Need help with CSS pad selection with Polish, Glaze, and Sealant

[alowe]

Hey guys,

I have a UDM which I love. I am planning a purchase of new stuff and need help with pad selection. Car I will be detailing will be a United Gray '08 GTI.

I have the following on order - 106FF, DWG, 845, Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay.

Let me know if I have the right pad selection for the job?

106FF - CSS White
DWG - Hand or CSS Blue
845 - CSS Black - Bonnett?

Let me know if you suggest anything else?

[Dropkick Detail]

Are you doing any paint correction? The white pad may be a bit soft. It IS dense, but may not get a lot of correction done. I use the 106ff with an orange LC CCS pad most the time and get great results.

[Jimmie]

Are you doing any paint correction? The white pad may be a bit soft. It IS dense, but may not get a lot of correction done. I use the 106ff with an orange LC CCS pad most the time and get great results.

:whs: but I'd start with the white. 106ff performs well with less aggressive pads.

[D]

106ff is a finishing polish, not a correction type polish.

[alowe]

The paint is only a few months old, so there is no correction necessary, just a few swirls. I am just trying to put together a maintenance schedule for my new car. Would you all suggest something else?

[TOGWT]

Diagnosis is the key; not guesswork; the most important first step in the process of paint surface renovation is diagnosing the paint surface; density of clear coat (hard or soft) or single stage paint, surface condition; severity of the scratches and the paint thickness available will dictate the choice and abrasiveness of polish / compound for correction or renovation level required or indeed possible.

Before commencing polishing do a test panel on the car, once you have achieved the desired results with the chosen polish / pad combination proceed always keep in mind ‘use the least abrasive combination first’

a) For most paint correction PO 106 FA / 106 FF (LC White at 1200 RPM) and PO 85 D3.01 polishes (LC Blue foam pads at 1000 RPM) should be all you need.

b) Use PO S34A Power Gloss (LC Purple wool pad 1500 – 1800 RPM) for paint correction / renovation. Note: It has a short work time slow cut and tends to ‘dust’

Menzerna Polishes Methodology Parts I & II

Part I – http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-forum/11443-menzerna-polishes-methodology-part-i.html

Part II - http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-forum/11444-menzerna-polishes-methodology-part-ii.html (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-forum/11444-menzerna-polishes-methodology-part-ii.html)

[alowe]

Thanks TOGWT! What do those RPM's translate into on a DA?

Respect,

Andrew