Polishing questions

[drew_kar]

Originally Posted by NLS8520

Pad dependent. M105 on a white pad with a few passes might be all that is needed, with M205 finishing on a black pad. OR M205 on a white/orange pad might be enough to remove the damage, then follow that up with M205 on a gray pad for a finishing polish. M205 has a decent amount of cut for a finishing polish, on softer paint systems it should bring your paint to a level where no compound is needed. A test spot and working with good lighting is probably your best bet to determine what is needed if your looking for 90% or better correction. If you want to make it real easy and one step it, M205 and a white polishing pad 4-6 section passes will get the paint looking probably very nice for 80% of people. Depends on how far you want to take it and how long you want to be out there working on the car. I am hoping this is making sense, feel free to hit me up if any ?. Either way I would strongly advice a thorough water and IPA(look online for cut percentages), or eraser wipe down before applying a coating

Thanks for the thorough response! Yes it did make sense and it gives me a better sense of what pads I should use. Do you have any tips on working with the paint on the twins? Is it soft or hard paint? Or is that completely dependent on the paint color itself? Thanks for the response!

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[NLS8520]

Originally Posted by drew_kar

Thanks for the thorough response! Yes it did make sense and it gives me a better sense of what pads I should use. Do you have any tips on working with the paint on the twins? Is it soft or hard paint? Or is that completely dependent on the paint color itself? Thanks for the response!

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From what I have heard Subaru tends to have soft paint, so correction should be easy provided you work clean. Meaning the car is thoroughly cleaned and you remove spent product from the pads. I would recommend that you always start with the least aggressive method, meaning probably M205 on white pad, lightly primed with ample working product thereafter. I would recommend a few pads to complete the car as well. I first would consider are you chasing near perfection? Then two step is prob best bet, one step is what I normally do on my car its not in bad shape at all though.

[drew_kar]

Originally Posted by NLS8520

From what I have heard Subaru tends to have soft paint, so correction should be easy provided you work clean. Meaning the car is thoroughly cleaned and you remove spent product from the pads. I would recommend that you always start with the least aggressive method, meaning probably M205 on white pad, lightly primed with ample working product thereafter. I would recommend a few pads to complete the car as well. I first would consider are you chasing near perfection? Then two step is prob best bet, one step is what I normally do on my car its not in bad shape at all though.

Honestly, near perfection is not what I am going for. The car is daily driven and not always garaged so it is often left outside in the elements. However, all the little hard water marks and swirls really dampen the shine. The plan would be to try using the polish and if that doesn't work step up to the compound. Of course the car will be washed and clayed before. Then after wiping the car with IPA to check for scratches that might have been covered up with the polish. Finally, I will be applying Larry's sealant that will hopefully help protect against scratches.

[Teseo]

For water spots i use Mothers claybar kit

[drew_kar]

Originally Posted by Teseo

For water spots i use Mothers claybar kit

Tried that with no success

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[EzyBrzy]

Make sure to clean and rotate your pads also.

[Packofcrows]

Originally Posted by drew_kar

...hard water spots on the paint and the glass. What do you guys use? Thanks!

For water spots i used dawn gentle dish soap, then waxed car and maintain with quik detailer and quik wax. Only water spots are on black plastic.

Try that.

[drew_kar]

Originally Posted by Packofcrows

For water spots i used dawn gentle dish soap, then waxed car and maintain with quik detailer and quik wax. Only water spots are on black plastic.

Try that.

I actually did try that and it removed a lot of the "minor" water spots. Polishing with my DA and wiping with IPA solved my issue.

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