Spent about an hour polishing the hood of my 81 Corvette(Original Paint) with Meg's 205 and Grey pad and PC, plus touching up some minor scratches with Meg's Scratch-X. Turned out great. Now, should I, or is there anything I can use from Meg's that would bring that shine up just a bit more? A Glaze or Sealant possibly on a blue pad? I plan to use Collinite as my LSP. Thanks for your help.
1981 was the changeover year from single stage to basecoat/clearcoat technology on Corvettes, I know because I've buffed out a 1980 all original Corvette a few years ago when I was the guest speaker for the National Corvette Restoration Society, in Boston, Massachusetts. One of the members told me that some Corvettes were painted using single stage paints while some were getting the new basecoat/clearcoat finishes.
The one I worked on was a very dark blue, basecoat/clear coat finish and the clear was as soft as butter.
My guess is that yours has the basecoat/clear coat finish?
You
don't see any silver or gray color coming off on your pads correct?
If so, silver is very hard to see fine defects on the surface of the clear, you usually have to be in the right light, at the right height and at the right angle to see anything, should anything be there to see.
If you go with the Menzerna PO85RD, then use a soft finishing pad on the 5.0 Speed Setting and start out with a little more pressure than the weight of the machine with some slow passes and the bing your speed up a little and start moving the polisher a few ticks quicker.
Don't buff to a dry buff, you should always have a wet film on the surface behind your path-of-travel.
Wipe each section you polish off before any residue can dry and when you move onto a new section, overlap a little into the previous section.
Once you're happy with the results, apply your LSP and this will maximize the gloss.
Then maybe share a picture?
. So far it looks great,but I think I'll have to try the Menzerna to get the look I want.
