Heavy Swirls and the power of SSR3

[blkyukon]

This is a friend of mine's car that I've been procrastinating doing...finally bit the bullet and tackled it.
03 Black Highlander
Products used
PC
SSR3 - Cutting pad
PO85RD - Polishing pad
4Star - UPP
Souveran Paste wax

Here are the befores:

Nothing was touching these so I decided to break out SSR3 and a cutting pad..finally getting somewhere, with very little hazing.
The thing to remember with SSR3 is DO NOT prime the pad with a QD or water. Priming the pad will lead to heavy hazing.

Here is the hazing left from SSR3 up close:

Here is after PO85RD - polishing pad:

Here is another before and after:

This was a 2 day process and here it is after UPP and Souveran paste wax:

Not a 100% perfect...but a 100% better!

 

[Strokin04]

Great job making the black look new again. What pad system did you use? Mike...

 

[FloridaNative]

Looks fantastic Charles!! What speed did you work the SSR 3 in at?

 

[Whitethunder46]

Very nice. I'm looking forward to XMT #4, I wonder how well it would of performed on that!

 

[HighEndDetail]

Nice turnaround

 

[ehuth1]

looks great

 

[nick19]

Very nice :applause:

 

[budman3]

Awesome work... since you just used SSR3 would you say it has more cut than Optimum Compound? I can't believe the turnaround on that for just using the PC. I did a car last week (1997 Avalon, posted on DC) which looked like that and I had a horrid time with the rotary and would have gone straight to the PC if I saw this before I did that car. Gotta love black shine!! UPP and Souveran = perfect

 

[blkyukon]

Thanks everyone:cheers:

Great job making the black look new again. What pad system did you use? Mike...

I used Lake Country Pads

Looks fantastic Charles!! What speed did you work the SSR 3 in at?

Jen, thanks!

I used speed 6 with slow overlapping movements...Just make sure to change pads often, SSR3 will clog the pads and cause excessive marring.

 

[Nica]

First of all the before pictures are shocking, really bad swirls on that vehicle.

You sure turned that car around though, looks like new.

Good job...oh I really like the hazing picture, it totally shows the hazing.

You take really nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

[Nuke33]

Looks great how heavy of a cutting bad did you use?

 

[supercharged]

Beautiful!:applause:

 

[blkyukon]

Looks great how heavy of a cutting bad did you use?

I used a LC yellow pad...I did start out with SSR2.5/orange pad then moved to SSR3/orange pad, but got the best results with the cutting pad and SSR3

 

[Nuke33]

Looks great! It really did a good job

 

[sparkie]

WOW, she looks Beautiful. I am a fan of your work.:applause:

 

[redg35]

awesome work!!!!!

 

[bambo2888]

wow, thats all i have to say

 

[Sevenrd]

Fantastic work there.

 

[BILL]

GREAT JOB.......Any body know if SSR 3 is comparable to XMT3??

 

[Sevenrd]

GREAT JOB.......Any body know if SSR 3 is comparable to XMT3??

I haven't used the XMT line, but I believe SSR3 is closer to the new XMT4. And SSR2.5 is closer to XMT3. Someone else please chime in if this is incorrect.