Need help here
I’m trying to perfect a paint finish here with the new
Silverado Trial Boss Z71 2019 paint color jet black
The paint is not that bad it probably 1month old
But I’m creating getting Micro swirling
Here what I’m using :
• Presta Finishing Polish
• Lake Country Force Hybrid Black Finishing Pad
• Flex 3401
Micro-marring comes primarily from either abrasive technology or pads or both. I have found a gear-driven orbital can enhance either of these two root causes of micro-marring and this is why having a free spinning orbital on hand is a good idea.
I just posted about his today here,
https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...e-polishing-some-questions-4.html#post1641280
I haven’t done the entire car just a test spot
Thank goodness you only did a Test Spot. This is also WHY you do a Test Spot.
I have worked with people on this forum and other places that did NOT do a Test Spot and proceeded to micro-mar an entire car.
The paint is not in bad condition i am trying perfect but my method didn’t work as planned
The presta polishing I use it on a regular basis
I have never used Presta products, so I don't have a real-world opinion to add.
How soon do you need to get this job done?
Where do you live?
But I wonder if I need to use free spin DA instead of forced rotation?
What do you think
I've had luck switching to a free spinning orbital polisher for the final polishing step after first correcting with the BEAST. Here's my documented example from 2012 - I'm so glad I document all my work and pictures.
Christmas Detail - Ferrari P4 - Move over Rudolf
Note the tools listed in my process
This is a reproduction of the Ferrari P4. Ferrari only built three 1967 P4's all of these still exist today and are accounted for. In the late 1980's, Noble Automotive in England was commissioned to build a reproduction for a private collector and this is the Noble P4. It cost over $300,000.00 at the time of the build including a Ferrari 308 engine, Porsche 915 transaxle and 5-speed transmission plus 4 down-draft Webber Carburetors.
The paint is Rosso Corsa Red in single stage and when I arrived and inspected the paint every inch of it was completely swirled out. I restored the paint using the following 5 steps.
- Wiped car clean using Detailers Waterless Wash.
- Clayed the paint using Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay.
- Machine polished the paint using Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover/Flex 3401/LC 6.5" Flat White Polishing Pad.
- Machine polished the paint using Wolfgang Finishing Glaze/Meguiar's G110v2/LC 5.5" Flat White Polishing Pad
- Machine waxed the paint using Wolfgang Fuzion/Meguiar's G110v2/LC 5.5" Flat Blue Finishing Pad.
I was ASKED in the thread WHY I finished out with the Meguiar's polisher, an 8mm free spinning random oribital polisher),
From post #31
I was directed here from another thread....glad I was. This is what you call candy coated, good grief it looks like the paint is "flowing". Amazing work!
What made you decide to finish out with the GV110 vs the Flex? Pad size selection or the non forced rotation maybe?
My answer in
post #32
Good question...
I find on softer paints like this car has that the PC style with a Fine Cut Polish finishes out nicer than with the more powerful Flex 3401. The paint on this car was incredibly soft. I only did my test spot using the Flex 3401 and end-results were acceptable, I did the PC step just to "make sure".
I also machine applied the wax using the PC.
Here's the car....
