Need some help choosing CG compound(s)

Dr_Pain said:
Now the plot thickens a little.

Here is what I am thinking, based on your above explanation. The car is not yours and won't be for a few years, unless you can buy it from your uncle earlier. It will be driven once in a while and shown once in a while. It does have the potential of additional paint defect being instilled (until your ownership). You would like to protect and preserve the car until it is yours so you can pimp her up and "prettify" her to your liking later.

I would offer good old uncle to wash and wax the GT regularly enough to show him how much love you have for her AND THEN, when it is yours, you can put the DA or rotary to her, knowing that you will baby her and love her the way she should. She won't show well with that spoiler so no need to invest on it now, until you can make her real nice.

If you compound it now, you are removing some of its clear coat and may not have too many other chances to get rid of the swirls, scuffs, scratches, rids etc.... when you do take ownership.

You can use glazes to make her look decent and wax the daylights out of her. This should allow you to have fun..... until you can have a LOT of fun.

If your thoughts were to use the BOGO to get some CG, and this is your only project, you may end up with more products than you need. All those products have useful shelf life so saving by buying a BOGO to waste it by not being able to use it..... this is not exactly doing it on the cheap!
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I didn't even think about it like that! He said he would pay for the supplies I need to clean her up, so maybe I'll just pick up the v polish sample pack to get rid of some of the really bad stuff, and some glaze to do the rest of the car. It does have some other things that need fixing (trim, some moulding, a few holes in the drivers seat, ect) that need fixing, so no, it more than likely wont be bringing home any awards. Good insight...didn't even think about that until now.

A glaze should fill in a good bit of the swirls, right?

I have a few other projects I could maybe use the polish on, but I guess you're also right about holding off on that too. I'll just keep the money in my pocket and save up for some better stuff. :top:
 
I have some CG polishes (V32, V34, V36, V38) laying around. I don't use them much ever since I switched to Menzerna. PM me with your address and I will send you some samples. :xyxthumbs:
 
psnt1ol said:
I have some CG polishes (V32, V34, V36, V38) laying around. I don't use them much ever since I switched to Menzerna. PM me with your address and I will send you some samples. :xyxthumbs:
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Really? That would be so awesome. You don't mind?
 
swanicyouth said:
I don' have any experience with CG compounds / polishes. I saw that sale also. I'm guessing they are on sale
because they are older technology type abrasives.

Just a thought, but polishes and compounds isn't where I would try to save some money. Prices on Meg's and Optimum isn't so bad. At least you know your getting good modern abrasive technology.
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:iagree:
 
psnt1ol said:
I am not using them anyway and I guess it's my way of paying forward. Which one would you like to try????
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Hmm, that's a tough call. Let me go compare them on the CG website, and see which one will suit me best. I have a few other projects in mind that I want try it on.
 
FYI, CGs is now selling a sample kit of their V polish line for $19.99 if anyone is interested.

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