Menzerna PG1000 - Help needed

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Like most of the fellow members here, I'm a big fan of the Menzerna line. In fact, I have it all, with the exception of the newly released compounds. I frequently use the combo FG400/SF4000 or SF4500, on a Flex or Rupes, with Hybrid Pads and/or Meg's MF Cutting and Finishing.
The others, 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000 I also use it a lot, depending on the situation, spot test, the quality of the painting, etc, and all the variables that lead me to choose one compound or another
The only problem I find is the PG1000. I'm not been able to get decent results with it, I keep getting pig tails and marring marks.
It is the ugly duck, I don't get along with it. Of course the blame is on me, and not on the compound. Could anybody help me find a winning formula for it? Thanks in advance. RPM
 
Like you, I am not a fan of PG1000 though it worked okay for me in the past when I use it on a rotary and 4 ply wool. It is quite a dry compound so I prefer to work in smaller sections. I dont use it on a DA so can't help you on that.

Jeremy
 
PG is an old-school compound, the kind that leaves hazing/marring--it's just not up to par with today's compounds, IMO the reason it's still in the line is it's 60% of the price of FG400, which cuts harder and leaves a better finish.
 
It's just the way PG1000 is. It is like that, FG400 is a miracle.
 
While I have used a bit of Menzerna polishes, I have not used PG1000.

I've heard and read the horror stories about it and as others said, its best suited to rotary/wool applications.

As you have FG400 on hand, I would use this instead of PG1000. As you know FG400 will cut better and finish out nicer. I would vary the cut from the product by substitute different level pads for various scenarios.
 
Thanks for all the input, friends. By coincidence, It just came to my shop a vw beetle, 1965, the owner bought the car in 1965 (!!!).
It was repainted some thirty years ago, some extremely hard PU paint (as we call it here), with no clearcoat; a pain to polish. Messy, dusty, and hard. I think it became hard over the decades, because PU paint usually is soft. It would just laugh at my attempts to cut it with microfiber/rupes, or hard menzerna foam/flex, sonax abrasive polish, M101, even fg400 wasn't enough. So, I took a rotary and a 7 inch abrasive wool, with, guess who, Menzerna 1000! Old school totally. Back to the nineties.
But then I had the cut.
I also discovered that the cut improved when the paint was hot, I think it had to heat it up to melt it a bit. First case ever.
I had a kind of up nose attitude towards rotary, but I changed my mind.
I only have a cheap Einhell rotary, kinda kids toy, very weak, but now I'm thinking about improving it with a DeWalt/Makita. A Flex rotary would be a dream, but it is too darn expensive here, almost a thousand dollars :(.
So, PG1000 and rotary with wool.
 
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