Mike, thanks for taking the time to reply. Appreciate your insight and the link to the soft paint finishing thread.
I have seen new paint harden like you mention as well. Restoring some of these older repaints have been a challenge (but the results are rewarding!)
We’ve detailed several aftermarket base/clear paint jobs that are 10-20 years old; the cars were restored, then severely neglected. In the attached pictures, the subject vehicle has base/clear DuPont paint from the mid-1990’s. As you can see in the “before” picture, there were so many swirls...
You need to get heat in there to work for you, without overheating it to the point of creating distortion or ruining your glass (any experts feel free to correct me if wrong). It's high speed and pressure, and it does tear your arms up pretty good if you have an office job (like me, haha). I...
check out my thread in this same forum... I had the same problem. Pictures in this post: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/diamondite/38072-swirls-glass.html#post536668
you do NOT want to use Diamondite "glass restorer" with the Lake Country Pads. It will cost you a new windshield, since...