Polishing over Compound Residue?

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Hey everyone, I have seen some talk of detailers compounding a car, and go straight to polishing without wiping off the compound residue. OPT advertises this a lot. So just wondering if any if you guys do the same thing, maybe with other brands? Whats your thoughts on this technique? Thanks! Feed back please
 
Since compounds and polishes
don't need to "dry":
I try to remove any compounding (or polishing)
residues, with an appropriately tasked towel,
immediately after I'm done buffing a panel/section.

In an attempt to further clarify:
I don't use a "panel wipe" product between
the compounding and polishing steps...
or even between the final polishing and LSP
application steps. That is, unless the LSPs'
manufacturers recommend otherwise.



Bob
 
Good question, I wondered about that myself. Good to know you don't need a product panel wipe down unless it is required. Thank you
 
I continue to wipe clean any panel worked for a couple of reasons. First is to certainly see how effective that last approach was in correcting conditions and not only on my test spots but as i continue around the vehicle. I want to look at it "finished" after an aggressive approach to make sure i get the expected results. Secondly and depending on the abrasive technology used (as Mike P. talks about) i don't want to leave behind any SMAT particles that, after breaking down to their smallest pieces, are still bigger than what i will be using to polish out further with my next product. If it was a DAT product...maybe. But i still want to see if i need to hit that section again with another few passes and i can't do that until i've wiped clean that last section.

Just me and i would like to hear more of the OPT logic or why any others would opt to not wipe after compounding. Could be a significant time saver. There are always new ideas with what we do and i leave my mind open to any and all.
 
It is all about saving time and it's fine for production work IMO but when you're doing a high end detail the compound should be removed first.
 
Why would you not remove the residue to see your progress? It takes like seconds. No point in putting a more aggressive compound in the arena than needed.
 
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