Rupes Polisher Buffer Trial/Haze

[cleantechwa]

Hi,

I switched from Flex to Rupes as its easy to cover larger cars and save some time. I did two black cars, one single step correction and the other two step. I used Rupes, blue and yellow pads with their compounds and also regular medium cut pads from lake country/polishing compounds. I used it at level 1 to prime and then i set it 4 to polish. Both the cars have hazy buffer trials. I love the machine but good lord! not worth the rework.

Any suggestions/lessons learned?

 

[Optimus Grime]

If I'm understanding correctly, on one car you did a one step using Rupes DA Course and on the other you used DA Course and followed up with a finishing compound?

What kind of cars and can you be a bit more specific on which pad/polish combo you used on each?

 

[cleantechwa]

If I'm understanding correctly, on one car you did a one step using Rupes DA Course and on the other you used DA Course and followed up with a finishing compound?

On one car i did use coarse pad, followed by Fine pad with related compounds and the one, i just used the fine pad (yellow) with fine compound.

 

[98CayenneTA]

What year and make vehicle?
What Rupes machine?

To aggressive with to slow of movement causing you to overwork the paint

 

[cleantechwa]

Potentially, i talked to rupes support (their support is amazing), both of them are soft paint cars (Honda/Tesla), and i need to move faster than flex due to RPM in Rupes is much higher

 

[Optimus Grime]

To aggressive with to slow of movement causing you to overwork the paint

That’s the conclusion I came to as well. I wouldn’t do a two step on either car. You can damn near get perfection on that soft paint with a blue Lake Country pad and 3D One.