boomerman
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Anyone have any experience doing paint correction on a Can Am Spyder?
For those of you who don't know, the Spyder uses all plastic panels on it.
My Spyder is black and as I am doing paint correction on it I am not getting the same results as I do when I work on a car.
Is it due to plastic panels vs metal?
I am also wondering if it is the quality of paint that BRP (The company that makes Can Am) uses as well.
Here is what I have tried and I still see some scratches, I can see them but I can't feel them with my finger nail. It's almost like the scratches were in the plastic panel and they painted it and clear coated at the factory and sent it out the door.
Washed the bike with a Purple power boat wash so I know it would strip any old wax or polish off of it.
My first panel I did I used the TURTLE WAX HYBRID SOLUTIONS CERAMIC POLISH & WAX, I had seen the car that Mike had done and he used the product so I thought I would try it..
After doing one panel, I found that it was hard to wipe off the residue, and you have to use a damp microfiber to remove the high points and then use a dry microfiber to dry it, so I am using 3 towels. This would take forever and I felt disappointed with my results, It sure did not look as good as it did on the car Mike did. I realize his years of experience probably helped with the results.
I used my G8 3" polisher since the Spyder has so many small panels and curves and bends in them. I used white lake country flat pads for polish, was not impressed so I thought I would switch to the Orange cutting pads by Lake Country pads and tried it again. I really did not see any difference. still a pain to remove the residue and takes 3 towels.
I did 6- 8 passes on the panel.
2nd panel: Next up I used Mequiar's ultimate compound with LC orange pads followed up with Meguiar's Ultimate polish, with LC white polishing pad. 6- 8 passes. Pretty much the same the results but much easier to remove the residue, only one towel needed. Less time to do then the Turtle wax.
3rd panel: I tried the Griot's complete compound and complete polish, Orange pads on both the first time then used the orange pad with the compound and white with the polish. About the same as the Meguiar's.
One thing to note on the compounds, I noticed the Griot's complete compound did a better job of removing deeper scratches.
So now I have tried 3 different products and while the bike looks better I am not wowed but I feel it's because of the plastic panels/paint vs metal/paint.
Once I am finished I plan to use Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant.
So any Ideas, thoughts or experience with working on plastic panels?
If I buy any more products right now I think my wife may kill me. hahahaha
Sorry for the long winded post but I wanted to provide as much information as possible.
Looking forward to hearing what thoughts everyone has.
For those of you who don't know, the Spyder uses all plastic panels on it.
My Spyder is black and as I am doing paint correction on it I am not getting the same results as I do when I work on a car.
Is it due to plastic panels vs metal?
I am also wondering if it is the quality of paint that BRP (The company that makes Can Am) uses as well.
Here is what I have tried and I still see some scratches, I can see them but I can't feel them with my finger nail. It's almost like the scratches were in the plastic panel and they painted it and clear coated at the factory and sent it out the door.
Washed the bike with a Purple power boat wash so I know it would strip any old wax or polish off of it.
My first panel I did I used the TURTLE WAX HYBRID SOLUTIONS CERAMIC POLISH & WAX, I had seen the car that Mike had done and he used the product so I thought I would try it..
After doing one panel, I found that it was hard to wipe off the residue, and you have to use a damp microfiber to remove the high points and then use a dry microfiber to dry it, so I am using 3 towels. This would take forever and I felt disappointed with my results, It sure did not look as good as it did on the car Mike did. I realize his years of experience probably helped with the results.
I used my G8 3" polisher since the Spyder has so many small panels and curves and bends in them. I used white lake country flat pads for polish, was not impressed so I thought I would switch to the Orange cutting pads by Lake Country pads and tried it again. I really did not see any difference. still a pain to remove the residue and takes 3 towels.
I did 6- 8 passes on the panel.
2nd panel: Next up I used Mequiar's ultimate compound with LC orange pads followed up with Meguiar's Ultimate polish, with LC white polishing pad. 6- 8 passes. Pretty much the same the results but much easier to remove the residue, only one towel needed. Less time to do then the Turtle wax.
3rd panel: I tried the Griot's complete compound and complete polish, Orange pads on both the first time then used the orange pad with the compound and white with the polish. About the same as the Meguiar's.
One thing to note on the compounds, I noticed the Griot's complete compound did a better job of removing deeper scratches.
So now I have tried 3 different products and while the bike looks better I am not wowed but I feel it's because of the plastic panels/paint vs metal/paint.
Once I am finished I plan to use Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant.
So any Ideas, thoughts or experience with working on plastic panels?
If I buy any more products right now I think my wife may kill me. hahahaha
Sorry for the long winded post but I wanted to provide as much information as possible.
Looking forward to hearing what thoughts everyone has.
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