im not sure where to start looking for cut and polish system,everyone seems to have stuff in this area. what I have is DuPont clear coat two coats fresh complete car.that needs wet sand and polish.im wanting to purchase a system kit for this.what all are good choices in a complete system for cut and polish? thanks for the help.

theres many different choices. I use meguiars twins of m105 and m205. wool pad and rotary for 1st pass with m105, then switch to my porter cable 7424, orange lake country foam pad and m105 for 2nd, then orange lake country orange pad and m205.

I bought the soft sanders p.n.8038-200 and the super-flex sand paper rolls to prep clear coat with 1000grit for grafics and reclear. at first I thought the product looked silly,but those foam blocks and adhesive paper really worked perfect for me.i plan on buying 1200-1500-2000grit to prep for polishing.
---tomsteve,can you offer p.n. on the products you suggest for polishing.you sound like you have a proven system down. otherwise im thinking about buying the presta ultra 2 step system.
--I have a craftsman 1/2hp 6" electric polisher. I hope this will work?
thanks for helping

I read nothing but good about the presta products,too.
http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-mirror ... pound.html
http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-finishing-polish.html
http://www.autogeek.net/75inholodu10.html
http://www.autogeek.net/kompressor-buffing-pads.html

its also best to use microfiber towles for cleaning up the products. I get mine in 24 pack from home depot. great price and I haven't had a problem with em.

on the polisher-this is the porter cable I have:
http://www.autogeek.net/porter-cable-7424xp.html
it has an aggressive throw and it is next to impossible to damage a finish with it.

if this is what you have:
http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-7-in ... ockType=G2
that may not be aggressive enough.

when I started painting and detailing, the porter cable is the only one I used. I have never damaged paint. i stick with foam pads on the porter cable and only use wool on my rotary.

my rotary, believe it or not, is a variable speed one from(YIKES) harbor freight, but im actually impressed with it. it can be very easy to mess up a paint job with a rotary. they gotta be constantly moving as they can build up heat and heat is the enemy. want to let the product do the work.
when wet/color sanding, i stop at 1500 grit so that helps refine the sanding scratches, but theres nothing wrong with goin onto 2000 or higher, other than more time.

when i wet/color sand, i go in straight lines( im still not comfortable using a DA to color sand). i'll use the 1000 grit in a direction like this ///////. then when i move up a grit, i switch directions and sand like this\\\\\\\\\. this helps to see the refinement of the sanding process.
when i started with just the 7424, it was still the orange lake coutry pads and m105. more product isn't better. pads gotta be kept clean. with the 105 refined the scratches, it was onto the 205.
its a learning process so have patience.
good lighting helps, too to see the progress.

Look at the wizard line of polishes. I switched over from 3m about a year ago and I don't fight swirls like I used to. I use the mystic cut with the recommended pads. YouTube has a good video on the correct way to use their product. I like to wet sand with 1500 then switch over to 3m 1500/3000 on a da. Makes it real easy to know what grit scratches you left behind.

two coats of DuPont might be a little shy, standard procedure is three coats minimum but 3m has everything you need , its called their perfect-it line , you have compound , machine polish, the blue glaze all with corresponding colored pads.... you can get everything at your local o'reillys, cut it down with some 2000grit wet or dry paper. use the 3m wool pad for the compound, then foam pads for the polish and glaze. when you do it right it comes out bangin each and every freakin time .