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Ive always had a problem with black paint. Im not talking about matalic black, im talking about solid black.

My usal go to is megs d300, on this car a black sn95 mustang it was giving me great results from the over head light.

How ever when I inspected with the sun gun (take no notice if the non buffed off compound).... please help

 
Msdetailing said:
Ive always had a problem with black paint. Im not talking about matalic black, im talking about solid black.

My usal go to is megs d300, on this car a black sn95 mustang it was giving me great results from the over head light.

How ever when I inspected with the sun gun (take no notice if the non buffed off compound).... please help
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HDAdapt on Rough Paint where you would normally use a medium compound
HDSpeed in place of your polish

Both finish excellent.

Menzerna SF4000/4500 or 3500/3800 now are great too. They finish out amazing too.

I'm not great at taking pics and I don't have my lights set up so here's a simple flashlight shot. Dust at the top and a piece of tape on the paint to serve as a focus point.



 
In order to trouble shoot this we need to know more information about what you are using and what you have available:

What is potentially giving you this haze?
Machine:
Pad:
Product:
Machine speed:
Describe your technique:

What other pads and products do you have available? What else have you tried and what were the results?
 
D300 with a MF cutting pad is pretty darn aggressive. It will leave tons of marring, you need another step o/c.

You should follow it with hd polish and follow that with essence, $$
 
D300 and 205 should make that look like a piano. Perhaps you are not working the 205 enough. It looks to me in the picture you just didn't wipe off the 205 enough?
 
Mike lambert said:
D300 and 205 should make that look like a piano. Perhaps you are not working the 205 enough. It looks to me in the picture you just didn't wipe off the 205 enough?
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I just used Ult Polish (more or less D205) on my dad's straight black 'vette last night, I got the hood & fender tops before it got too cold to work and it came out a good 95+% even AFTER finding out he uses a Ca Car Duster and then simply wipes the rest of the dust etc off with a single dirty mf and some Mother's Show Time QD.

It was so humid, I had to mist some Meg's Gold Class QD on the Ult Polish to remove it cleanly. I can't wait to finish the car.
 
Don M said:
I just used Ult Polish (more or less D205) on my dad's straight black 'vette last night, I got the hood & fender tops before it got too cold to work and it came out a good 95+% even AFTER finding out he uses a Ca Car Duster and then simply wipes the rest of the dust etc off with a single dirty mf and some Mother's Show Time QD.

It was so humid, I had to mist some Meg's Gold Class QD on the Ult Polish to remove it cleanly. I can't wait to finish the car.
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Dont vettes have hard paint? Im working on soft paint
 
Msdetailing said:
Dont vettes have hard paint? Im working on soft paint
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I used Ult Polish with a cutting pad and there were still a few defects here and there, so I probably could have used Ult Compound and got the paint near 95% or better. I'm thinking his car might have been repainted though, because it has tiny bubbled up spots on the fenders and the paint is a BC/CC (did 'vettes in '79 have two-stage paint, or were they single stage?).

I think if you were to take M205 or Ult Polish and a polishing or even a finishing pad, you might get the results you are after. You might also try LIGHTLY spraying some QD (I used Meg's Gold Class QD) on the panel to assist in removing the dried polish residue and minimize any marring that may occur during the removal if your paint is that soft.
 
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