Hey all, I'm having some problems with working on some soft black paint.
The car has been repainted, the factory single stage is long since gone. The paint seems to scratch and swirl extremly eaisly. I feel like I could scratch it with my finger nail.
I start by QD's the hood and using scratch-X by hand to see how effictive it would be, alas nothing after 10 minutes of 'passion' behind the pad.
I move on to #80 on a W006 on 5 and begin, this seems to be somewhat effective, as I am removing about 50% of the swirls, I do two passes, and I'm not satisfied with the results thus far. I move up to #83 on a differnt W006 pad on 5 again and I get about 80% of the swirls off. At this point I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished, I dont want to compound this finish, so I'm moving on. After I wipe the remaining #83 resude off, I feel like my Microfiber is almost inflicting micromarrings in the finish. I then move on to NXT by hand, I apply and let sit for 30 minutes, its was taking a while to dry. I did a swipe test and it came out clean. When I finally finish taking the NXT off the hood, I have a somewhat greasy resdue left over.
I'm going to bring my QD tomorrow, but I'm worried about this paint, what should I do with extremly soft paint.
And for anyone curious, its a 70's model Hurst Olds. I'll post pics later.
The car has been repainted, the factory single stage is long since gone. The paint seems to scratch and swirl extremly eaisly. I feel like I could scratch it with my finger nail.
I start by QD's the hood and using scratch-X by hand to see how effictive it would be, alas nothing after 10 minutes of 'passion' behind the pad.
I move on to #80 on a W006 on 5 and begin, this seems to be somewhat effective, as I am removing about 50% of the swirls, I do two passes, and I'm not satisfied with the results thus far. I move up to #83 on a differnt W006 pad on 5 again and I get about 80% of the swirls off. At this point I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished, I dont want to compound this finish, so I'm moving on. After I wipe the remaining #83 resude off, I feel like my Microfiber is almost inflicting micromarrings in the finish. I then move on to NXT by hand, I apply and let sit for 30 minutes, its was taking a while to dry. I did a swipe test and it came out clean. When I finally finish taking the NXT off the hood, I have a somewhat greasy resdue left over.
I'm going to bring my QD tomorrow, but I'm worried about this paint, what should I do with extremly soft paint.
And for anyone curious, its a 70's model Hurst Olds. I'll post pics later.
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