Re: Afraid to sand...just going to buff??
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:36 pm
Okay...i was shamed into trying to sand again. I spent most of today on the hood and top, these are the largest horizontal surfaces on the car and are what people tend to look at first. I also sanded the fenders and the tops of the doors until the first panel line. I stayed off the fender flares and the smaller curved areas.
I used 1500 wet followed by 2000 wet. This got the panels pretty flat so I then used Presta Ultra Ctting Creme on a black wool pad, followed by the Presta Swirl Removr on a blue wool pad. The shine was great but I had lots of scratches...some straight line and mostly swirled. I then tried some 3M Foam Pad glaze witht he Meguire foam pad at about 3 on the buffer. The shine is wonderful, you can shave in it if you wanted, but the scratches are still there if you look across the panel with bright light.
Did I just not buff long enough with the first compound? I am so aware of not buffing through at this point that I buffed until the compound was gone, then stopped. Buffer was on about 3 1/2 and then slowed down to about 2 for the swirl remover. Should I go back to the first compound and start over with the process? I am about ready to wait 3 months and wax it to fill them in and forget it.
I used 1500 wet followed by 2000 wet. This got the panels pretty flat so I then used Presta Ultra Ctting Creme on a black wool pad, followed by the Presta Swirl Removr on a blue wool pad. The shine was great but I had lots of scratches...some straight line and mostly swirled. I then tried some 3M Foam Pad glaze witht he Meguire foam pad at about 3 on the buffer. The shine is wonderful, you can shave in it if you wanted, but the scratches are still there if you look across the panel with bright light.
Did I just not buff long enough with the first compound? I am so aware of not buffing through at this point that I buffed until the compound was gone, then stopped. Buffer was on about 3 1/2 and then slowed down to about 2 for the swirl remover. Should I go back to the first compound and start over with the process? I am about ready to wait 3 months and wax it to fill them in and forget it.