Hello everyone,
First off, I must thank everyone here for sharing their knowledge and all the discussions that are ongoing on here.
I also bought Mike Philipps - Complete Guide to a Show car shine (something like that!)
I have been a fan of the forum for a while now and I went from hand applying wax to complete compound and flawless finish on my very soft black 10' Subaru Outback paint.
For the records and before someone asks: I have been using a PC7424XP for a few cars then I upgraded to a GG6 V3 (which I like so far, it suits my needs so far) and I have only detailled my own cars so far.
So, I have been doing a complete compound two years ago and have been properly washing and waxing my car since then.
I must say we have very harsh winters here in Quebec, Canada and so far the two coats of #845 I have applied and doing pretty good as of now.
I have been using Presta polishes (which I have bought before I discoved the forum here - easily access locally), I have an agressive compound, a light compound, a polish and a very fine polish and so far I've been able to achieve I'd say 85% correction with no marring using cyan hydro tech pads with the light compound and a white CCS pad with the polish. I've also used the fine polish with black CCS pads for some areas after the final inspection under the sun (I use the Brinkmann otherwise).
I am am currently running low on polish and after alot of reading, I came to the conclusion that I should order a small bottle of Essence from CarPro which could be a home run for my soft black subaru paint.
I have been reading almost every review/post from here, Autopia and the CapPro website.
My question is: I am planning on using Essence with 6.5 inch pads white CCS, speed 4.5-5 on the GG6, 3-4 section passes slow arm speed and the last one with less pressure and bump the speed down a bit
I will be dialing in the process by doing a test spot but the paint is still in fairly good shape so I think Essence should be able to take care of the swirls using the right technique.
I would like to know if I should consider another approach or I should go ahead and :buffing:
Any tips or comments are welcome
Thanks everyone!
Cheers from Canada
First off, I must thank everyone here for sharing their knowledge and all the discussions that are ongoing on here.
I also bought Mike Philipps - Complete Guide to a Show car shine (something like that!)
I have been a fan of the forum for a while now and I went from hand applying wax to complete compound and flawless finish on my very soft black 10' Subaru Outback paint.
For the records and before someone asks: I have been using a PC7424XP for a few cars then I upgraded to a GG6 V3 (which I like so far, it suits my needs so far) and I have only detailled my own cars so far.
So, I have been doing a complete compound two years ago and have been properly washing and waxing my car since then.
I must say we have very harsh winters here in Quebec, Canada and so far the two coats of #845 I have applied and doing pretty good as of now.
I have been using Presta polishes (which I have bought before I discoved the forum here - easily access locally), I have an agressive compound, a light compound, a polish and a very fine polish and so far I've been able to achieve I'd say 85% correction with no marring using cyan hydro tech pads with the light compound and a white CCS pad with the polish. I've also used the fine polish with black CCS pads for some areas after the final inspection under the sun (I use the Brinkmann otherwise).
I am am currently running low on polish and after alot of reading, I came to the conclusion that I should order a small bottle of Essence from CarPro which could be a home run for my soft black subaru paint.
I have been reading almost every review/post from here, Autopia and the CapPro website.
My question is: I am planning on using Essence with 6.5 inch pads white CCS, speed 4.5-5 on the GG6, 3-4 section passes slow arm speed and the last one with less pressure and bump the speed down a bit
I will be dialing in the process by doing a test spot but the paint is still in fairly good shape so I think Essence should be able to take care of the swirls using the right technique.
I would like to know if I should consider another approach or I should go ahead and :buffing:
Any tips or comments are welcome
Thanks everyone!
Cheers from Canada