Need help: polishing super sticky paint.

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I need help with polishing sticky paints.

Compound/ polish were drying almost instantly and I thought it was due to humility
but now I think it's because paint is super sticky/ soft, absorbing polishing oils, causing me to dry buff.

I ended up using carpro essence with a LOTTTTTTTTT of water,
made huge mess.

There gotta be easier way....
 
What machine are you using? anything forced rotation is probably only going to exacerbate the heat problem. A free spinning DA is probably your best bet. Reduce pressure and machine speed if you can.

You can also try to cool the panel down prior to polishing - I once soaked a bunch of MF towels in a cooler box with ice water, then would lay a couple of towels out flat over the section I was about to correct and let it cool the panel down for a few minutes.

I have never tried Essence on stick paint so don't know if it will help or not, but I have always had good success with Menzerna polishes on sticky paint.
 
I tried all the combination possible with what I have

Rupes 21es, PC 7424xp, griots 3", flex pe-8
 
I've had success using M205, but you may or may not have the same results. I worked the section as normal, don't try and wipe off, clean your pad on the fly, apply a few more drops of M205 and short cycle the polish, one pass and wipe off right away.


It's been several years since I had to deal with one of these. On the Forester I last did I cut with Megs D300 using their MF pads and followed with M205 and foam pads. D300 dried up a little but wasn't near as bad as some other compounds.
 
I'd suggest hyper polish or Sonax cut and finish. It seems thinner water based leveling fluids work better on sticky paint or super oily polishes.
 
I read something about "wet buffing" or w.e it calls

But looks like prime your pad and use extra extra polish to get it more saturated.
But I dont know how about this option.
 
RaskyR1 said:
I've had success using M205, but you may or may not have the same results. I worked the section as normal, don't try and wipe off, clean your pad on the fly, apply a few more drops of M205 and short cycle the polish, one pass and wipe off right away.
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thats smiliar to what I did,
instead of adding products, I sprayed water on surface, pass couple times and buffed.
 
Scholl S30+ or S40

Britemax Black Max Ultra Fine Polish is BY FARRRR the easiest polish I've ever used to wipe off. Not enough experience yet to determine it's finishing abilities, however.
 
RaskyR1 said:
I've had success using M205, but you may or may not have the same results. I worked the section as normal, don't try and wipe off, clean your pad on the fly, apply a few more drops of M205 and short cycle the polish, one pass and wipe off right away.


It's been several years since I had to deal with one of these. On the Forester I last did I cut with Megs D300 using their MF pads and followed with M205 and foam pads. D300 dried up a little but wasn't near as bad as some other compounds.
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I saw a guy once make a diluted version of M205 by mixing some polish with ice water and then putting the bottle of that in an ice water bath between pad applications. I think he cooled the panels with ice water soaked towels as well. This was all that would work. I think it was on Nissan self-healing paint, but the theory should work on soft sticky paint too.
 
Spritzing the panel with ice cold water as well as a light mist on your pad with compound already on it could work wonders for you too. Your other alternative is whatever compound you're using, mix it up with some water. That will reduce cut but will improve your working time and make less of a mess foe you to clean up.
 
If you don't have either HD Polish+ or Scholl Concepts S30+ you are most likely stuck trying one of these other jenky methods to keep the panel cool because the lubricants in the polishes you've been using do not like heat so they dry up before you're able to complete a single section pass. But Some HD Polish+ or Scholl Concepts S30+ to have on hand for situations like these. I promise you will thank me!
 
Scholl's S20 Black has worked great for me on soft Subaru and Honda paint.
 
ordered some S20 and S30+

I have high hope for these products,
cuz its says "Won't stick to paint even on hot surfaces"
 
choijw2 said:
ordered some S20 and S30+

I have high hope for these products,
cuz its says "Won't stick to paint even on hot surfaces"
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It's true, like Mark mentioned Scholl Concepts has the best polishes. They are unlike anything else on the market, you can actually overwork the polishes on soft/sticky paint and they'll still wipe off easy. Make sure you put it into a dispenser that allows you to use very little polish. It's heavily lubricated and will go a very long way.
 
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