section for about a minute and wipe the product off and move on to the next small section. Rubbing out a car by hand with just Ultimate Compound, if you rubbed out the ENTIRE car will take you from 2-6 hours depending upon how bad the swirls are and how good you are at rubbing out clear coats by hand.

It's kind of an art form, not just a mechanical rubbing process.

What are you working on?

[vp920b]

Re: Application for Ultimate Compound

Even SwirlX must work on a small section, buff after 1 minute?

Well, sometimes I was a bit "lazy" to use my rotary and in Indonesia, once a month I must give some Wax/sealant. But before giving a wax, I want my car to have a good result even using hand.

Thanks

[blackt00th]

Re: Application for Ultimate Compound

How about a really good pictures of what you're working on and then a good focused picture of the scratches you're trying to remove?

UC works great, if it's not getting the scratches out it usually,

1. Scratches are too deep
2. Paint is too hard
3. Application technique needs to be tweaked

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Hi Mike,
After careful inspection yesterday. The watermark that I thought I have remove is still there.

I would think why I am not able to remove the scratches it is most likely to be combination of no.1 and 2.

I do not have access to digital camera. The nearest is a 5 mega pix camera phone. I will try to pick up what I am working on and have it posted.

[blackt00th]

Re: Application for Ultimate Compound

one of the "better" picture with swirls on my rear hood.
I believe there are RIDS that I could not capture.




Picture of the water mark on my rear bumper.



Swirls on the rear bumper but did not manage to capture the water mark on this below photo.

[agp423]

Re: Application for Ultimate Compound

^ I can barely see any swirl marks... Hahah