Cutting polish help

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I am about to detail a 88 Buick Park Ave. It's been beaten by sun & the roof is a lost cause there is nothing but a paint job that will bring it back from death. But the rest of the car is pretty good. He has a newly painted hood less than a year. I was going to use blackfire aio on it but it's still on its way. So I am going to use Meguiars but don't know which one. I have a 6"orbital polisher that I will use. I was thinking about meguiars medium cut. Would I need to clay it first. After the polish I plan on using collinite 845. Thanks
 
Sounds like the paint on this car is pretty beat.

You really should clay the car after washing before starting any correction/polishing/AIO work.

What are your goals for the paint?
 
Wash, clay, polish then wax in that order. :props:

Remember to apply the Collinite 845 very thin, allow it to haze, then buff.

Some great reading by none other than Mike Phillips

To simplify the compounding and polishing, two over the counter products by Meguiar's do a great job at removing minor scratches, swirls, and like defects leaving the finish looking like glass.

Meguiar's Ultimate Compound

Meguiar's Ultimate Polish
 
The guy I am doing this for is in his upper 70's and is going to have the roof repainted someday before it goes to his Grandson. So I have all detailed the interior with 303 has leather seats inside looks like it rolled off the show room floor. I will use your suggestions. Thanks I have watched alot of Mikes videos. I want to try wet sanding on my car but going to practice first on car's out at my parents that don't run anymore. I have always been a car buff mostly getting them to run great not so much on the paint so still learning. Thanks
 
Don't forget a good sealant after the paint correction!
 
Kinda hard to give advice without pictures. You say the roof is beyond repair, but I'd really want to see it. Why was the hood painted but not the roof? Seem odd. Anyway, as others have said, you should clay before polishing.
 
I will get pics up tomorrow he hit a deer and the hood was crunched so he bought a parts car and had the hood repainted I washed clayed polished, and waxed looks pretty good.
 
I saw a thread somewhere where a guy used Opti-Coat on some failed clearcoat with decent (not perfect) results.

I would use a very non-aggressive approach on this paint, since chances are if the roof has failed, the rest of the paint is on it's last legs.
 
For some reason only the roof looks like that the rest of the car the paint is great
 
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