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Slick · 05-06-2014, 10:09 AM

Hi Guys,
Looking for some advice.
I decided to start working on detailing my car, specifically some paint correction. Granted my car isn't 10 years old, but already at 40K including winter driving for 2 years has taken some toll on the paint.
Now I've always been pretty good at keeping the car clean and waxing regularly, but taking care of the paint is another thing.

So I decided to try some paint correction on my own.

I got myself a PorterCable 7424XP DA polisher and starting with some foam CCS pads and Meguiars 105.

Here's a pic of an area I haven't touched yet (top of mirror) so you can get an idea of what the paint condition was like, hood was even worse than that. Lots of swirls and light scratches.

So far, I've only done the top of the car (hood, roof, trunk) on Saturday as I had to wrap it up to head out to the track for lapping.

I used an Orange CCS pad with Megs M105, then a polish with a green pad with 205, followed with wax to finish up.

Looks pretty good, and its a big improvement but I can still see some scratches although all the swirls are all gone, car looks much better.

I did spend quite some time per square doing multiple passes with the 105, but only a quick pass with the 205 for polish before wax.

Is this the best it will look?
How much correction can I continue to do to remove the scratches?
Should I use a more aggressive pad or compound?
Leave the rest for the pros?

05-06-2014, 10:09 AM	#1
Slick Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Drives: FR-S Firestorm 6MT Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,881 Thanks: 345 Thanked 1,389 Times in 628 Posts Mentioned: 137 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Paint Correction Advice Hi Guys, Looking for some advice. I decided to start working on detailing my car, specifically some paint correction. Granted my car isn't 10 years old, but already at 40K including winter driving for 2 years has taken some toll on the paint. Now I've always been pretty good at keeping the car clean and waxing regularly, but taking care of the paint is another thing. So I decided to try some paint correction on my own. I got myself a PorterCable 7424XP DA polisher and starting with some foam CCS pads and Meguiars 105. Here's a pic of an area I haven't touched yet (top of mirror) so you can get an idea of what the paint condition was like, hood was even worse than that. Lots of swirls and light scratches. So far, I've only done the top of the car (hood, roof, trunk) on Saturday as I had to wrap it up to head out to the track for lapping. I used an Orange CCS pad with Megs M105, then a polish with a green pad with 205, followed with wax to finish up. Looks pretty good, and its a big improvement but I can still see some scratches although all the swirls are all gone, car looks much better. I did spend quite some time per square doing multiple passes with the 105, but only a quick pass with the 205 for polish before wax. Is this the best it will look? How much correction can I continue to do to remove the scratches? Should I use a more aggressive pad or compound? Leave the rest for the pros?