Meguiars Ultimate Compound

[Tato]

Hello Ski2.

You've already got your answer, I'll just try to complement a bit...

Yes, you do prime the pad. After first priming, give it ~5 minutes before using, because if you prime, add 3 drops and go right to polishing, product excess may 'gum'.

So, I recommend you to prime the pad first and reserve it for ~5min. Before starting, clean the pad on the fly with the pad brush. Then you add 3 'between pea and dime' sized drops and go to work. For that, I mean, do not underuse product, however, avoid overusing it.

Every 2 or 3 sections, you'll want to clean the pad before going to next session. I'd recommend you to get far away from the car you're working to do this, as UC splatter can be tough to remove if dried.

Cleaning the pad during work is a task you may be familiar with, with UC you'll easily note the 'gumming/dry caking' on the pad, if you use the brush frequently the pad always return close to the primed condition to get the most from it.

UC works great on orange (cutting pads), with higher speed (5-6 (I prefer 6)), some constant pressure (adjust increasing pressure if you need even more correction power), pad always laying flat and slow arm movement. Remember to always keep the pad spinning to get it's full correction potential.

It has a decent work time (last for the entire set of passes you'd do), and is really easy to wipe off. If you get results different from what I've said here (low work time and/or difficult to remove), please, return to this topic and we will try to help you get the best from it.


Hope I've helped,

Kind Regards.

 

[ski2]

Thanks for the detailed reply! I'm in the habit of cleaning on the fly after evey other section. I use speed 6 on my Griots quite often -- alternating pads so they don't overheat. Don't use compound on my VWs too often, just polish once a year, but need the UC for spot corrections of deeper scratches.

 

[Tato]

Hi, you're welcome.

Thank you! UC for spot corrections is great. I've tackled spots with it and Meg's burgundy cutting pad (4') and it made wonders (even avoided a new paint job on a clients rear bumper). It was not 100% (as new paint job), but enough for the client feel extremely comfortably with the results.

You're already aware of overheating, so double your caution when working 'burgundys' pads at plastic bumpers. Just being aware of it keeps you from making a mistake.

I've also done spot corrections with UC and 4' orange CCS pads... great, great!

In fact, if you don't tend to use 'compounding step' on your vehicle, try a test spot using UC and a white (polishing) pad. It tackles a lot of defects and even finishes very nice.

After that step I recommend a finer polish on a black pad (M205 or even UP), to make the finish 'POP'!

That's it, hope to hear from you!

Kind Regards.

 

[Klasse Act]

I used Meg's UC on a silver S2K last year that had a dogs claw marks down both sides, doors and quarter panel and it took them out w/o ANY issue. Used my GG 6", GG orange pad and followed with BFWD, car looked awesome!

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[ski2]

I've also done spot corrections with UC and 4' orange CCS pads... great, great!

In fact, if you don't tend to use 'compounding step' on your vehicle, try a test spot using UC and a white (polishing) pad. It tackles a lot of defects and even finishes very nice.

After that step I recommend a finer polish on a black pad (M205 or even UP), to make the finish 'POP'!

Thanks for the pointers!!!! I have Buff & Shine yellow (finishes very well), Orange and Green flat 4" pads so I'll just do some testing with the UC when I come up against some deeper RIDS.

I use HD Polish with a Buff & Shine orange 5.5" flat pads for swirl removal on both VWs -- fantastic results on hard VW paint, has some cut, but finishes like a finishing polish even on my wife's non metallic black Golf. It has really long working times, little to no dust and no heavy oils left behind to hide swirls or interfere with LSPs.

Thanks again!

 

[bmw335]

Just wondering if anyone has used Meguiars Ultimate Compound. Does it leave scratches behind in the paint like rubbing compound does. I have some stubborn swirls in the back of both my dads 03 Yukon Denali and my 03 Explorer. I dont want to create more swirls than whats already there. I recently got the PC7424 but havent really used it much besides with Paintwork Cleansing Lotion, Glaze's and Wax. Let me know your experiences with the product.

I used both ultimate compound and scratch x2.0 and didnt notice any results.maybe im doing it wrong but i followed the manufacturer instructions...

 

[Tato]

Hi, welcome to AGO!

Have you used UC by hand or by machine?

Kind Regards.

 

[HateSwirls]

It's the most user friendly compound I ever used and with great results , sometimes you can go straight to LSP.

Benefits.

Cheap
Easy to find in your hometown
Good cut with the right pad
Long work time
Easy wipe off, I mean very easy
Doesn't leave swirls behind when using the correct pad

When a noob ask me what compound should they use to learn I always tell them to use UC then move up if a more aggressive compound is needed.

I often use UC on my test area, if it works I use it, makes for an easy job:dblthumb2:

 

[jankerson]

It's the most user friendly compound I ever used and with great results , sometimes you can go straight to LSP.

Benefits.

Cheap
Easy to find in your hometown
Good cut with the right pad
Long work time
Easy wipe off, I mean very easy
Doesn't leave swirls behind when using the correct pad

When a noob ask me what compound should they use to learn I always tell them to use UC then move up if a more aggressive compound is needed.

I often use UC on my test area, if it works I use it, makes for an easy job:dblthumb2:

UC is good stuff, one of the things I do keep around.

 

[Tato]

Here are some simple pics of my yesterday detail using UC. I'm sorry for quality and angles, I'm not good at taking pictures, also my camera is a cell phone camera... But I believe these picture are enough to show some work using UC.

Car: 2001 GM Vectra, neglected since it's 'inception'. Some auto-car-wash every 2-3 months (also considered neglected!).

The customer wanted a "$1000" detail for $100... Let me see what I can do for you, sir...

Car arrived:

Just after Wash / 'Wet' Clayed (Autoscrub Sponge):

See the Swirls...

Side Corrected using UC + LC CCS Orange 6.5' and Meg's G220v2 (Speed 6 / Medium to High pressure):

Hood Corrected using same method cited above:

To finish this 'cheap' job, nothing better than to follow with an AIO. Used Pinnacle XMT360 (White 6' Flat Pad). Just a few pictures.

One Side:


Another:

Interior was full detailed by my wife, my partner, who loves to clean wheels an interior! Obviously, my soul mate! (sorry, no pictures this time, but she covered every spot, leather seats, carpets, panel, and left a pretty new car/cleaned leather fresh smell). Women are good at this, I doubt anyone would disagree!



Feed back please , any tip on pictures or anything you want to say is really welcome!

Thank you in advance.

Kind Regards.