Any Zero Marring/Swilrs left behind

klnyc

klnyc

Deep scratch guy.
Okay detail junkies,



How perfect is perfect? I know we have few Pro here. It's possible to polish and leave ZERO or some marring behind? I always leave very fine marring behind. I went thru like few pads and still see some small swirls/marring :confused:
 
Buffing to zero marring on every square inch of paint is almost pointless unless you are a fanatic and/or drive a show car.





Marring/swirling is inevitable just by driving around normally. There will usually be a couple marrs here and there after the first wash. You will have to learn to deal with it, especially in the NE, where contaminants are rather heavy, IMO.
 
Theres always glaze for those stuborn swirls, if its a daily driver its better to live with some swirls than compromise your clear by excessive buffing ;) Closest to swirlfree ive gotten on a dark colored car is using a white LC polishing pad with menzerna FP. What polish you using you finish off ?
 
I understand the title but am confused by some of the responses. R we talking about removing all of the marring that was there b4 starting the process or leaving no traces of your work on the panels?
 
Acuracl98 said:
Theres always glaze for those stuborn swirls, if its a daily driver its better to live with some swirls than compromise your clear by excessive buffing ;) Closest to swirlfree ive gotten on a dark colored car is using a white LC polishing pad with menzerna FP. What polish you using you finish off ?
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I use the following steps:



SSR2.5 (LC organe@1500)

SSR1 (LC White@1200)

AIO (LC blue@1200)

OP (LC white@1300)

LSP (OCW)



I never try out Menzerna IP or FP as yet..maybe I should order a bottle today.
 
Yeah, I usually go

PG - wool (if necessary)

OCP - orange

OCP - white

PO85RD - cyclo if necessary (I can't get a trail free finish, for example)

RMG - blue/cyclo black

Souveran/EX/FK2180/etc - hand
 
You can get a nearly-perfect car perfect, and you can keep it that way until somebody *else* touches it. And you can't service some cars at home so something will eventually happen. Or you'll hit a deer :o



After the "deer incident", I got the S8 perfect except for some rids that can't safely be removed and a year later I've only had to polish out two flaws (one caused by dealer, the other from where I closed the trunk lid by touching it with a 100% cotton towel- nobody else would've ever seen that one). But yeah, I'm a fanatic with that car and I spent *weeks* getting it just right. Took five light sources, magnifiction, rotary, Cyclo, and PC. And washing it takes *many* hours. I *do* use it though, just got back from a roadtrip in it.



I only have to repolish the *minivan* every year or two; it doesn't get marred either. That's a daily driver/dog hauler that's used every day, year round. IMO it's all in how you wash and use them. Don't touch the paint, especially when it's dirty, unless you're washing it. And wash/dry it properly.
 
From my experience, if you have a car other than the color black, It will look perfect pretty easily and you can maintain it for longer than a black car that is perfect. Just this weekend i detailed my bros black prelude. I used Optimum polish and then TOL low cut polish and it looked 98 percent swirl free. Then i clayed it to get some polish off from splattering. When i wiped the area off, i already saw some minor swirls that were induced. Keep in mind i wasnt even claying off dirt. just some optimum polish that was left behind.



I basically think if you could achieve a perffect finish, it would be over and done with and no longer perfect after the first few washes, and first clay. But these are minor minor marring. I guess you could hid it with some carnauba
 
I might order me some RMG this week as well. Haha time to bust out some glaze.



thank you guys.
 
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