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Title: Recommendations for pads and polish?
Post by: mellow yellow on 19 August 2010, 13:55
My paint is very swirly and i recently had my pal who owns a body shop give my paint a once over with a rotary and some fine compound.

However this didnt remove any swirls at all, and just gave it a bit more of a shine.

Please could you recommend some products and pads to get rid of the swirls and spider webs. i have access to a rotary and a da and have a few products of my own such as lime prime and ag srp along with some 3m stuff from the body shop and some megs show car glaze.

IS VW paint very tough as a rule (mk3 monza red) as my pal didnt want to use too aggressive stuff.

Just a rough guide of what steps to take on my old battered paint would be a great help as he's used to working on new paint  :smiley:

thanks in advance
Title: Re: Recommendations for pads and polish?
Post by: Guy on 19 August 2010, 17:18
3M pads & 3M polishes... if I can get 30 year old merc paint looking flawless with that combo then it should be alright for you!!



edit: do a search in this section for 'pads' and you get 5 or 6 results on the first page asking exactly the same question as you!  :wink:
Title: Re: Recommendations for pads and polish?
Post by: mellow yellow on 20 August 2010, 11:21
Quote from: Guy on 19 August 2010, 17:18
3M pads & 3M polishes... if I can get 30 year old merc paint looking flawless with that combo then it should be alright for you!!



edit: do a search in this section for 'pads' and you get 5 or 6 results on the first page asking exactly the same question as you!  :wink:

lol busted for being lazy  :smiley: 

cheers guy   :wink:
Title: Re: Recommendations for pads and polish?
Post by: new to vw on 26 August 2010, 08:16
If it is your first time machine polishing i would go for a DA.....less chanch of burning the paint :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Recommendations for pads and polish?
Post by: mellow yellow on 26 August 2010, 12:01
Quote from: new to vw on 26 August 2010, 08:16
If it is your first time machine polishing i would go for a DA.....less chanch of burning the paint :grin: :grin:

i'll be in a body shop with a pro, don't worry  :wink:
Title: Re: Recommendations for pads and polish?
Post by: Tazzy on 27 August 2010, 21:45
you only burn paint if you stay in the same spot for too long on a high speed...

which nobody should be doing anyway as youre meant to constantly move it in a steady motion