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  • #1

    UC mix with Swirlx

    Anyone tried mixing UC with Swirlx?

    Previously, I have unsuccessly tried removing what looks like a bird dropping etch with either product. The etch is not more than 5mm in diameter.
    Over the weekend, I tried again with UC and was not successful.
    Guess what, I applied Swirlx on the same pad that had UC on it.
    Went 1 pass with it and re-applied UC and went 1 pass with it.
    To my surprise the bird dropping etch was gone.
    With my pad "contaminated" with both products, I went on to remove 3 more etches.

    Although, it is not recommended. Anyone tried mixing the 2 products.
    Any explaination, why mixing works and using the product individually doesn't?
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    Re: UC mix with Swirlx

    It may be that you got closer and closer using UC to removing it and once you used Swirl X it was just enough to get it thoroughly removed.

    I once put swirls in my paint just to see what it looked like.
    I don't always detail cars, but when I do, I prefer Meguiar's.
    Remove swirls my friends.

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    • #3
      Re: UC mix with Swirlx

      Originally posted by Andrew C. View Post
      It may be that you got closer and closer using UC to removing it and once you used Swirl X it was just enough to get it thoroughly removed.
      I agree... each time you made a pass you were working some of the paint away.

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      • #4
        Re: UC mix with Swirlx

        Originally posted by Mark Kleis View Post
        I agree... each time you made a pass you were working some of the paint away.
        Originally posted by Andrew C. View Post
        It may be that you got closer and closer using UC to removing it and once you used Swirl X it was just enough to get it thoroughly removed.
        It maybe true for the first etch.
        What about the following etches?
        I just use the "contaminated" pad to remove the remaining etches without adding anymore product.

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        • #5
          Re: UC mix with Swirlx

          It could be etching that cracked the paint. I have a few spots on my fiancee's car that will not come off because it's actually damaged paint and not something on the surface. Looks something like this



          Edit: N/M, looks like you got it off. God I need to read the entire post before commenting. Sorry mods.
          2006 San Remo Red WRX TR
          2005 Ford Ranger XLT

          Detailers clean places nobody see. Detailer see's things nobody else see. But if you ask a Detailer to see how a dress looks on a woman, they are blind.

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          • #6
            Re: UC mix with Swirlx

            Originally posted by blackt00th View Post
            It maybe true for the first etch.
            What about the following etches?
            I just use the "contaminated" pad to remove the remaining etches without adding anymore product.
            Not all etching are created equal It's possible you simply dealt with the worst one first, or possibly unknowingly adjusted and perfected your technique as you went?

            It's normal that people start off gentle (as you should), and if they don't get the results they want they add pressure. Did you possibly add more pressure as you went along, thus giving you faster results?

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            • #7
              Re: UC mix with Swirlx

              mixing two compounds... I haven't done that, but I have tried priming the pad with a very small amount of one type of product, and actually work on the paint with also a very small amount with another type of polish.

              The results were what I was expected. What I was trying to achieve was to reduce or increase the cut of a certain product I am working with.

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              • #8
                Re: UC mix with Swirlx

                I have played with mixing stuff before, but keep in mind adding a product with a hypothetical cut of let's say 6 and a product with a cut of 4 won't give you a 10.... it will be more like an average of the two than an addition. Make sense?

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                • #9
                  Re: UC mix with Swirlx

                  Originally posted by Mark Kleis View Post
                  Not all etching are created equal It's possible you simply dealt with the worst one first, or possibly unknowingly adjusted and perfected your technique as you went?

                  It's normal that people start off gentle (as you should), and if they don't get the results they want they add pressure. Did you possibly add more pressure as you went along, thus giving you faster results?
                  It could be the case. But it is the other way round.
                  The first 3 etching was applied with the same amount of pressure.
                  Only on the last etch, I needed more pressure. Felt that I cant hear the biting of products on the last etch. In the first 3 etching, during application, you could hear the products "biting" on the surface.

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                  • #10
                    Re: UC mix with Swirlx

                    Originally posted by Mark Kleis View Post
                    I have played with mixing stuff before, but keep in mind adding a product with a hypothetical cut of let's say 6 and a product with a cut of 4 won't give you a 10.... it will be more like an average of the two than an addition. Make sense?
                    That is what I think of.

                    Another reason I have thought is, I felt that UC has better cleaning properties and the SwirlX has better cutting properties.
                    So why dont mix them up and see what the results are.

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