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i am in the process of doing a restoration on a 96 bronco. should be out of body shop in a couple weeks. painter will wet sand then rotary buff before i pick it up, then i will complete the buffing and polishing to remove anything he has left with the rotary, i do have the boss system and buffer ,have been doing paint correction for a while . what is a good buffing and polishing compound that will give me the best results, as far as close to flawless i can get, the color will be black , i guess i am asking mike what would you use, compounds pads etc thanks
 
i am in the process of doing a restoration on a 96 bronco. should be out of body shop in a couple weeks. painter will wet sand then rotary buff before i pick it up, then i will complete the buffing and polishing to remove anything he has left with the rotary,

That's actually a good approach. Let the painter, who is probably very experienced at this and KNOWS how much paint he sprayed onto the car do the sanding and initial cut.



i do have the boss system and buffer

If you have the BOSS polisher, either the 15mm or the 21mm, then you have a tool that is more than capable of removing the holograms leftover by the rotary step.

I'm then assuming you have the BOSS foam pads and BOSS compounds and polishes?


If so - these pads and chemicals are also more than enough to do the job.

I would start with a TEST SPOT on a flat surface like the hood. Following the sage advice to test the least aggressive product to get the job done, knowing the Finishing Sealant and the BLACK foam finishing pad are probably NOT going to be aggressive enough to do the job right the first time - I would then test the Perfecting Cream with either the yellow or orange foam BOSS pads. If this works repeat to the entire car.

If the Perfecting Cream is not removing 100% of the holograms, then test the Correcting Cream. Test it with the Orange BOSS foam pads. This should work. If it doesn't then my guess is either the paint is hard or the hologram swirls are deep or both.

Then test the Fast Correcting Cream with either the orange foam pad or the white foam pad. The white foam cutting pad is VERY SHARP - so if you end up using this you'll likely have to re-polish with the Perfecting Cream and either the yellow or black foam pads to perfect the paint.

Then wait for 30 days or however long your painter recommends and move onto the sealing step.


How many pads do you have?


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i have about 4 pads of each color plus some micro fiber pads, thanks for your help
 
boss 15mm with 6 inch pads

Copy that.

So you simply start out doing a Test Spot.

I'd test the BOSS Orange pad with the Correction Cream and follow this with the Perfecting Cream and either the BOSS yellow or BOSS black pads.


This simple test should let you now if this combo is working or not. By "working" I mean removing the holograms and created a perfectly clear mirror finish ready for sealing after the 30 day air-cure day.


If this system doesn't work let me know but my guess is it will.

Once the paint is past the 30 day mark, or whatever your painter recommends as a waiting time, you could then use the Griot's BOSS Finishing Sealant. As the name implies, this contains a small amount of the same abrasives found in the other 3 BOSS products with the addition of a water insoluble protection ingredients thus the word SEALANT in the name of the product.


Looking forward to the final results.


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