Southern Stang
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- Nov 16, 2009
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Hey guys, whats going on? A little stressed on my side but other than that I'm all good.
Anyway, the step dad's in afghanistan for a few months which left me with driving the new 5.0 around for a little while. Well with me being OCD I can't be seen driving a car with swirl and RIDS galore...so enough with the short story
This thing looks horrible! For being only a couple months old it looks like he's been washing it with scotchbrite and some sand...But seriously it's the big brush at walmart for RV's is what he's been using. I've been doing some work with the pcxp 7424 for the last hour...I have made progress but still not where I want it to be. There are a few deep scratches after I have done some wet sanding. I only have 2000 with me and will be going to the local auto paint store that supplies all the shops for some 1500 and 3000. I have used m105 with an orange flat 5.5" LC pad with a little luck. But after about 15 passes I'm still far from perfect. The sanding marks are gone but still a few scratches left over that I didn't get out from sanding. Most of the swirl marks are gone as well.
Now, Is there a way to speed this up? These scratches are EVERYWHERE! I've almost considered buying the sanding discs for the PCXP and doing a full wetsand I have used my rotary with the orange pad with a little faster luck than the PCXP but still the scratches remain. So.....Here is the question.
Do I step up to wool with the rotary, Do a full wetsand, or do you think the new microfiber cutting discs will do ok? Do I try PFW or surbuf with the PCXP...I'm at a loss here guys. Or do I just remove what I can swirl mark wise and live with it being OEM paint?
No pics sorry guys...The camera battery died right as I went to take a few for you all. Any help is appreciated.
Anyway, the step dad's in afghanistan for a few months which left me with driving the new 5.0 around for a little while. Well with me being OCD I can't be seen driving a car with swirl and RIDS galore...so enough with the short story
This thing looks horrible! For being only a couple months old it looks like he's been washing it with scotchbrite and some sand...But seriously it's the big brush at walmart for RV's is what he's been using. I've been doing some work with the pcxp 7424 for the last hour...I have made progress but still not where I want it to be. There are a few deep scratches after I have done some wet sanding. I only have 2000 with me and will be going to the local auto paint store that supplies all the shops for some 1500 and 3000. I have used m105 with an orange flat 5.5" LC pad with a little luck. But after about 15 passes I'm still far from perfect. The sanding marks are gone but still a few scratches left over that I didn't get out from sanding. Most of the swirl marks are gone as well.
Now, Is there a way to speed this up? These scratches are EVERYWHERE! I've almost considered buying the sanding discs for the PCXP and doing a full wetsand I have used my rotary with the orange pad with a little faster luck than the PCXP but still the scratches remain. So.....Here is the question.
Do I step up to wool with the rotary, Do a full wetsand, or do you think the new microfiber cutting discs will do ok? Do I try PFW or surbuf with the PCXP...I'm at a loss here guys. Or do I just remove what I can swirl mark wise and live with it being OEM paint?
No pics sorry guys...The camera battery died right as I went to take a few for you all. Any help is appreciated.