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Well, today I was able to take my brand new G110, to my 2008 Mercedes C-Class, for the first time.
The paint is gorgeous on it, except if you have it out in directly sunlight, and can back up, and get your head just right, to have the sun going directly into the paint. At that time you see some slight scratches and maybe even a couple swirls. This is a dark silver paint, called Palladium. The problem area is primarily the hood, had these since the day I bought it home, or most of them, a year ago.
All polishing steps below on speed setting 5...
I thought a G110 would help me take care of this. I used 3 of the 2.0 Polishing Pads. First I tried M205. I have watched Mike's DVD, and went super slow, applying just the right amount of pressure, making multiple passes, different directions etc. etc. M205 made the paint look and feel great, but the issues were still there in the sun.
Next I used another 2.0 Polishing pad with #83. Again, the product and G110 worked great, but the issues were still then ,when put back out in the sun.
Finally, used 2.0 Polishing with M105! Yes, I know you're not suppose to, but with no results above, I decided to try this on 1/8 of the hood. Again, product worked fine, no problem, maybe cleared the finish the slightest bit, but I think that was wishful thinking, the defects still there, again these defects 99 percent of people would never see, have to be under the sun at right angle.
I can't understand why I can't get them out.
I went ahead and used M205 on most of the car, for the fun of it. Before any of this I clayed as well too.
Then I used a 2.0 finishing pad with #26 high tech yellow wax on entire car, and then I took it off with a bonnet on a cutting pad.
I will say what the g110 did with the wax, both putting it on, and taking it off was amazing. The car looks gorgeous, and to the back of your hand, feels oh so slick. Love it. Certainly better than by hand, and 26 seems like my new favorite wax.
Just bummed I couldn't get the defects out. I guess it's a good thing I didn't go through with adding the 2009 SLK I was going to pick up in Black because I would never be able to get out the swirls on it, since I can't on this dark silver car's paint.
Could the paint just be too hard? I'm going to try the new M105 (approved for DA) as well as the consumer products like Ultimate Compound, when they come out.
I really think I did everything right. I did it oh so carefully, and I'm an astute student. I love using the thing and trying to imitate Mike from the DVD as closely as possible.
The paint is gorgeous on it, except if you have it out in directly sunlight, and can back up, and get your head just right, to have the sun going directly into the paint. At that time you see some slight scratches and maybe even a couple swirls. This is a dark silver paint, called Palladium. The problem area is primarily the hood, had these since the day I bought it home, or most of them, a year ago.
All polishing steps below on speed setting 5...
I thought a G110 would help me take care of this. I used 3 of the 2.0 Polishing Pads. First I tried M205. I have watched Mike's DVD, and went super slow, applying just the right amount of pressure, making multiple passes, different directions etc. etc. M205 made the paint look and feel great, but the issues were still there in the sun.
Next I used another 2.0 Polishing pad with #83. Again, the product and G110 worked great, but the issues were still then ,when put back out in the sun.
Finally, used 2.0 Polishing with M105! Yes, I know you're not suppose to, but with no results above, I decided to try this on 1/8 of the hood. Again, product worked fine, no problem, maybe cleared the finish the slightest bit, but I think that was wishful thinking, the defects still there, again these defects 99 percent of people would never see, have to be under the sun at right angle.
I can't understand why I can't get them out.
I went ahead and used M205 on most of the car, for the fun of it. Before any of this I clayed as well too.
Then I used a 2.0 finishing pad with #26 high tech yellow wax on entire car, and then I took it off with a bonnet on a cutting pad.
I will say what the g110 did with the wax, both putting it on, and taking it off was amazing. The car looks gorgeous, and to the back of your hand, feels oh so slick. Love it. Certainly better than by hand, and 26 seems like my new favorite wax.
Just bummed I couldn't get the defects out. I guess it's a good thing I didn't go through with adding the 2009 SLK I was going to pick up in Black because I would never be able to get out the swirls on it, since I can't on this dark silver car's paint.
Could the paint just be too hard? I'm going to try the new M105 (approved for DA) as well as the consumer products like Ultimate Compound, when they come out.
I really think I did everything right. I did it oh so carefully, and I'm an astute student. I love using the thing and trying to imitate Mike from the DVD as closely as possible.
After two applications on speed 5-6 and moderate pressure, then one pass with light pressure I got out almost every defect. In fact, the results were so good I was tempted to call it LSP ready! But being the AR person I am I followed up with some M205 on a finishing pad and the results far exceeded my expectations using the G110. I do have minor scratches and hatch marks here and there that aren't visible unless looked at in direct sunlight at an extreme angle and up close, but I wasn't going for 100% mirror like finish. This is my daily driver that sometimes sees some off-road abuse, so my requirements for that "show car finish" were not required, nor realistic as I knew even if I got that "perfect" finish it would be destroyed in a matter of a few weeks given the conditions I drive in and the paints susceptibility to scratching and swirling. My paint is soft, so soft that I can swirl it with my finger tip and little pressure.
Good luck finding a combo that works, hopefully you get it figured out soon.
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