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Another consideration- if you already wet sanded to flat (to rid of orange peel) and you compounded with rotary and polished multiple times, I think you might want to consider how much clear you have left to work with? Even if you don't "burn through" it now, you could risk clear coat failure down the road. Could someone more experienced than me confirm this?

I've read that orange peel correction really takes off a lot of clear in order to get it flat.
 
Harpolith said:
Another consideration- if you already wet sanded to flat (to rid of orange peel) and you compounded with rotary and polished multiple times, I think you might want to consider how much clear you have left to work with? Even if you don't "burn through" it now, you could risk clear coat failure down the road. Could someone more experienced than me confirm this?

I've read that orange peel correction really takes off a lot of clear in order to get it flat.
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Yes and leads to premature paint damage especially on older paint.
 
Rotaries are excellent tools with which to remove
sanding marks, but will tend to leave holograms behind.

IMO:
The best way to remove these type of paint
blemishes; and, to have a swirl-free finish;
is following-up the Rotary-process by using
dual action/random orbit (DA/RO) polishers.


Mike Phillips calls it:
"changing the action of the tool"
in this article of his: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/43684-hologram-free-rotary-buffer.html


Bob
 
Welcome randy!

What you've done to this point is pretty aggressive. From an efficiency standpoint I think most here would agree you've taken the right path so far to get to your goal of orange peel removal. Without pictures it's hard to say, but I would guess that continuing to use the rotary and swirl remover isn't going to remove the swirls. The reason I say this is because they are likely causing the swirls. Aggressive compounds, pads and rotaries will leave behind defects, just as sanding leaves a haze. Just as you've stepped down from sanding to compounding, you will likely need to step down to a finer abrasive and pad combination to refine the finish. If you couple this with changing the machines action (by using a dual action polisher), I think you'll find this next step further enhanced the finish toward your goal.

While there are always exceptions, corvette paint is generally considered fairly hard and it will take more time to cut with a dual action polisher than the rotary.
 
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